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December 17, 2001
Issue 243
Vol. 7, No. 51

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Ali Ries
INTERVIEW

 John A. Davis, writer and director of Jimmy Neutron, prepares to launch a boy genius into orbit, while David X. Cohen reveals some behind-the-scenes secrets from the new season of Futurama.


LAB NOTES

 In his latest column, "The One Humvee," Wil McCarthy examines the fantasy world of The Lord of the Rings and explains how science could someday help make that fantasy real.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Rick Berman comes to the defense of the controversial Enterprise theme song, Sam Raimi spins new webs for the upcoming Spider-Man release, Joss Whedon confirms rumors that Iron Man might launch his big-screen directorial career, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 "In The Beginning" and "The Gathering"—two of visionary creator J. Michael Straczynski's television movies that helped create a new universe—are gathered on the Babylon 5 DVD, and extras shed new light on James Whale's classic sequel on The Bride of Frankenstein DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 L. Neil Smith uses libertarian logic to invade an alternate timeline in The American Zone, while Marc Scott Zicree and Barbara Hambly usurp government technology with supernatural terror in Magic Time.
GAMES
 Sigourney's savage aliens and Arnold's deadly predators come together in the suspenseful sequel Aliens Versus Predators 2, a first-person shooter set on a distant planet that quickly turns into a slaughterhouse.
ANIME
 Viewers will have to decide for themselves whether Katsuyuki Motohiro's Space Travelers: The Animation—a companion to his earlier non-genre crime film—should be seen as a tie-in, a spinoff or just an in-joke.
SOUND SPACE
 Ray Bradbury's fiction has inspired many compositions over the years, but none as moving as the 13 themes from Jerry Goldsmith's powerful score for the 1969 film version of The Illustrated Man.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Monster Cards of the 1950s and 1960s looks back at the classic SF trading cards that celebrated such films as Mars Attacks! and Land of the Giants—bubble gum not included.
LETTERS
 Readers shine light on the latest incarnation of the Green Lantern, plead for the future of Invader Zim, defend the intelligence of SF fans, and offer up other thoughtful opinions.

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