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August 27, 2001
Issue 227
Vol. 7, No. 35

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Duncan Long
INTERVIEW

 Director John Carpenter thrilled us with Escape from New York and scared us with Halloween—and now he's here to tell us why it's the Red Planet's turn for terror in the haunted SF flick Ghosts of Mars.


LAB NOTES

 In his latest column, Wil McCarthy turns his telescope to our nearest planetary neighbor and discovers, not the fanged zombies of cinema, but real-life "Microscopic Ghosts of Mars."

HUGO AWARDS POLL
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Tom Cruise is rumored to go shagadelic in Austin Powers 3, French Stewart inherits the Inspector Gadget 2 role from Matthew Broderick, R2-D2 branches out for Star Wars: Episode II droid derring-do, special-effects guru John Dykstra is caught up in Spider-Man's web, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Zombies hunt humans in John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, director Victor Salva overturns horror cliches in Jeepers Creepers, an agoraphobic loses himself in virtual reality in Thomas in Love, and the Cartoon Network goes fishing for 18-34-year-old viewers with Adult Swim.
OFF THE SHELF
 Charles Sheffield gives the legal profession what it deserves when he launches attorneys in Space Suits, while Molly Brown travels to both the far future and the fairy-tale past in Bad Timing and Other Stories.
GAMES
 The conspiracy experience of Majestic manages to give its life-and-death scenario a sense of startling reality through the use of instant messages, Internet videos and even phone calls and faxes.
ANIME
 Looks aren't everything, an old saying that's proven true by Blood: The Last Vampire, an all-digital anime marvel that's visually stunning but narratively challenged.
SOUND SPACE
 Marty Simon's oddball music for Lexx: The Series—filled with an eclectic array of musical styles—turns out to be as unique as the outrageous SCI FI show itself.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The classic CBS television series about the space family Robinson is immortalized—with tongue planted firmly in cheek—at The Irreverent Guide to Lost in Space.
LETTERS
 Readers recommend new Hugo Awards categories, find no end of controversy over the ending of Planet of the Apes, differ on the future of Deep Space Nine, and more.

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