DAVID DELLMAN 
TROY FARWELL 
SUE FEDER 
TIM FLEMING 
DIANE GERVASIO 
PEGGY GERVASIO 
ANDREW KENT 
MIKE LAIRD 
JONATHAN LAMPLEY 
BRENDA McNEAL 
BARRY MURPHY 
SKIP PHILLIPS 
RICK RIEVE 
GARY ROBERSON 
REGINA VALLERANI 
NEIL WAGENFER 
JOHN WARD 
DAVID WILLARD 
CHARLIE WITTIG 
TOM WOODWARD

11. ICS MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATES 
    We've come up with ICS Membership certificates. They're designed for gifts for friends or relatives that you'd like to induct into the Imaginative Cinema Society. You can also use them in the Yankee Swap. 
    Like the memberships they cost $20 for individuals and $30 for couples. If you'd like to get one (or more!) please see Regina.

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DINER ECONOMICS

    Normally people who go to the diner after the meetings are very generous. We usually have extra cash that goes into the treasury. That didn't happen last time. 
    In August we were $15 short. Three people, most of whom had already thrown in a little extra, had to put in $5 more each. We had some people who left early so it was impossible to find where the shortage came from. 
    Please, everyone, be careful. We want to make our trips to the diner as enjoyable as possible. Make sure you leave enough to cover your bill and an extra 20% for tax and tip.
13. ICS FIELD TRIP TO GEPPI'S COMIC MUSEUM 
    There was general excitement around the table last time about taking a weekday trip to the remarkable private comic book and collectibles museum owned by Stephen Geppi of Diamond Comics. There are several items there that exist no where else in the world. At our September meeting we'll be discussing the time and date of the trip. 
    Geppi's museum is only opened Monday to Friday, 10-4. If you like we'll send a note to your boss.
14. CONGRATULATIONS MITCH AND KELLY! 
    Congratulations to Mitch Klein and Kelly Linenberger. When we next see them they'll be husband and wife. 
    Mitch and Kelly, on behalf of the Imaginative Cinema Society, we extend our best wishes for your new lives ahead. We'll have to figure out if we all get to kiss the bride at our next meeting. 

MONDAY 
8-9 YOUNG BLADES (PAX) 

TUESDAY 
8-9 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (UPN) 
9-10 24 (FOX) 
9-10 HAUNTED (UPN) 
9-10 SMALLVILLE (The WB) 

WEDNESDAY 
8-9 ENTERPRISE (UPN) 
9-10 BIRDS OF PREY (The WB) 
9-10 THE TWILIGHT ZONE (UPN) 

THURSDAY 
8-9 DINOTOPIA: THE SERIES (ABC) 
8:30-9 DO OVER (The WB) 
9-10 CSI (CBS) 

FRIDAY 
8-9 FIREFLY (FOX) 
8-9 IN SEARCH OF . . . (SCI-FI) 
9-10 JOHN DOE (FOX) 
9-10 THAT WAS THEN (ABC) 

