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February 7, 2005
Issue 407
Vol. 11, No. 6

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Russell Colwell

INTERVIEWS

 Producer Rob Tapert and director Stephen Kay bring the Boogeyman out of the closet to spook actor Barry Watson, while author Timothy Zahn finds a bride for Luke Skywalker.


LAB NOTES

 Harvard President Lawrence Summers claimed that women might not be cut out for science—to which scientist Wil McCarthy adds that what the world really needs are "Two Girls for Every Boy."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Enterprise finds its final frontier, J.K. Rowling warns fans of Harry Potter piracy, Alan Cumming slams Bryan Singer's X-Men directing, Amber Tamblyn pushes for Joan of Arcadia to take a darker direction, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Barry Watson confronts his childhood fears in Boogeyman, Michael Bergin fights a future war on the Starforce DVD, and Tom Welling wrestles with red kryptonite on the Smallville season-three DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Ben Bova harnesses solar and political power in Powersat, while R.M. Meluch battles a hive of alien insects in The Myriad: Tour of the Merrimack.
GAMES
 Don an armored flight suit on tomorrow's battlefields in the third-person, over-the-shoulder shooter MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf.
ANIME
 After a complex magic ritual goes horribly wrong, two brothers must use their supernatural powers to save their souls in Fullmetal Alchemist.
SOUND SPACE
 Former Oingo Boingo keyboardist Richard Gibbs composes a nontraditional score to accompany the gritty future of Battlestar Galactica.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Futurismic not only questions where we are going, but it also points out all the scenery along the way, with essays, fiction, blogs and more.
LETTERS
 Readers mourn the end of Enterprise, remember Marvel Comics' other creators, flush Stargate out of their systems, and much more.

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