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June 14, 2004
Issue 373
Vol. 10, No. 24

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INTERVIEWS

 Vin Diesel jump-starts a new trilogy with The Chronicles of Riddick, Andre Braugher battles bloodsuckers in Salem's Lot, and cutting-edge novelist Richard K. Morgan sells out to Hollywood.


EXCESSIVE CANDOUR

 Visionary author Albert Robida guides critic John Clute through his 1882 predictions for The Twentieth Century.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Sam Raimi sees Spider-Man 2 stars mature, Richard Dean Anderson looks ahead to an eighth season of Stargate SG-1, David Twohy talks about Chronicles of Riddick sequels, Frances McDormand joins Charlize Theron for a live-action Aeon Flux, Sheryl Lee departs from Desperate Housewives, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Vin Diesel battles a legion of intergalactic stormtroopers in The Chronicles of Riddick, Nicole Kidman fights back against becoming one of The Stepford Wives, Rob Lowe goes home again—and lives to regret it—in Salem's Lot, and Tom Welling's super life becomes more complicated on the Smallville season two DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Greg Bear phones the deceased and gets far more than a busy signal in Deadlines, while Alastair Reynolds founds a new religion centuries from now in Absolution Gap.
GAMES
 An advanced 3-D engine powers Thief: Deadly Shadows for the Xbox, the third installment of a classic stealth-action game set in a sprawling steampunk city.
ANIME
 Back in 1985, Megazone 23 was only Japan's second original video ever released—but even today, a story of astonishing scale can be seen beneath its crude animation.
SOUND SPACE
 On Down to Earth, original Star Trek star Nichelle Nichols—who toured with the Duke Ellington Orchestra—shows that she's just as impressive on the stage as she was on the bridge.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Those who can't wait for the next big-screen adventure of their favorite webslinger to fill their Spidey fix should check out Spiderfan for news, reviews and tongue-in-cheek top 10 lists.
LETTERS
 Readers fume over Fantastic Four casting, defend today's DVD pricing, find the physics of The Day After Tomorrow beyond belief, slam Harry Potter's sexy new director, and more.

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