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August 7, 2000
Issue 172
Vol. 6, No. 32

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Andrea Caruso

THE CASSUTT FILES

 In "We Do This Every Day," television writer Michael Cassutt describes how it feels to be in "the Room" writing a TV series.


INTERVIEW

 Hollow Man stars Kevin Bacon and Elisabeth Shue talk about their mad scientist director, the physical demands of their roles and more.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Spider-Man is cast, Matrix 2 and Star Trek X scripts are looking good, Buffy's nemesis Drusilla may return, more stars go ape, Ben Edlund drops some Tick TV tidbits, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Is Space Cowboys an exciting adventure set high in Earth's orbit or just a geezer roundup? Also, Paul Verhoeven pushes the SF effects envelope in his latest thriller, Hollow Man.
OFF THE SHELF
 Take a fantastic voyage with a woman whose brain teems with intelligent microbes in Joan Slonczewski's Brain Plague, while Tangled Up in Blue from Joan D. Vinge mixes it up with gun-toting babes in the award-winning Snow Queen universe.
GAMES
 Based on the popular pen-and-paper game from White Wolf, Vampire: The Masquerade--Redemption for the PC is a gamer's game--a roleplaying adventure that includes challenging combat and a solid story.
CLASSICS
 A world of soft, myopic humans must wake up or be obliterated by near-invincible machine intelligences of their own creation in James Cameron's unforgettable Terminator.
COOL STUFF
 An 11-year-old toy collector with leukemia designed Razor, a mutated eagle superhero with a ferret sidekick. Sales of the action figure help the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 If the thought of broiled karada legs or gagh tickles your taste buds, drop by K'Tesh's Klingon Recipe Pages and find out how to assemble dozens of Star Trek foods.
LETTERS
 Controversy continues to bubble over the quality of SF in Hollywood, one reader worries about the actors selected to play superheroes, another sends an ultimatum to the toy industry, and more.

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