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March 11, 2002
Issue 255
Vol. 8, No. 11

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INTERVIEW

Martian Chronicler Ray Bradbury teases fans with news of his upcoming Fahrenheit 451 and The Illustrated Man remakes, while Simon Wells, The Time Machine director—and great-grandson of H.G. Wells—propels Guy Pearce and Samantha Mumba into the day after tomorrow.

LAB NOTES

In his latest column, scientist Wil McCarthy shows that voyages to yesterday may be more than just a theory as he explores "Time Travel and Quantum Chaos."

NEWS OF THE WEEK

Tom Cruise takes the wheel in Death Race 3000, Michael Shanks returns to guest-star in season six of Stargate SG-1, James Cameron considers directing the Dark Angel season finale, Flash Gordon conquers the universe at auction, and more.

ON SCREEN

Guy Pearce sets out to change his tragic past, but instead discovers a frightening future in The Time Machine, and Steven Spielberg brings startling extras to his story of a robot in search of a soul in the A.I.: Artificial Intelligence Special Edition DVD.

OFF THE SHELF

Paul Levinson unleashes a serial killer on an unsuspecting future in The Consciousness Plague, while Brian Stableford sows rebellion on one of Earth's distant colony worlds in Dark Ararat.

GAMES

On the alternate Earth of Godlike: Superhero Role-Playing in a World on Fire, 1936-1946, there are no atomic weapons to save the world, so it's up to superhumans to make sure the right side wins WWII.

ANIME

In Maetel Legend, the latest installment of Leiji Matsumoto's sprawling space saga about Captain Harlock and his allies, a civilization must turn mecha to survive an artificial sun.

SOUND SPACE

Lovers of SF music won't need billions and billions of reasons to enjoy Carl Sagan's The Music of Cosmos: Collector's Edition—the disc's 28 stellar tracks will do.

SITE OF THE WEEK

The Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide offers a nifty way for surfers to expand their universe—an "if you like this" section designed to match up fans with new flavors of SF.

LETTERS

Readers remember Gene Wolfe's classic short stories, defend the much-maligned fifth season of Babylon 5, berate Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and offer other insightful opinions.