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July 18, 2005
Issue 430
Vol. 11, No. 29

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INTERVIEWS

 Tim Burton gives Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore sweet tooths in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, while Tim Story irradiates Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and Julian McMahon in Fantastic Four .


EDITORIAL

Scott Edelman, Science Fiction Weekly's editor-in-chief, sits in the dark at a screening of War of the Worlds "Cruising the Voices in My Head."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Michael Bay blows up The Island, Mike Mignola sketches the future of Hellboy 2, Owen Wilson signs on for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Gus Van Sant marries The Time Traveler's Wife, Thomas Jane pumps up for The Punisher 2, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Johnny Depp makes the world taste good in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Kevin McCauley needs a bigger chainsaw in The Root of All Evil, and Patrick Stewart defies the Federation on the Star Trek: Insurrection Collector's Edition DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Michael Cunningham assigns an android a strange odyssey in Specimen Days, while Kelly Link goes shopping with zombies in Magic for Beginners.
GAMES
 Science-fiction master Orson Scott Card pulls the trigger as aliens invade with a mission to kill all humans in the first-person shooter Advent Rising for the Xbox.
CLASSICS
 Connie Willis sends a researcher from tomorrow back to the Middle Ages—and into the middle of a bubonic plague outbreak—in Doomsday Book.
COOL STUFF
 Marvin, the morose robot from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, wielded a whimsical weapon—and now you have the right to bear his arms.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 Surf the Web with your ears at the SciFi Podcast Network, which features author readings, talk shows, old-fashioned radio and more.
LETTERS
 Readers rebut Michael Crichton's global warming claims, bash our Fantastic Four review, enjoy wading into Dark Water, and more.

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