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January 21, 2003
Issue 300
Vol. 9, No. 3

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THE CASSUTT FILES

 Michael Cassutt takes a look at The Lord of the Rings—and at the fan in the mirror—when he opens up to share his "Confessions of a Sci-fi Snob."


INTERVIEW

 Joe Haldeman, award-winning author of The Forever War and Forever Peace, tells why he'll keep writing science fiction—forever.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Director Jay Roach hitchhikes away from a planned Douglas Adams adaptation, George Lucas sketches out the storyline for Star Wars: Episode III, Andy Hallett sings his horns off as a series regular on Angel, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Patrick Stewart directs "A Fistful of Datas" on the Star Trek: The Next Generation—Season Six DVD, while only Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones can stop Lara Flynn Boyle from destroying the Earth on the Men in Black II DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Sean Williams and Shane Dix shower the Earth with alien artifacts in Orphans of Earth, while Ken MacLeod concludes his cosmic trilogy as gods and saurs go to war in Engine City.
GAMES
 Build underwater cities, find buried treasure and even reassemble the lost city of Atlantis at the bottom of the sea in the new Jules Verne-inspired tabletop board game Nautilus.
CLASSICS
 Astronaut Eric Fleming hopes to score a trip to Mars—but winds up visiting Zsa Zsa Gabor instead—in the campy Queen of Outer Space.
COOL STUFF
 Officers aboard the Enterprise—as well as the army of Starfleet wannabes—can explore the galaxy with the Trek Tek Communicator and Phase Pistol.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The talented fans at Starship Exeter have recreated a lost episode of the original Star Trek in Quicktime movies that were seven years in the making.
LETTERS
 Readers remember the prophecies of Robert A. Heinlein, determine the difference between sci-fi and fantasy, salute John Crichton's heroism, and much more.

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