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March. 4, 2002
Issue 254
Vol. 8, No. 10

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INTERVIEW

 Roswell High creators Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz have a novel approach to the alien now that their fictional characters have crash-landed on TV.


EDITORIAL

Scott Edelman, Science Fiction Weekly's editor-in-chief, won't have any trouble outrunning a Tyrannosaurus Rex now that he can proclaim, "I Read the News Today, Oh Boy."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Peter Jackson hopes to monkey around with King Kong, Ron Perlman plays a key role in Star Trek: Nemesis, The Mummy's Stephen Sommers sinks his teeth into Van Helsing, Barry Pepper doubts that he will get the chance to revisit Battlefield: Earth, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Malcolm McDowell and Dennis Hopper find themselves a new flame in Firestarter: Rekindled, Jim Henson molds a modern fantasy masterpiece in The Dark Crystal DVD, and the Society for Creative Anachronism looks boldly to the future In Service to the Dream.
OFF THE SHELF
 Damien Broderick pits technophobes against immortals as an AI brings the world to crisis in Transcension, while Charles Sheffield decimates humanity as a quest for a planet-killer continues in Dark as Day.
GAMES
 Voyage to the bottom of a deadly sea—and to the future—in AquaNox, a fighting submarine experience that is one of the first games to take full advantage of GeForce 3 video-card capability.
CLASSICS
 Rock star David Bowie transforms into a stranger in a strange land when he becomes The Man Who Fell to Earth, thanks to a helping hand from Rip Torn and Buck Henry.
COOL STUFF
 This time-traveling action hero has already conquered the cartoon world, and now it's time for toy fans to get animated over the Samurai Jack Action Figures.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 SadGeezer won't just take your word that you're up to their level of sci-fi fanaticism—the site offers a series of "purity" tests where you can rate your knowledge of your favorite shows.
LETTERS
 Readers return to the classics, ask Enterprise fans to show a little patience, insist that Stargate SG-1 will survive the loss of Michael Shanks, wrestle with the state of SF sexuality, and much more.

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