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September 3, 2002
Issue 280
Vol. 8, No. 36

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THE CASSUTT FILES

 Over the years, Michael Cassutt has logged more than his share of frequent-flier miles in order to enjoy "The Pros of Cons."


INTERVIEWS

 Tom Welling returns as Clark Kent for another super season in Smallville, while director Philip Haas dreams up an adaptation of an SF classic in Lathe of Heaven.

NEWS OF THE WEEK
 Voters choose the genre's best at this year's World Science Fiction Convention, David Bowie goes undercover on Alias, director David Goyer slices into the bloody sequel Blade III, Smallville's scribes swing over to Spider-Man territory, and much more.
ON SCREEN
 Lukas Haas' dreams could destroy the world in Lathe of Heaven, Stephen Dorff must delete a killer Web site in Feardotcom, Marc Singer resists alien invasion on V: The Final Battle DVD and Harry Hamlin wars with the gods on the Clash of the Titans DVD.
OFF THE SHELF
 Kelly Eskridge invents a new virtual-reality universe in Solitaire, while Nancy Kress concludes her interstellar trilogy with the fast-paced Probability Space.
GAMES
 Earth becomes a playground of violence in the new first-person shooter Gore: Ultimate Soldier, as a squad of supermen fights to tame chaotic cities.
CLASSICS
 The human race is dying—literally—to discover the secrets of an alien artifact in Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys' masterful novel that explores life's true final frontier.
COOL STUFF
 Irwin Allen tunnelled through time and voyaged to the bottom of the sea, but his rarest gizmo came with The Land of the Giants: Spaceship Spindrift Plastic Model Kit.
SITE OF THE WEEK
 It's said that the difference between men and boys is the price of their toys, but the masculine gender doesn't hold a monopoly on fun, which is ably proven by WomenGamers.com.
LETTERS
 Readers debate the politics of SF, sprinkle some water on the aliens of Signs, learn to overlook the errors in Attack of the Clones, contend that cons cannot be replaced, and more.

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