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Oct. 19, 1998
Vol. 4, No. 21
Issue 81




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 News of the Week
UPN cancels Mercy Point, Crusade launch delayed, the O'Connells leave Sliders, Roger Corman to film Asimov's Nightfall, and more.
Off the Shelf
This issue we review Elizabeth Hand's eclectic story collection Last Summer at Mars Hill, and we also take a look at Stephen Baxter's new novel Moonseed.
 On Screen
We preview Fox's new supernatural series Brimstone and UPN's upcoming SF disaster flick Inferno, plus we take a look at Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic.
Classic Sci-Fi
One hundred years ago H.G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds, a chilling story of alien invasion that's as terrifying now as it was then.
 
 Excessive Candour
SF critic John Clute takes a look at John Varley's new book The Golden Globe in "It sits on the page and dazzles you."
 
 Sci-Fi Site of the Week
Looking for information on that extended version of the Dune film, or trying to remember which book Frank Herbert wrote first? The World of Dune has your answers.
Anime
In Key: The Metal Idol, Vol. 7, all of the secrets about one of anime's most popular series come tumbling out. But where is Key during all of the excitement?
 Cool Sci-Fi Stuff
Ancient Alien is an audio/visual work of art that combines outer space and antediluvian civilizations to shed new light on age-old legends and mythical creatures.
Games
The Sentinel sits atop the landscape waiting and watching with its deadly scanning beam, challenging you to defeat it in the high-tech king-of-the-hill game Sentinel Returns.


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