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July 22, 2002
Issue 274
Vol. 8, No. 30

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INTERVIEW

 Iain M. Banks, author of such imaginative novels as Consider Phlebas and The Wasp Factory, takes Science Fiction Weekly readers behind the scenes of his immense galactic empires.


EDITORIAL

Scott Edelman, Science Fiction Weekly's editor-in-chief, rails against the frailty of flesh and blood, and begins "Making Peace with My Cyborg Future."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Joss Whedon promises to bring back familiar faces to Buffy, Brannon Braga spoils Enterprise's second season, Jonathan Frakes pilots the live-action Thunderbirds, and more.
ON SCREEN
 David Arquette and Kari Wuhrer must exterminate or be exterminated in the big-budget B-movie Eight Legged Freaks, while sci-fi's original epic is reborn in a restored Metropolis.
OFF THE SHELF
 Jack McDevitt launches a group of first-contact fanatics on a search for intelligent aliens in Chindi, while Paul Di Filippo mixes sex and SF as a scientist turns shapeshifter in A Mouthful of Tongues.
GAMES
 Magic: The Gathering—the fantasy game that started the collectible-card-game craze—brings its wonders to the Web in an online incarnation sure to fan the flames of Magic fever all over again.
CLASSICS
 An unfortunate good samaritan makes it big in Las Vegas—really big—when a nuclear bomb blast changes him into The Amazing Colossal Man.
COOL STUFF
 Cult TV Man's Ultimate Modeling Guide to Classic Sci-Fi Movies—stuffed with countless model-kit secrets—proves that if you build it, you'll have fun.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 For a cosmic compendium of information on space-exploration efforts worldwide, check out the Encyclopedia Astronautica, which features essays, timelines, news and more.
LETTERS
 Readers demand the return of Dark Angel, rain on the dragons of Reign of Fire, disagree with Star Trek's Prime Directive, continue to debate Buffy's finale, and much more.

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