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October 20, 2003
Issue 339
Vol. 9, No. 42

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INTERVIEW

 With trick-or-treating just around the corner, director John Carpenter looks back at his own personal Halloween on the 25th anniversary of that modern horror classic.


LAB NOTES

 Now that China has become the third nation to launch a man into space, scientist Wil McCarthy looks to the skies and sees only "Red Stars."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Charisma Carpenter crosses over to Angel, Drew Barrymore takes a trip to the future in Barbarella, Gore Verbinski climbs aboard the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, Christian Slater scares himself in the upcoming video-game adaptation Alone in the Dark, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Bruce Campbell channels Elvis in Bubba Ho-Tep, Jennifer Garner turns against SD-6 on the Alias season one DVD, Matt Groening laughs all the way to the future on the Futurama season two DVD, and Clark Beasley Jr. succumbs to a succubus in Flesh for the Beast.
OFF THE SHELF
 Elizabeth Moon struggles to save a scrapped starship in Trading in Danger, while Scott Westerfeld helps a newborn artificial intelligence fight an interstellar war in The Killing of Worlds.
GAMES
 As the Hiigara fight to keep their brand-new mothership in one piece long enough to break the planetary blockage by the evil Vaygr, soar through thrilling 3-D space battles in Homeworld 2 for the PC.
ANIME
 In the year 2225, a group of teenagers sent into orbit for space-industry training is plunged by sabotage into a lethal sea of energy in Infinite Ryvius.
SOUND SPACE
 After adding snap to the Addams Family theme song, composer Vic Mizzy made his movie music debut on the 22 tunes of The Night Walker.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 If Uma Thurman had just paid a visit to the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts, perhaps she would have found it a little easier to Kill Bill.
LETTERS
 Readers long for a new Logan's Run, give the boot to the producers of Star Trek: Enterprise, hop on the Doctor Who bandwagon, and much more.

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