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October 28, 2002
Issue 288
Vol. 8, No. 41

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THE CASSUTT FILES

 Michael Cassutt takes an evening off from baseball to demonstrate that anyone wanting to truly understand TV had better be prepared to do some "Sci-Fi Surfing" first.


INTERVIEWS

 Producer Joel Silver and director Steve Beck sail the supernatural seas with actress Julianna Margulies aboard a gory Ghost Ship, while Hugo Award-winning artist Frank Kelly Freas will never stop painting the future.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Anthony Hopkins joins the cast of the new Superman flick as Jor-El, David Duchovny looks forward to a big-screen X-Files reunion, Joss Whedon suspects that season seven will spell the end for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Halle Berry storms onto the set of the X-Men sequel, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Sea captain Gabriel Byrne sets course for a bedeviled destination in Ghost Ship, Kirk Cameron fights for freedom after the apocalypse in Left Behind II: Tribulation Force, and Adrienne Barbeau mist-behaves in an underrated classic on the The Fog Special Edition DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Allen Steele flees an embattled Earth to found a brave new world in Coyote, while Harry Turtledove drafts Shakespeare as a secret agent in the alternate England of Ruled Britannia.
GAMES
 Gaming guru Steve Jackson slays monsters in space with bizarre weapons such as the bananafanafofaser in the satirical science-fiction card game Star Munchkin.
CLASSICS
 Fredric Brown was the unrivaled master of the short-short story, and in the antic alien-invasion novel Martians, Go Home, he proved himself to be the master of the short-short alien as well.
COOL STUFF
 Halloween conquers Springfield in the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror III Playset, a tricky collectible—featuring Donuthead Homer, Witch Marge and more—which it would be a treat to find.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 From spacefaring Mr. Absurdity through eccentric inventor Dr. Xenophon Xerxes Zapt, Pulp and Adventure Heroes of the Pre-War Years opens a window into the world of SF's early champions.
LETTERS
 Readers befriend the creators of Birds of Prey, debate the merits of some of sci-fi's most memorable music moments, support the uplifting message of the Man of Steel, and much more.

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