Nov. 30, 1998
Issue 86
Vol. 4, No. 26

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IN OUR NEXT ISSUE
Anime and Sound Space will return, while Cool Stuff and Games will be given the week off. We'll also be posting a preview of Star Trek: Insurrection on Dec. 8, and we'll look at new books by Bruce Sterling and Maureen F. McHugh.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 UPN wants more Seven Days, new actors enlist for Universal Soldier II, ADV acquires Queen Emeraldas, and more.
ON SCREEN
 Aliens attack Scotland in the Sci-Fi Channel original miniseries Invasion Earth, and Pixar tries to outdo Antz with A Bug's Life.
OFF THE SHELF
 Pat Cadigan explores mysteries and murder in artificial reality with Tea from an Empty Cup, while Orson Scott Card looks at the best SF of the '80s in Future on Ice.
CLASSICS
 When we sent out the Voyager II spacecraft, it contained an engraved invitation to aliens, asking them to visit Earth. We never expected a Starman to answer.
GAMES
 Activision has updated the classic 1979 arcade game Asteroids, giving it a new ship, new weapons and new missions. Should they have bothered?
COOL STUFF
 Toy Vault has released the first two action figures in its new Middle Earth line, and you won't believe what they've done to Gandalf and the Balrog!
SITE OF THE WEEK
 On what day were George and Jane married? What was the name of Astro's girlfriend? Find out on the Jetsons Unofficial Home.
LETTERS
 Several of our readers rush to defend the health of the SF genre, others write in about the end of Babylon 5, and more.

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