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June 16, 1997
Vol. 3, No. 12
Issue 48




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 News of the Week
Get the latest word on Babylon 5, see what Britain's ITV network has in store for SF fans, find out who won this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award and much more. This issue more than two dozen news items!
Off the Shelf
Gardner Dozois is back with another "year's best" anthology, Greg Egan takes on the Theory of Everything in Distress, and newcomer Mark Fabi examines a computer virus gone awry in Wyrm.
 On Screen
HBO claims to be perverting science in its new SF anthology series, and The Sci-Fi Channel brings you Michael York in the premiere of Dark Planet.
Classic Sci-Fi
Years before the term "cyberpunk" even existed, John Brunner wrote one of the best cyberpunk stories of all time: The Shockwave Rider.
 
 Excessive Candour
SF scholar and critic John Clute takes a look at Larry Niven's Destiny's Road and finds it to be "a wiser book, a realer tale."
 
 Sci-Fi Site of the Week
Can't make it to Las Vegas for the opening of Star Trek: The Experience? Then visit the Web site instead...it's almost as good.
Anime
Neon Genesis Evangelion just keeps on coming, and lucky for us it keeps on getting better, too. This issue we take a look at Genesis 0:5.
 Cool Sci-Fi Stuff
Think you overheard Mr. Spock and Q reenacting Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth? You're right...
Games
As creatures go the Norns are cute and cuddly. Not bad, considering they live only in your PC.