SATURDAYS 
8-8:30 AM STARGATE INFINITY (FOX)
18. NEW SERIES: ADVENTURE INC (SYNDICATED) 
What's it about: This action drama is going for a a mix of INDIANA JONES, TOMB RAIDER and ROMANCING THE STONE. The series follows explorer Judson Cross (Biehn) and his crew, Mackenzie Previn (Cliche) and Gabriel Patterson (Jesse Nilsson). The Vast Explorer, Judson's expedition yacht, serves as the operation's official headquarters as they travel the world in search of treasure, mystery and the unexplained. Judson's reputation as "the man who can find anything" has spread from bureaucrats to billionaires, resulting in opportunities, danger and excitement. They take on puzzles from history, present-day mysteries and sometimes villains need to be brought to justice. 
Who's in it: Michael Biehn (THE TERMINATOR), Karen Cliche [pronounced Kleesh], Jesse Nilsson, Paul McGann (The Eighth Doctor in DOCTOR WHO) 
Who's making it: Gale Anne Hurd (THE TERMINATOR, ARMAGEDDON, THE ABYSS) and Steven deSouza (DIE HARD) 
Where's it airing: Baltimore: WBFF, D.C.: WBDC, Philadelphia: WPHL 
When's it on: Premieres the week of September 30. Check local listings for the exact day and time.
19. NEW SERIES: BIRDS OF PREY (WB) 
What's it about: Based on the DC Comic of the same name about a trio of female crime fighters - Barbara Gordon/Oracle (Meyer), Selena Kyle/Huntress (Scott) and Dinah Lance/Black Canary (Skarsten) 
The good guys: Barbara Gordon is the former Batgirl. She was disabled by the Joker in a future Gotham City. Confined to a wheelchair, Gordon has become a computerized crimefighter known as the Oracle, who leads a team of female heroes in the series. Helena Kyle is the Huntress, the secret daughter of Batman and Catwoman. Dinah Lance is a psychic who helps the team. She'll eventually become the Black Canary. Batman is in a self-imposed exile. 
The bad guys: Harley Quinn - a crazed protégé of the Joker's. 
Who's in it: Rachel Skarsten (LITTLE MEN), Dina Meyer (STARSHIP TROOPERS), Ashley Scott (A.I.), Mia Sara (FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF). 
Who's making it: Laeta Kalogridis, Mike Tollin (SMALLVILLE), Brian Robbins (SMALLVILLE) 
When's it on: Wednesdays 9-10PM, premiering October 9.
20. NEW SERIES: CLONE HIGH (MTV) 
What's it about: CLONE HIGH is an animated series that tells the story of a secret government plot to breed clones of historical figures. Those clones have to grow up in real time - and even deal with the trials and tribulations of high school. The comedy is set in a high school for these clones. We see teenaged clone versions of famous dead people, such as Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, Marilyn Monroe, Joan of Arc and Elvis Presley. 
Who's in it: The voices of Andy Dick, Donald Adeosun Faison, Neil Flynn, Will Forte, Phil Lord, Michael McDonald, Christa Miller, Chris Miller and Nicole Sullivan. 
Who's making it: Bill Lawrence (SPIN CITY), Chris Miller & Phil Lord. 
When's it on: Speculation is that the show will debut in October. The exact premiere and weekly air dates are to be announced.
21. NEW SERIES: DINOTOPIA (ABC) 
What's it about:  Producer Robert Halmi Sr. compared the new series to the mini-series that aired last May. "The miniseries actually was discovering a lost continent with all its marvels. The series will show what's happening there, the life of this lost continent - good guys, bad guys, love and hate and all that kind of stuff - except it's told a little bit more [benignly]. We don't kill people. In one of the segments, we rediscover the automobile, just to know it's a horrible thing to have. So we do life as usual, with a spin. Effects are going to be as much [as] or more than you saw in the miniseries. We are adding completely new dinosaurs, new locations. I had to increase my CGI crew from 120 to 140. We are working day and night. This is not a drama series to shoot and deliver in two weeks. The CGI part for every episode takes six weeks to do, so it's quite a bit of work." 
Who's in it: Erik Von Detten (THE PRINCESS DIARIES), Shiloh Strong (THE MOMMIES), Georgina Rylance, Michael Brandon, Sophie Ward, Jonathan Hyde, Lisa Zane (ROAR). 
Who's making it: Simon Moore (GULLIVER'S TRAVELS), Marco Brambilla (DEMOLITION MAN), Robert Halmi, Sr. (ARABIAN NIGHTS), William P. Cartlidge, (THE SPY WHO LOVED ME), Dusty Symonds (SLEEPY HOLLOW) 
When's it on: Thursday's 8-9, premiering October 10 
22. NEW SERIES: DO OVER (WB) 
What's it about: A comedy about a 34-year-old man who awakes to find himself back in his 15-year-old high-school body in the early 1980s. 
Who's in it: Penn Badgley, Gigi Rice, (THE JOHN LARROQUETTE SHOW), Michael Milhoan, (THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN), Angela Goethals (STORYTELLING) 
Who's making it: Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz (TWO GUYS & A GIRL) 
When's it on: Thursdays 8:30-9 PM, premiering September 19.
23. NEW SERIES: FIREFLY (FOX) 
What's it about: Sci-fi drama set 400-500 years in the future in a newly established union of planets, the series centers on the crew of Serenity, a small transport spaceship of class Firefly who will take any job - legal or not - to stay afloat and put bread on the table 
Who's in it: Nathan Fillion (TWO GUYS AND A GIRL), Adam Baldwin (THE X-FILES), Alan Tudyk (A KNIGHT'S TALE), Sean Maher (THE STREET), Gina Torres (CLEOPATRA 2525), Summer Glau, Ron Glass (THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD), Morena Baccarin 
Who's making it: Joss Whedon 
