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September 4, 2001
Issue 228
Vol. 7, No. 36

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THE CASSUTT FILES

 In "The Truth About Pitching," Michael Cassutt steps up to the mound to explain why selling a story to television depends on far more than just the words on the page.


INTERVIEWS

 Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping and others celebrate the 100th episode of Stargate SG-1, while Gina Philips and Justin Long are scared stiff in Jeepers Creepers, the No. 1 movie in America.

HUGO AWARDS POLL
Science Fiction Weekly's annual unofficial Hugo Awards poll is now over! Find out what readers chose as the best SF books, movies and stories of 2000.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Science fiction salutes the best and brightest of the year 2000 at this year's Hugo Awards ceremony, Jonathan Frakes announces plans for an Enterprise/Roswell crossover, John De Lancie trades in Q for another letter of the alphabet in Special Unit 2, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Vincent D'Onofrio comes from 500 years in the future to romance Marisa Tomei in Happy Accidents, Samuel R. Delany offers an intimate evening of autobiography in Atlantis and Other New York Tales, and mitochondria mass for world domination in Parasite Eve.
OFF THE SHELF
 Robert Charles Wilson erects massive monuments to a future warlord in The Chronoliths, while 17 cosmic stories by a Golden Age pulp master are rediscovered in The Best of John Russell Fearn.
GAMES
 Fans of the Force can finally take a walk on the Dark Side in Star Wars Roleplaying Game: The Dark Side Sourcebook, a supplement that instructs gamers how to control a seductive brand of evil.
CLASSICS
 An insatiable invader from beyond the stars brings terror (and humor) to Skid Row in Roger Corman's The Little Shop of Horrors, a low-budget sleeper that gave Jack Nicholson one of his most memorable roles.
COOL STUFF
 Lego extends its universe with the Bionicles line of articulated toys, which use complex computer-generated videos and a new circular rune language to create an inventive world of adventure.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The first (and last) issue of editor Eileen Gunn's Infinite Matrix teaches an instructive lesson about SF's Internet future with contributions from Michael Swanwick, Bruce Sterling, John Clute and others.
LETTERS
 Readers recall a superior Starship Troopers, feel that the fantasy and SF of Crouching Tiger is hidden, compare and contrast Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine, and more.

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