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January 16, 2001
Issue 195
Vol. 7, No. 3

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COVER ART Featured Artist: N. Nici

INTERVIEW

 Gavin Scott, creator of The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, reveals how the father of science fiction was not only a writer, but also an inventor whose daring feats put James Bond to shame.


LAB NOTES

 In his latest column, "Faster Than Light, Part I: Moving at the Speed of Light," Wil McCarthy explains how scientists such as Doppler and Einstein changed the way we think about time.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Q returns to Star Trek: Voyager, Jack Nicholson hopes for a comeback as Batman's Joker, Chris Carter teases about a ninth X-Files season, Ang Lee will helm The Hulk, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 A fan favorite is back in The Pretender 2001, Patrick McGoohan is a captive in The Prisoner Boxed Sets, and Disney's dreams are made new again in the massive Fantasia Anthology.
OFF THE SHELF
 Pacifist aliens call on humans to do their dirty work in John Ringo's A Hymn Before Battle, while Lincoln, Patton and the Titanic mingle in Andy Duncan's Beluthahatchie.
GAMES
 Humans have just barely managed to survive into the 25th century, and with the plasma-spewing hover-vehicles and power armor infantry of Ground Control, they might not see a 26th.
ANIME
 With space pirates on his tail, Gene Starwind races across the galaxy aboard the Outlaw Star on a quest for the enigma that can save him--if he lives long enough to find it.
SOUND SPACE
 The Farscape CD captures 23 tracks from the first two seasons of SCI FI's No. 1 show, including the music of Guy Gross, as well as the Australian ensemble SubVision.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Laugh at parodies of everything from Aliens to Pokemon in the time-traveling, dimension-hopping, TV-mocking adventures of Sluggy Freelance, one of the best online comic strips.
LETTERS
 Readers use anime to serve up a history lesson, keep no secrets about Jules Verne, grok yesterday's SF classics, question the diversity of Dune, and offer more opinions.

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