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July 26, 2004
Issue 379
Vol. 10, No. 30

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COVER ART Featured Artist:
Anders Lejczak

INTERVIEWS

 Award-winning author Jack Dann travels back in time to channel the James Dean and Marilyn Monroe that never were in The Rebel.


LAB NOTES

 Scientist Wil McCarthy insists that the past and future are only an illusion, and that "There's No Time Like the Present."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Director Darren Aronofsky tackles a big-screen Watchmen, Lance Henriksen sinks his teeth into Out for Blood, Natalie Portman reshoots her Star Wars: Episode III scenes, Stargate Atlantis shatters audience records for SCI FI, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Halle Berry unsheathes her claws in Catwoman, Takeshi Kitano slices and dices as a blind samurai in Zatoichi, Kin Shriner turns down an invitation to join the Justice League Unlimited, and Jake Gyllenhaal revisits his imaginary friend in Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut.
OFF THE SHELF
 Larry Niven threatens to destroy tomorrow's greatest artifact in Ringworld's Children, while Elizabeth Hand drives yesterday's artists mad in Mortal Love.
GAMES
 Instead of just watching Vin Diesel, gamers can be Vin Diesel in the first-person shooter The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay for the Xbox.
ANIME
 A major hit film attempts to translate into an ongoing series with Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, but this time the action overpowers the philosophy.
SOUND SPACE
 The 62 cuts on Rebirth of Mothra 1-3—taken from 40 years of films featuring Godzilla's winged nemesis—are surprisingly poignant for tunes inspired by a giant insect monster.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Other Timelines specializes in histories that never happened, including ones in which the Beatles reunited or John McCain was elected president, and other hypothetical futures.
LETTERS
 Readers debate the faithfulness of Will Smith's I, Robot, thank Michael Moore for bringing readers back to Ray Bradbury, defend the wartime choices of Harry Truman, and much more.

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