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January 6, 2003
Issue 298
Vol. 9, No. 1

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INTERVIEW

 Author Harry Turtledove, the modern master of the alternate-history tale, has written more than 60 novels that can transport readers to Worlds That Weren't.


EDITORIAL

As a new year begins, Scott Edelman, Science Fiction Weekly's editor-in-chief, drafts his list of resolutions and fears that he is only "Giving Birth to Tomorrow's Broken Promises."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Special-effects guru Phil Tippet shoots for the stars by directing a Starship Troopers sequel, Ridley Scott celebrates a knight to remember, Mel Gibson romances the supernatural novels of Nora Roberts, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Tom Cruise runs for his life in Philip K. Dick's paranoid future on the Minority Report DVD, while director Aleksandr Sokurov travels through time with tourists from tomorrow in the technologically daring Russian Ark.
OFF THE SHELF
 David Weber saves the universe as Honor Harrington returns in War of Honor, while Steven H. Silver and Martin H. Greenberg collect the stories that launched the careers of Clarke, Bujold and others in Wondrous Beginnings.
GAMES
 Earth and Mars join forces against an alien invasion of the solar system in Hegemonia: Legions of Iron, the new space strategy experience from Digital Reality for the PC in which the star battles are gorgeous, challenging and fun.
CLASSICS
 Not even Winona Ryder can steal the show from manic bio-exorcist Michael Keaton, the dark star of Tim Burton's gleefully ghoulish Beetlejuice.
COOL STUFF
 Jack Williamson, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison and seven more SF greats are captured live in James Gunn's The Literature of Science Fiction Film Series.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Perhaps a book can't be judged by its cover, but magazines are an entirely different matter, as proven by The Visual Index of Science Fiction Cover Art.
LETTERS
 Readers debate the faithfulness of Peter Jackson's The Two Towers, fear for the future of John Doe, dive into the spicy new Dune prequels, and more.

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