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April 14, 2003
Issue 312
Vol. 9, No. 15

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THE CASSUTT FILES

 As TV pilots are either picked up or passed over, Michael Cassutt sympathizes with the Hollywood hopefuls who are forced to play another stressful round of "Musical Writers."


INTERVIEWS

 Best-selling author Whitley Strieber makes contact with the alien, while Chow Yun-Fat tutors Seann William Scott and Jaime King in the mystical ways of the Bulletproof Monk.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 James Cameron considers continuing the Alien franchise, Faith Hill breathes life into The Stepford Wives, Rachel Weisz changes her mind about the next Mummy, Keith Hamilton Cobb quits Andromeda, and more.
ON SCREEN
 David Boreanaz and Charisma Carpenter spinoff into an afterlife of their own on the Angel Season One DVD, while Chantal Cantouri is forced by a vampiric cult to confront her own bloody destiny in Thirst.
OFF THE SHELF
 Greg Bear breeds a more evolved form of humanity in Darwin's Children, while John W. Campbell travels through time in A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories.
GAMES
 After the evil Lord Griffon wrecks the past, present and future in Dark Cloud 2, players must save the world through city-building, puzzle-solving and a multitude of quests.
CLASSICS
 L. Sprague de Camp became king of the alternate-history novel with Lest Darkness Fall, in which a young archaeologist changes history after being blasted back to ancient Rome.
COOL STUFF
 The magical weapons wielded by Frodo, Gandalf the Grey and Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy come to life in realistic Arms of the Fellowship replicas from Sideshow Toy.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Embark on a cosmic vacation through the solar system and beyond, courtesy of the free space-simulation software available for download at Celestia.
LETTERS
 Readers rally around Angel, worry about the pranks of Scare Tactics, spill the secrets of destroying sci-fi TV, debate the differences of Dune, and much more.

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