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March 1, 2004
Issue 358
Vol. 10, No. 9

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INTERVIEW

 Executive producer Marc Carliner goes under the knife to spill his guts about the making of Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital.


EDITORIAL

Scott Edelman, Science Fiction Weekly's editor-in-chief, weary from his Academy Awards hangover, explains why it's important that Peter Jackson was made "The Lord of the Oscars."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Robert Rodriguez repents in Frank Miller's Sin City, Charlize Theron changes from Monster to superheroine in Aeon Flux, Renny Harlin wraps his reshoots on Exorcist: The Beginning, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Jack Coleman stands in for the master of horror as a haunted artist in Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital, and Dave Lister laughs while lost in space with a snarky hologram on the Red Dwarf Series III DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Roger Zelazny tags along with an interstellar assassin in Manna from Heaven, while Peter F. Hamilton discovers unwelcome life on Mars in Pandora's Star.
GAMES
 Humans engage in space combat with the Asgard and the Goa'uld in a deadly competition to rule the galaxy in the Stargate SG-1 Board Game.
CLASSICS
 After winning both a Hugo and Nebula Award for the novellette version of this tale, Greg Bear unleashed his genetically engineered cells at novel length in Blood Music.
COOL STUFF
 Alien was one of the most terrifying science-fiction movies of all time, but the Mez-Itz Alien Figures somehow manage to turn a figure of fright into something cuddly.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The SF Con Survival Kit for Neofans will let a convention newcomer avoid opening mouth and inserting foot with thanks to witty advice and a comprehensive list of do's and don'ts.
LETTERS
 Readers differ on the reasons for Angel's demise, carp about Alan Moore's movie adaptations, debate the role of skin color in casting, pray for Tarzan to survive, and more.

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