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December 18, 2000
Issue 191
Vol. 6, No. 51

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Sven Forstmann

INTERVIEW

 Director Courtney Solomon explains how he transformed Dungeons & Dragons from game to screen, while Thora Birch, the film's star, reveals her first taste of the fantastic.


LAB NOTES

 In his latest column, "The War Against (Antibiotic) Drugs," Wil McCarthy suggests that even when the drug we're asked to ingest is for our own good, perhaps we should still try to just say no.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Patrick Stewart becomes a Boy Genius, Kirsten Dunst gets caught in Spider-Man's web, Harlan Ellison sets his sights on a "Demon" feature film, Earth: Final Conflict is renewed, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Mad Max gets mushy when Mel Gibson learns What Women Want, The X-Files' Season 2 DVD delivers 25 paranoid episodes, and things get beastly when a ruler turns into a llama in The Emperor's New Groove.
OFF THE SHELF
 Award-winning author Geoffrey A. Landis Jr. takes a dangerous trip to the red planet in Mars Crossing, while Neal Barrett Jr.'s bioengineered beasts hope to rule by possessing The Prophecy Machine.
GAMES
 The Federation, the Klingons and the Romulans engage in a war of expansion when a newly created rift in the universe reveals uncharted territory for colonization in Star Trek: New Worlds.
ANIME
 After a giant, organic spaceship is discovered hidden under the sea, only the Brain Powered can determine whether the craft will save the world or suck away every ounce of Earth's energy.
SOUND SPACE
 Movie and TV themes meld with pop and novelty tunes on the 113 cuts of Rhino Records' massive 5-CD compilation Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Calling all space cadets! The Solar Guard Academy has prepared a cosmic berth for fans of Golden Age television who want to travel the universe with Tom Corbett and Space Patrol.
LETTERS
 Readers weigh in on whether Dungeons & Dragons delivered, wonder if Roger Zelazny inspired The X-Files, and continue to spar over SCI FI's Dune, plus more opinions.

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