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October 21, 2002
Issue 287
Vol. 8, No. 43

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COVER ART Featured Artist:
Joe Tucciarone

INTERVIEW

 Gore Verbinski directs actress Naomi Watts during her descent into The Ring, while writer James Patrick Kelly thinks like a dinosaur to create his Hugo-winning short stories.


LAB NOTES

 In his latest column, Wil McCarthy uses the super powers of a scientist when he visits Smallville to study "Kent, Kryptonite and the Superatom of Boulder."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 David Gerrold gives birth to The Martian Child on the big screen, William Baldwin comes over as the star of the supernatural Red Rover, Catherine Dent romances the alien in Steven Spielberg Presents Taken, Gabriel Mann poses as a priest in the upcoming Exorcist prequel, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Naomi Watts hunts a killer videotape in The Ring, Beau Bridges unravels a ghostly mystery in Sightings: Heartland Ghost, Steve Oedekerk gives a classic chiller the finger in Frankenthumb, and Greg Serano time-travels to take down two sexy succubi in Clive Barker Presents Saint Sinner.
OFF THE SHELF
 George R.R. Martin continues the Wild Cards superhero saga in the star-studded anthology Deuce's Down, while Pat Cadigan hacks into cyberspace in The Ultimate Cyberpunk.
GAMES
 A PC favorite comes to the PS2 in Tribes: Aerial Assault, a deathmatch experience in which Earth's final survivors wage a 40th-century war against the genetically engineered Bioderm.
ANIME
 Frequent collaborators Shoji Kawamori and Yoko Kanno—responsible for such classics as Vision of Escaflowne and Macross Plus—come together to help a dead girl save planet Earth in Arjuna.
SOUND SPACE
 Joss Whedon proves himself to be a jack of all trades when he makes beautiful—but bloody—music for his series regulars to sing on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Once More, With Feeling" CD.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Sci-fi thrives south of the border in The Mexican Movie Gallery, which features spicy cinematic history, lurid posters for such films as Santo vs. the Martian Invasion and more.
LETTERS
 Readers replace Sarah Michelle Gellar, blast the babes of Birds of Prey, stand up for the American status of Superman, wish fans would just leave William Shatner alone, and much more.

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