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September 19, 2005
Issue 439
Vol. 11, No. 38

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INTERVIEWS

 Mark Waters directs Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo in Just Like Heaven, a spirited film about life (and love) after death, while Lake Bell, Jay Ferguson and Carter Jenkins dive beneath the Surface.


LAB NOTES

 Wil McCarthy cloaks himself in a dusty brown coat for a quick trip to the "Worlds of Serenity."

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Joss Whedon goes back to basics for Wonder Woman, Keanu Reeves rejects a possible Constantine sequel, David Cronenberg walks through London Fields, Shia LaBeouf collaborates with Neil Gaiman on bringing Death to the big screen, Gary Oldman prepares to father The Children of Men, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Science Fiction Weekly welcomes back old friends in Part II of our 2005 Fall SF TV Preview, Reese Witherspoon gives up the ghost in Just Like Heaven, Rick Cramer bites it in Venom, Eddie Cibrian stands tall against an Invasion, and Jennifer Love Hewitt makes dead wishes come true in Ghost Whisperer.
OFF THE SHELF
 Terry Bisson dances with death in Greetings & Other Stories, while Jon Courtenay Grimwood hunts a serial killer in the alternate timeline of Effendi.
GAMES
 Building a fleet of spaceships to conquer the universe turns a two-dimensional battle into a three-dimensional war in Rocketmen: Axis of Evil.
ANIME
 The only way that a village of peaceful farmers can survive against a flying battle fleet of mechanical enemies is by enlisting the Samurai 7.
SOUND SPACE
 Composer Cliff Bradley comes up with an amazingly robust score for Undead—especially when you consider it was all done on a home computer.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 The Forbidden Zone celebrates the Planet of the Apes films with interviews, trivia, do-it-yourself ape costuming tips and much more.
LETTERS
 Readers tune out A Sound of Thunder, look forward to a PG-13 Harry Potter flick, wish that we could all share the fruits of the future, and more.

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