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September 20, 2004
Issue 387
Vol. 10, No. 38

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COVER ART Featured Artist:
Gary Houser

INTERVIEWS

 Kerry Conran helps Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow take flight in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Mamoru Oshii animates the long-awaited sequel Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, and Alias creator J.J. Abrams finds himself in Lost.


LAB NOTES

 Scientist Wil McCarthy dons his jetpack and climbs aboard a zeppelin to calculate the cost of "Captaining the Skies."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Christian Bale reinvents the Dark Knight in Batman Begins, Anthony Daniels says goodbye to C-3PO, Robert De Niro gets in touch with his inner predator in Shark Tale, Danny Elfman channels Oompa Loompas in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Science Fiction Weekly welcomes back old friends in Part II of our 2004 Fall SF TV Preview, Angelina Jolie soars in Sky Captain, Akio Ohtsuka solves a robot murder in Ghost in the Shell 2, Matthew Fox crashes in Lost, and Amber Tamblyn returns from crazy camp in Joan of Arcadia.
OFF THE SHELF
 Harry Turtledove launches a sneak attack in Settling Accounts: Return Engagement, while Eileen Gunn claws her way to the top in Stable Strategies and Others.
GAMES
 Ghosts help two cops battle other ghosts through a haunted high school, prison island, ghost ship and more in Ghosthunter for the PlayStation 2.
ANIME
 After city boy Takeo Nanachi witnesses a sacred ritual in the countryside of Eight Clouds Rising, angry spirits reveal an ancient curse.
SOUND SPACE
 Chick Corea time-travels with the Elektric Band to translate L. Ron Hubbard's 1950 novel into the 17 tracks of To the Stars.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The writer of one of the most popular TV episodes of all time bares his soul about "The Trouble with Tribbles" and more at the official David Gerrold site, Gerrold Dot Com.
LETTERS
 Readers disagree about Jack & Bobby, object to Milla Jovovich's language, don't see the sci-fi in Desperate Housewives, hunger for a Hitchhiker's Guide remake, and more.

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