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"We control the vertical. We control the horizontal." The creepiest series in TV history combined existential inquiry with a memorable monster menagerie.
By Mark Holcomb
April 8, 2002
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Impressive sci-fi effects and cute actors can't save a trite, safe teen flick that should please Joe Lieberman.
By Damien Cave
March 29, 2002
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With its most beloved character dead, its adult female fans up in arms and its ratings in ruins, the once-hot sci-fi series "Stargate SG-1" may be doomed.
By Mary McNamara
February 13, 2002
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A journey to the heart of science fiction fandom reveals that selling out is a geek survival trait.
By Annalee Newitz
September 11, 2001
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At 81, the veteran author of sci-fi classics "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles" is suddenly very hot in Hollywood.
By James Hibberd
August 29, 2001
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Neal Stephenson's sci-fi thriller about ancient and future viruses makes a comeback as an audiobook.
Read by Jonathan Davis
August 20, 2001
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"Days of Our Lives" was paving the way for science long before real-life eggheads had figured anything out.
By Christine Kenneally
June 7, 2001
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How well did Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke predict the future? They nailed it, says Sun's chief technology officer.
By Greg Papadopoulos
April 9, 2001
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In a new documentary, the archetypal cyberpunk author displays his new obsession: Media, not technology.
By Andrew Leonard
February 7, 2001
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The award-winning creator of mythic worlds, and a master of metaphor, writes about people, animals and trees -- "nothing that is alien."
By Faith L. Justice
January 23, 2001
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Dragons! Centaurs! Sex! Bad puns! A writer confesses her embarrassing love for Piers Anthony's epic, cheesy fantasy novels.
By Emily Jenkins
December 7, 2000
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Why did Theodore Sturgeon's great love stories languish in the ghetto of science fiction?
By John Clute
November 15, 2000
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Val Kilmer leads this mission to mediocrity.
By Charles Taylor
November 10, 2000
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His house is a museum/where people come to see him/he really is a scree-um/he's Forrest Ackerman!
By Hugo Perez
October 30, 2000
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In his epic new novel, Bruce Sterling leaves technophilia behind and sides with humanity.
By Gavin McNett
October 30, 2000
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"Breakfast of Champions"
By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
October 5, 2000
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Fans of John Norman's novels about the planet Gor create virtual and real-life worlds in which women are slaves.
By Julia Gracen
May 18, 2000
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Feminist sf grows up and gets wise in the conclusion of Suzy McKee Charnas' Holdfast Chronicles.
By Polly Shulman
April 21, 2000
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Our science fiction columnist on Sean Stewart's dark tale of perpetual Carnival.
By Polly Shulman
March 31, 2000
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Sadism and palace intrigue flavor the deliciously paranoid vision of Iain Banks.
By Polly Shulman
February 18, 2000
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Readers concur: Orson Scott Card interview really WAS the worst Plus: Cintra speaks the truth about the sorry state of Hollywood movies; who are the culprits in airline disasters?
Letters to the editor
February 5, 2000
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I worshipped militaristic Mormon science-fiction writer Orson Scott Card -- until we met.
By Donna Minkowitz
February 3, 2000
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Graham Joyce's dark visions walk the thin line between truth and nightmare.
By Polly Shulman
January 21, 2000
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A sweet-spirited and clever film for anyone who's ever been a sci-fi nerd -- or laughed at one.
By Stephanie Zacharek
January 7, 2000
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Connie Willis' science fiction tackles time travel and chaos theory with Wodehousian wit.
By Polly Shulman
December 23, 1999
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