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March 19, 2001
Issue 204
Vol. 7, No. 12

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Michael Sears

THE CASSUTT FILES

 In "Deep Impact," Michael Cassutt peers into the future to see how the pending Hollywood strikes might cause the science fiction world to stand still.


INTERVIEWS

 Gerry Anderson, creator of the classic TV series Thunderbirds and Space: 1999, discusses his career and his plans for a Captain Scarlet for a new millennium.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Rick Berman lets the starship out of the bag about Star Trek's fifth incarnation, Tim Burton insists that Planet of the Apes will be more than just another remake, Sigourney Weaver again denies that Ripley will return, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 A classic adventure series is reborn in Thunderbirds Boxed Sets 1 & 2, and yesterday's B-movie experience is recreated in Drive-In Discs, Volume 1, while the fans have all the power in The Invisible Man Interactive Episode.
OFF THE SHELF
 Jack Womack takes a trip to a psychedelic '60s where Nixon and Kennedy came to different ends in Going, Going, Gone, while Bruce Boston pays a visit to the darker side of love in The Complete Accursed Wives.
GAMES
 Three raging armies have sworn to fight to the death and have made our planet into their bloody playground--and the only way to restore peace is to survive the real-time campaigns of Mayday: Conflict Earth.
CLASSICS
 Earth is trapped between alien armies engaged in an endless war in Now Wait For Last Year, one of the best paranoid novels of Philip K. Dick, the man who gave birth to Blade Runner.
COOL STUFF
 The Art of The Matrix goes behind the scenes to explain how the Wachowski brothers' dream was made real, with 488 pages of conceptual art, storyboards and production notes.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 NASA's awe-inspiring Astronomy Picture of the Day delivers daily snapshots of our universe that capture all the sense of wonder of the best SF.
LETTERS
 Readers debate the merits of The Matrix, speak up for Star Blazers, count down the weeks until Star Trek: Voyager makes its final journey, and more.

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