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June 10, 2002
Issue 268
Vol. 8, No. 24

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COVER ART Featured Artist: Michael Wilby

THE CASSUTT FILES

 Michael Cassutt has seen the best minds of his generation used, abused and sometimes ignored, all of which has taught him that television series prosper best when creators fully understand the benefits of "Sharing the World."


INTERVIEW

 Ian Watson, who helped Stanley Kubrick translate Brian Aldiss' original tale into A.I. Artificial Intelligence, invites readers behind the scenes for a Great Escape into his own novels and short stories.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Elijah Wood returns to New Zealand to film additional Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers footage; Lou Ferrigno, TV's original green giant, cameos in Ang Lee's big-screen Hulk; Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals that her rumored Scooby-Doo smooch was indeed filmed; and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Patrick Stewart and crew make it so on the six discs of the Star Trek: The Next Generation season two DVD, Anthony Michael Hall brings Stephen King to the small screen in The Dead Zone series premiere, and Yancy Butler goes back to basics in the Witchblade second-season premiere.
OFF THE SHELF
 Anne McCaffrey takes visitors on a tour of post-apocalyptic Earth in Freedom's Ransom, while Kathleen Ann Goonan invites aliens to destroy the Internet, radio and TV in Light Music.
GAMES
 Spider-Man and dozens of his superfriends got game in the decidedly different Marvel HeroClix: Infinity Challenge, an intriguing new way of recreating comic books' biggest battles.
CLASSICS
 In Suzy McKee Charnas' Walk to the End of the World, men blame women for Earth's destruction and women are reduced to slavery—until one woman changes everything.
COOL STUFF
 Sci-fi's B-movie magic—from Damnation Alley to The Playgirls and the Vampire and more—is on display in Trash: The Graphic Genius of Xploitation Movie Posters.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Star Trek's original starship captain has often been satirized, but at The First Church of Shatnerology, it's time for him to be worshipped as well, with sound bites, photos and more.
LETTERS
 Readers come to the defense of Dinotopia, long for the good ol' days before computer-generated imagery, go ballistic over the season finale of Buffy, and more.

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