Science Fiction Weekly

July 1, 2002
Issue 271
Vol. 8, No. 27

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INTERVIEW

Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle and director Barry Sonnenfeld get set to invade theaters with Men in Black II, while award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch prepares to launch a new science-fiction series.

LAB NOTES

In his latest column, scientist Wil McCarthy enters The Dead Zone to read the minds of his readers and explore the reality of ESP in "Psi Out."

NEWS OF THE WEEK

Dennis Quaid makes plans to visit Roland Emmerich in The Day After Tomorrow, Liam Neeson zips his lips about his reported Episode III appearance, Dustin Hoffman flies to Neverland to join Johnny Depp, and much more.

ON SCREEN

Revisit the first Star Wars satire in the Hardware Wars Collector's Edition DVD, crazed cartoonist Bill Plympton gets animated in Mutant Aliens, and special-effects wizard Stan Winston delivers the chills in She Creature.

OFF THE SHELF

Robert J. Sawyer strands an unusual Neanderthal on planet Earth in Hominids, while Gene O'Neill sends a new illustrated man on a deadly quest in The Burden of Indigo.

GAMES

Either join the Jedi or succumb to the Dark Side—the choice is up to you—as the adventures of Episode II are brought to life in the Star Wars Trading Card Game: Attack of the Clones.

ANIME

A successful exorcist is helped by a vampire, a priest, a spirit and a lecher in the movie Ghost Sweeper Mikami, inspired by the lengthy manga series and television show.

SOUND SPACE

Outer space never seemed sillier than in Barbarella, but the film's score from Bob Crewe and Charles Fox, now on CD for the first time, has its serious moments.

SITE OF THE WEEK

Farscape fans have filled the Web with their valentines, but The Tourist's Guide to the Uncharted Territories is one of the best such site, containing episode guides, fan fiction, sound bites and more.

LETTERS

Readers long for a longer Men in Black II, rip into our Minority Report review, assert that anime may be the answer to sci-fi's woes, wish that DVDs would deliver only widescreen versions, and much more.