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July 29, 2002
Issue 275
Vol. 8, No. 31

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INTERVIEW

 Jay Roach directs Beyonce Knowles, Verne Troyer and Seth Green in the groovy sequel Austin Powers in Goldmember, while Jonathan Frakes is Beyond Belief as he beams down for a brand-new Twilight Zone.


LAB NOTES

 In his latest column, scientist Wil McCarthy watches the skies for the approach of dragons, and is then forced to take cover from "Great Flaming Reptiles!"

HUGO AWARDS POLL
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Director M. Night Shyamalan remains surprised by the Unbreakable backlash, John Billingsley goes to the dogs in a future Enterprise episode, Mel Gibson reveals his own near-death experience, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Mike Myers renews his license to shag in Austin Powers in Goldmember, Haley Joel Osment sees bear people in Disney's The Country Bears, and Guy Pearce goes back to the Wells in The Time Machine DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 L.E. Modesitt Jr. threatens to drown the world with music in his cyberpunk thriller Archform: Beauty, while Roger MacBride Allen conquers the universe by traveling through time in The Ocean of Years.
GAMES
 Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 strategy game blasts off into the depths of space in Battlefleet Gothic, a tabletop spaceship combat game in which players roll dice to smash interstellar enemies.
ANIME
 The wildly popular Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series ended with its mysteries still unsolved—mysteries that the feature film Death & Rebirth attempts to answer.
SOUND SPACE
 Composer Jean-Luc Hervé Berthelot takes part in thrilling space battles in The Seskian Wars, using as his weapon of choice not photon torpedoes but a pulsing synthesizer.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 GamingReport.com covers the world of role-playing games, collectible games, strategy-war games and board games with lively news, commentary, gossip and more.
LETTERS
 Readers rate Eight to be a freaky hit, give the pink slip to uncaring television executives, beg for more Babylon 5, defend Enterprise's Prime Directive, and much more.

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