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Science Fiction Weekly
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May 4, 1998
Vol. 4, No. 9
Issue 69
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May 20, 1998
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News of the Week
See who won the 1997 Nebula Awards, read about the new SF Web zine four former Omni staffers are creating, find out what Will Smith's next big film will be, and more.
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Off the Shelf
David Brin is back with the final installment in the New Uplift Trilogy, Heaven's Reach, Damien Broderick reviews Greg Egan's latest book, Diaspora, and we also look at John Barnes' new novel, Earth Made of Glass.
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On Screen
In Deep Impact a comet is about to hit the Earth, and if we can't find a way to stop it in time, only a million people will survive. Who will live and who will die?
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Classic Sci-Fi
Long before Paramount made its Deep Impact, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle wrote a best-selling story about a comet striking the Earth: Lucifer's Hammer.
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Excessive Candour
SF scholar and critic John Clute takes a look at Jonathan Lethem's new SF novel Girl in Landscape in "A most silent book."
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Sci-Fi Site of the Week
Worried about an asteroid or comet hitting the Earth? So is NASA, which is why it created the Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards Web site.
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Anime
A brilliant secret agent is sent to ferret out the secret of Captain Justy Ueki Tylor's inexplicable success in The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Vols. 2 & 3.
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Cool Sci-Fi Stuff
Set course for Las Vegas and beam aboard Star Trek: The Experience, where you can drink a "James Tea Kirk" in Quark's Bar or ride the "Voyage Through Space."
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Games
Blizzard Entertainment has finally released Starcraft, and we'll tell you if it was worth the wait. (Want a hint? "We're in the pipe, five by five." Roger that!)
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