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January 22, 2001
Issue 196
Vol. 7, No. 4

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Michael Sears

THE CASSUTT FILES

 Michael Cassutt passes on an important lesson taught him by the late Ray Walston when he explains that "Dying Is Easy, Sci-Fi Comedy Is Hard."


INTERVIEWS

 Kate Mulgrew, who as Capt. Janeway has commanded the crew of Star Trek: Voyager for seven seasons, opens up as she nears the end of her cosmic journey.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Ron Moore reveals that an impending Hollywood strike might derail the new Trek, Todd McFarlane will Spawn again, Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern might fly to the TV screen, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Buffy's best is back in The Slayer Chronicles, a robot turns fugitive in the Batman Beyond spinoff The Zeta Project, and a Twilight Zone for a new generation rocks in Strange Frequency.
OFF THE SHELF
 Charles Sheffield assembles human and alien misfits for an old-fashioned space adventure in The Sphere of Heaven, while an approaching asteroid could spell the end of the Earth in Mike Flynn's Falling Stars.
GAMES
 Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace comes to life as freedom fighters mount a guerilla war against the greedy Trade Federation for the future of a planet in Star Wars: Battle for Naboo.
CLASSICS
 After the aliens land and begin trading, the Linguists who control language control the survival of the species in Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue.
COOL STUFF
 The galaxy-spanning animated series Star Blazers has spawned a die-cast model of the space battleship Yamato with the look and feel of a vintage toy.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Who ya gonna call when you need to learn more about the films and TV shows inspired by the Ghostbusters gang? Why, Proton Charging, of course!
LETTERS
 Readers wonder whether the truth is no longer out there for The X-Files, encourage Star Trek to seek a different future, battle over Black Scorpion, and more.

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