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January 13, 2003
Issue 299
Vol. 9, No. 2

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INTERVIEW

 New Zealand actor Lani John Tupu is more than just the face of Farscape's Capt. Bialar Crais—he's the voice of Moya's Pilot as well.


LAB NOTES

 In his latest column, Wil McCarthy discovers that when you "Wish Upon a Spore," you learn that alien invaders may have already arrived.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Gary Oldman considers making magic in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban sequel, Lucy Lawless lives by the sword in a Xena: Warrior Princess big-screen movie, Ursula K. Le Guin joins the list of SFWA Grand Masters, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Capt. Kirk plays paintball against the Borg on William Shatner's Spplat Attack DVD, writer/director Olaf Ittenbach recruits innocent victims to join the Le6ion of the Dead, and a former Cosby kid grows up to have psychic powers in That's So Raven.
OFF THE SHELF
 Liz Williams uses supernatural powers to travel the solar system in The Poison Master, while Elizabeth Moon unleashes a cure worse than the disease in The Speed of Dark.
GAMES
 A shattered world provides the solution to its own salvation in Project Nomads for the PC, as players ride pieces of a planet to prevent its complete destruction.
ANIME
 The lunacy of Lupin the 3rd TV ably shows how this roguish master criminal has been able to successfully steal the hearts of viewers since 1967.
SOUND SPACE
 Alice Cooper, John Entwistle and other rock 'n' roll icons invade the sci-fi universe on the Flash Fearless vs. The Zorg Women: Parts 5 and 6 CD.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Use the Force—but more importantly, watch out for paper cuts—when constructing droids, TIE fighters and even the Millennium Falcon with the help of Star Wars Origami.
LETTERS
 Readers pounce on the politically correct in SF, rise to the defense of Dune prequels, compare and contract the differing Tolkien and Jackson Towers, and much more.

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