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July 9, 2001
Issue 220
Vol. 7, No. 28

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Andrea Caruso

THE CASSUTT FILES

 In "The Sci in Sci-Fi, Part Deux" Michael Cassutt digs out from under an avalanche of mail and responds to the critics who thought he was too tough on Hollywood.


INTERVIEWS

 Producer Chris Lee, animator Roy Sato and actors Ming-Na, Peri Gilpin and Donald Sutherland reveal how they made Final Fantasy into a reality, while Wayne Pygram lets readers peer into the soul of Scorpius, the ultimate villain Farscape fans love to hate.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Ewan McGregor hated returning to reshoot Star Wars: Episode II scenes, David Duchovny could become a caped crusader by 2003, Tim Russ and Roxann Dawson use their Star Trek fame to aid charities, Gillian Anderson to abandon The X-Files for the stage, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within elevates SF computer animation to new heights, The Chronicle tells the tabloid truth that is out there, Night Visions reinvents the eerie anthology show for a new millennium, and Lexx premieres yet another sexy, silly season.
OFF THE SHELF
 Nancy Kress continues a deep-space adventure with Probability Sun, while Harry Turtledove and Martin H. Greenberg draft SF's finest into cosmic combat for The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century.
GAMES
 Fremen warriors ride Sandworms for the first time as House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Ordpos go to war in Emperor: Battle for Dune, the latest gaming experience inspired by Herbert's classic universe.
CLASSICS
 Two years after making Frankenstein, director James Whale made another monster masterpiece with The Invisible Man, turning H.G. Wells' cautionary novel into a cinematic milestone.
COOL STUFF
 Hollywood on Wheels 3 puts the pedal to the metal with die-cast replicas of Scooby Doo's Mystery Machine, the Green Hornet's Black Beauty limo and Gerry Anderson's Supercar.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The Robocop Database is where fans of the chromed crimefighter from Detroit gather to discuss the many films, TV shows, spinoffs and video games that keep the legend alive.
LETTERS
 Readers insist that The X-Files should have ended last season, debate Kubrick and Spielberg's controversial collaboration, continue to be heartbroken over Xena, and more.

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