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February 19, 2002
Issue 252
Vol. 8, No. 8

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THE CASSUTT FILES

 Michael Cassutt reminds us that though we might long for the far more orderly television universe of the old days, "Out of Chaos" comes great creativity.


INTERVIEW

 Actors Danny Strong, Adam Busch and Tom Lenk explain how their geek trio intends to stick it to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, while director Michael Rymer and star Stuart Townsend make bloodsuckers rock in Queen of the Damned.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Mel Gibson heats up over the Fahrenheit 451 adaptation, Dean Stockwell reunites with Scott Bakula on Enterprise, Frank Spotnitz sees dead people as the writer, director and producer of Into the Ether, and more.
ON SCREEN
 A creature of legend unleashes a night of terror in Wendigo, a Disney icon takes flight once more in Return to Neverland, battle-mecha try to save the world in Pilot Candidate, and the dead just won't shut up in Yu Yu Hakusho.
OFF THE SHELF
 Sean Williams and Shane Dix draft android AIs to explore the galaxy in Echoes of Earth, while Craig Nova gives birth to a brand-new breed of clones in Wetware.
GAMES
 One of computer gaming's oldest franchises is alive and well in Wizardy 8, a delicious blend of SF and fantasy presented in high-resolution 3-D for the first time.
CLASSICS
 Poul Anderson raises the intelligence of every creature on Earth—animals included—which leads to an unforeseen apocalypse in the 1954 novel Brain Wave.
COOL STUFF
 Joe Nazzaro puts Rockne S. O'Bannon, Joss Whedon and other SF creators under the microscope to uncover the secrets to Writing SF and Fantasy Television.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The artist who brought a new illustrative style to comic books is honored in The Official Alex Ross Web Site with interviews, art galleries, news of upcoming projects and more.
LETTERS
 Readers long for a return of romance to Roswell, worry that the only future for Dinotopia is extinction, accuse Hollywood of using sex to sell SF, celebrate Smallville, and more.

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