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April 23, 2001
Issue 209
Vol. 7, No. 17

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Jason Ahlquist

INTERVIEW

 Author and editor Algis Budrys knows that the only way to discover tomorrow's science-fiction Grand Masters is by nurturing today's Writers of the Future.


EXCESSIVE CANDOUR

 SF critic John Clute is present at the creation when C.J. Cherryh's new series starts off with Hammerfall, an intriguing novel that offers readers "A Great Deal in Sand."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 UPN raises the stakes for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fox postpones its Star Wars: Episode I broadcast premiere, SCI FI gathers the original Babylon 5 creative team for The Legend of the Rangers, and more.
ON SCREEN
 An inept alien infiltrates planet Earth in Nickelodeon's animated Invader Zim, and Patrick McGoohan plays a surreal but deadly game of spy vs. spy as the paranoia continues in The Prisoner Boxed Sets 3 & 4.
OFF THE SHELF
 Tony Daniel builds a 31st-century bridge across Earth's solar system--literally--in Metaplanetary, while Mike Resnick sets musclebound spacefaring swashbucklers to save the galaxy in The Outpost.
GAMES
 Space cowboys can die young in the high-tech warfare of Tribes 2, an online multiplayer game in which teamwork--not just the strongest armor or most powerful weaponry--is the only way to survive.
ANIME
 Golgo 13: The Professional introduced Duke Togo, the assassin who never fails--but that could all change when he meets the mysterious Sonia in Golgo 13: Queen Bee.
SOUND SPACE
 Max Steiner, King Kong's composer, made music to soothe the savage beast with his evocative scores for the jungle adventures Son of Kong and The Most Dangerous Game.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Strange Horizons is a new fiction e-zine that spotlights short stories by popular authors while also using author interviews, book reviews and articles to put the whole SF genre in perspective.
LETTERS
 Readers come to the defense of Red Planet, debate the pros and cons of the cancellation of Pern, worry about the future of anime, learn to love Jules Verne, and much more.

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