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September 8, 2003
Issue 333
Vol. 9, No. 36

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INTERVIEW

 After putting The Mote in God's Eye and wielding Lucifer's Hammer, author Jerry Pournelle unlocks the secrets of science fiction.


EXCESSIVE CANDOUR

 Critic John Clute spends a few Budayeen Nights inside the pages of George Alec Effinger's posthumous collection.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Joss Whedon adapts Firefly into a feature film, Penelope Cruz bonds with co-star Halle Berry on Gothika's haunting sets, director Peter Hyams listens to Ray Bradbury's "Sound of Thunder," Arnold Schwarzenegger eggs on a gubernatorial heckler, Angie Everhart hunts a scorpion the size of an elephant in SCI FI's Bugs, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Science Fiction Weekly explores television's future with Part I of our Fall SF TV Preview, Heath Ledger searches for a sin eater in The Order, Scott Bakula risks his crew in the Enterprise season premiere, Nick Stahl visits a creepy Carnivàle, and Christopher Gorham becomes a superspy in Jake 2.0.
OFF THE SHELF
 Norman Spinrad mixes cyberpunk and satire in Deus X and Other Stories, while Liz Williams conjures up the elder gods of the Soviet Union in Nine Layers of Sky.
GAMES
 Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition—least of all Galileo, Machiavelli or da Vinci—in the fantasy RPG of Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusades for the PC.
ANIME
 The cult hit 1995 Ninja Scroll movie lives on in the creepy sexuality and exciting fight choreography of Ninja Scroll: The Series.
SOUND SPACE
 Christopher Lee joins with a group of Danish musicians to bring Tolkien's poetry to life on the 20 cuts of the At Dawn in Rivendell CD.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Some games never die, not even when their manufacturers stop producing them, as proven by the enthusiastic fans at Alternity.net.
LETTERS
 Readers welcome a British Hero to America, explore Ray Bradbury's visionary SF, campaign for a continued Twilight Zone, and more.

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