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April 1, 2002
Issue 258
Vol. 8, No. 14

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INTERVIEW

 Director Jonathan Frakes and the cast of Clockstoppers share the secrets of making time stand still, while award-winning fantasist Charles de Lint peels back the layers of The Onion Girl.


EDITORIAL

Scott Edelman, Science Fiction Weekly's editor-in-chief, feels queasy at the Academy Awards when "A Quisling Quakes at the Oscars."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Brannon Braga promises a cliffhanger for Enterprise fans, Stan Lee hits Spider-Man's cutting-room floor, Jim Carrey earns holy powers in Bruce Almighty, Ridley Scott gives birth to the alien in In Vitro, David Fincher takes aim for a Rendezvous with Rama, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 It's only a matter of time when two teens make mischief with a stolen superweapon in Clockstoppers, Crichton hops through wormholes to deliver surprises in the final four episodes of Farscape's third season, and the beauty-and-the-beast tale is retold for adults in No Such Thing.
OFF THE SHELF
 Michael Swanwick expands his Hugo Award-winning short story into the dinosaur-sized novel Bones of the Earth, while Liz Williams recruits ancient aliens to harvest humanity in Empire of Bones.
GAMES
 Gaming visionary Sid Meier evolves the human race from the Stone Age to the Space Age in the stunning sequel Civilization III, an addictive game in which logic and strategy can pave the way to the stars.
CLASSICS
 Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom play multiple roles in Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man, a poetic film carved out of one of the genre's greatest short-story collections.
COOL STUFF
 The pioneering CGI masterwork Tron did more than change the face of filmmaking—it also inspired Tron Light Cycles and Action Figures, reissued to celebrate the film's 20th anniversary.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Puzzled when friends accuse you of pulling an Abraham Simpson? Not quite sure what it means to take part in a player revolt? GamerJargon.com defines all the gaming slang players will ever need.
LETTERS
 Readers defend the final episodes of Babylon 5, seek out a 60 Minutes for science fiction, warn against Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda charting the wrong course through the galaxy, and much more.

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