Science Fiction Weekly

June 17, 2002
Issue 269
Vol. 8, No. 25

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Featured Artist:
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INTERVIEW

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Matthew Lillard tell Science Fiction Weekly readers all about going to the dogs in Scooby-Doo, while Yancy Butler dissects the second season of Witchblade.

EXCESSIVE CANDOUR

John Clute embarks on a magical history tour in the pages of Worlds That Weren't, where he'd hoped for more than merely a few "Happy Hours in Escape World."

NEWS OF THE WEEK

Clive Barker travels through time to save souls with Saint Sinner, Ben Affleck dares to be a darker superhero in Daredevil, Steven Spielberg eyes a return visit to Jurassic Park, Rick Berman treks to a new season of Enterprise, and much more.

ON SCREEN

Peter Weller goes back in time with Earth's only survivors to save the world from destruction in Odyssey 5, while Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar pilot the Mystery Machine through a cartoon classic's live-action adventure in Scooby-Doo.

OFF THE SHELF

Steven Barnes seeds humanity with a hunted band of superchildren in Charisma, while Rudy Rucker creates a Flatland for a new generation with Spaceland.

GAMES

Return to the beloved RPG fantasy world of Manaria as a classic gaming experience is reborn in the Divine Right 25th Anniversary Edition.

ANIME

After the mysterious deaths of 200 workers the day before the grand opening of an underground amusement park, two teens save the day inside a giant robot in Betterman.

SOUND SPACE

Star Trek's most controversial theme song takes flight on the Enterprise soundtrack CD, thanks to the accomplished score of veteran franchise composer Dennis McCarthy.

SITE OF THE WEEK

Fans still in mourning over a certain Slayer's season finale should surf over to Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies for analysis, episode guides and more.

LETTERS

Readers react to Ang Lee's changes to the origin of the Hulk, praise the plotting of Joss Whedon, come to the defense of computer-generated imagery, and more.