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Science Fiction Weekly
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August 25, 1997
Vol. 3, No. 16
Issue 52
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Sept. 8, 1997
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News of the Week
We have the results of our second annual Unofficial Hugo Poll, plus news about The X-Files movie, rumors that Colm Meaney might be leaving Deep Space Nine, a report on how you can help SETI search for aliens, and much more.
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Off the Shelf
We take a look at Vonda McIntyre's 17th century science fantasy novel The Moon and the Sun, plus Robert Reed's Beneath the Gated Sky, where everything we know about the universe turns out to be a lie.
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On Screen
This issue we review two movies that combine horror and science fiction, to varying degrees of success: Event Horizon and Mimic. So, just how scary are they?
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Classic Sci-Fi
A long lost spaceship, a black hole and a stranded crew...if it sounds like Event Horizon, guess again. It's Disney's 1979 special effects wonder, The Black Hole.
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Excessive Candour
SF scholar and critic John Clute takes a look Dan Simmons' The Rise of Endymion in "The whole of SF history as a theophany."
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Sci-Fi Site of the Week
If you're one of the thousands of people who have been waiting for the sequel to Myst...well, you'll have to wait a bit longer. But in the meantime, you can catch a glimpse of the upcoming Myst-sequel Riven by visiting the Riven Journals.
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Anime
As the alien "angels" continue their war against humanity, A.D.V. Films continues releasing new episodes of Neon Genesis: Evangelion. This issue we look at Genesis 0:6.
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Cool Sci-Fi Stuff
Science fiction has always looked ahead to the future, but the future may arrive sooner than we think, at least according to Synthetic Pleasures, which takes a look at virtual reality, nootropics and more.
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Games
Aliens want to strip mine Earth's greatest (well, sort of) cities, and it's up to Kurt Hectic to stop them. But does MDK really stand for "Mother's Day kisses"?
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