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August 13, 2001
Issue 225
Vol. 7, No. 33

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Carola Kassner

INTERVIEW

 J. Michael Straczynski explores an uncharted corner of his Babylon 5 universe with the upcoming TV movie The Legend of the Rangers, and Gloria Stuart, who portrayed the love interest in 1933's classic film The Invisible Man, guest-stars on SCI FI's see-through series as the grandmother of yet another Invisible Man.


EXCESSIVE CANDOUR

 SF critic John Clute discovers that Stranger Things Happen when award-winning author Kelly Link uses her short-fiction skills to get "Under the Skin of Story."

HUGO AWARDS POLL
It's time once again for Science Fiction Weekly's annual unofficial Hugo Awards poll! What were the best SF books, movies and stories of 2000?
NEWS OF THE WEEK
 George Lucas clones around with the title of Star Wars: Episode II, Kevin Kilner returns to Earth: Final Conflict, Laurence Fishburne admits that The Matrix needs more work, Kevin Smith spoofs sci-fi in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Chris Rock goes on a fantastic voyage through the bowels of Bill Murray in Osmosis Jones, Nicole Kidman thinks she sees dead people in The Others, Roger Daltrey takes on the role of horror host in Strange Frequency, and rock 'n' roll never dies in Dead Last.
OFF THE SHELF
 Jack Williamson, the Grand Master who coined the concept of terraforming, turns his talent to Terraforming Earth, while the macabre Richard Matheson goes one step beyond in The Twilight Zone Scripts.
GAMES
 A bandit uprising threatens the peace and security of planet Carver V in MechCommander 2, a war-torn sequel to fulfill the dream of every gamer who has ever wanted to play BattleTech on a computer.
ANIME
 An evil genius attacks Tokyo with unstoppable supermecha in the amusing Assemble Insert, which forces the hapless police chief to hold Hero Auditions to find an unlikely savior.
SOUND SPACE
 The popular Japanese diva and voice-over artist Kikuko Inoue interprets anime's greatest hits—including Sailor Moon, Ah! My Goddess and more—in the compilation disc Anime Toonz.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The creators who helped bring Independence Day, Armageddon and Star Trek: Voyager to life have decided to build an Internet-only movie—and have invited all SF film fans to watch the process at Radius: The Movie.
LETTERS
 Readers strike back against Attack of the Clones, offer Star Trek: Enterprise room to grow, eviscerate the ending of Planet of the Apes, hope that Earth: Final Conflict manages to survive, and much more.

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