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February 12, 2001
Issue 199
Vol. 7, No. 7

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Caleb Avery

INTERVIEW

 Gordon Van Gelder, editor-turned-publisher of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, predicts a healthy future for the genre short story.


LAB NOTES

 In his latest column, "Faster Than Light, Part II: The Quantum Connection," Wil McCarthy dives through a wormhole to discover whether tomorrow's technology could someday make the impossible possible.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Anne McCaffrey's Pern is green-lighted for the fall, TV's Millennium may return on the big screen, Spider-Man's web-slinging gets back to basics, Arnold Schwarzenegger might run for governor, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 A mad scientist's giant snake terrorizes a small town in Python, astronaut John Crichton's journey begins again as Farscape moves to DVD, and only the rich can trade bodies in a deadly Xchange.
OFF THE SHELF
 Jeffrey A. Carver continues his Star Rigger saga when space pirates encounter a ghostly ship at Eternity's End, while Adam-Troy Castro uses his gonzo short SF to shed light on An Alien Darkness.
GAMES
 Star Wars: Episode 1--The Phantom Menace goes three-dimensional as the Rebel Alliance takes on the dark might of the Galactic Empire in Jedi Knights, Decipher's newest collectible card game.
ANIME
 The Cowboy Bebop series may be drawing to a hilarious conclusion, but the travails of bumbling interplanetary bounty hunters Spike Spiegel and Jet Black will never end.
SOUND SPACE
 The Ultimate Edition Star Wars: Episode 1--The Phantom Menace CD offers almost every note from the film, highlighting the musical genius of composer John Williams.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Fans attending the 2001 World Science Fiction Convention--known as The Millennium Philcon --will want to check out the films, panels and awards planned for SF's premiere event.
LETTERS
 Readers take an editor to task, defend quality comic books, worry about the future of The X-Files, hope that Hollywood will keep its hands off SF classics, and offer other opinions.

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