A note on casting: You'll notice the many of the above names are hardly household names - yet. That's classic Whedon. Nicholas Brendon as Xander, David Boreanaz as Angel, Amy Acker as Winifred "Fred" Burkle and Andy Hallett as the lounge-singing demon Lorne were all unknowns with little or no experience when they were hired. "I only hire incredibly talented people with no experience," says Whedon, "so I don't have to do a lot of work. Believe me, I've hired a lot of people with a ton of experience who couldn't walk through a door. I've been lucky." One of the members of FIREFLY's cast, Summer Glau, a classically trained ballerina from Texas with no acting experience, was actually given her screen test last year on ANGEL. The episode, "Waiting in the Wings," was one long, and successful, screen-test for her. 
Joss Whedon on aliens: Joss Whedon pledges humans will be the only life forms featured. "I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe," he said. "And I believe that in 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around. . . I wanted to stay away from the easy science-fiction fixes - the android, the clone, the alien - all the stuff that, for all I know, may be lurking around the corner, but I'm not expecting to see anytime soon," he said. FIREFLY will focus primarily on the human condition, with all its myriad problems, a goal that Whedon believes is best achieved without the inclusion of alien species. "That's a great metaphor to play with, but it's not really what I'm interested in. I'm really interested in 'You are there.' In 'You are part of this.' And I think aliens, no matter what, take you out of that. I also need to spend some time away from latex." 
When's it on: Fridays 8-9PM premiering Friday, September 20.
24. NEW SERIES: HAUNTED (UPN) 
What's it about: Frank Taylor (Fox) is a private investigator and former cop who is a driven noir tough guy, looking for redemption through his work. He suffers a near-death experience and emerges with the ability to see ghosts. The dead help him solve crimes. 
Who's in it: Matthew Fox (PARTY OF FIVE), Russell Hornsby, Lynn Collins, John Mann 
Who's making it: Keith Addis (THE EDUCATION OF MAX BICKFORD), Emile Levisetti 
When's it on: Tuesdays 9-10 PM, premiering September 24 
25. NEW SERIES: IN SEARCH OF (SCI-FI CHANNEL) 
What's it about: This is a revival of the 1976 series that was hosted by Leonard Nimoy. Like the old series, the new episodes will explore mysteries, myths, legends and bizarre phenomena through re-enactments and eyewitness accounts. Eight new original episodes have been ordered. 
Who's in it: The program's hosted by Mitch Pileggi (formerly Deputy Director Skinner of THE X-FILES) 
Who's making it: USA Cable Entertainment 
When's it on: Fridays 8-9 PM, premiering October 11
26. NEW SERIES: JOHN DOE (FOX) 
What's it about: An amnesiac (Purcell) awakes on an island in Seattle's Puget Sound with a knowledge of every fact in the world - the population of Peru in 1853, how many blue cars there are in the state of Washington, the ingredients in a box of breakfast cereal. But he has no idea where he came from, why he has such knowledge or how he got where he is. 
Who's in it: Dominic Purcell (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2), Elizabeth Lackey (PLANET OF THE APES), Azura Skye, (ZOE, DUNCAN, JACK & JANE), John Marshall Jones (SMART GUY), Meat Loaf 
Who's making it: Brandon Camp & Mike Thompson (DRAGONFLY), Mimi Leder (DEEP IMPACT) 
When's it on: Fridays 9-10 PM premiering September 20 
27. NEW SERIES: JOHN WOO'S ONCE A THIEF (SYNDICATED) 
What's it about: This action drama features four young martial artists who work for a secret government agency, fighting crime and terrorism. This is simply the U.S. premiere of an internationally syndicated series that aired from 1997-1998. It has already been canceled, although decent ratings might revive it. 
Who's in it: Sandrine Holt, Ivan Sergei (JACK & JILL), Nicholas Lea (THE X-FILES), Jennifer Dale, Howard Dell, James Allodi 
Who's making it: Terence Chang, Glenn Davis, Wendy Grean, Larry Lalonde, John Woo 
When's it on: To be announced 
28.  NEW SERIES: MONSTERS WANTED (AMC) 
What's it about: For all these years we the public have thought the stars of our favorite monster movies were actors in hours of make-up, they weren't, they were real monsters! This animated series takes place in a small neighborhood in LA where many of the "monster actors" live. The story centers on their daily trials and tribulations trying to make it big in Hollywood. 
Who's in it: The voices of Mark Hamill, Billy West, Joe Alaskey, Rob Paulsen and Tress MacNeille. 
Who's making it: Vincent Zurzolo & Ed Sanchez 
When's it on: AMC is premiering the series during Monster Fest Halloween 2002. Look for it this October.
29. NEW SERIES: SCARE TACTICS (SCI-FI CHANNEL) 
What's it about: The show will secretly film pranks inspired by sci-fi movies, involving haunted houses and alien abductions. 
Who's in it: It's hosted by Shannen Doherty. 
Who's making it: Scott Hallock and Kevin Healey (SPY TV) 
When's it on: There's no definite date announced. It is said to be sometime in October. It will be a weekly half hour show.
30. NEW SERIES: STARHUNTER (SYNDICATED) 
What's it about: STARHUNTER portrays a dangerous frontier where there aren't many rules, and few to enforce the ones that are. Set in 2275 A.D., bounty hunter Dante Montana and his small crew, consisting of security officer Lucretia 'Luc' Scott and Dante's niece Percy, take their aging hunter ship, the Tulip, out on dangerous intergalactic missions to track down and capture interplanetary criminals. This is the U.S. premiere of an internationally syndicated series. 
Who's in it: Michael Paré (THE VIRGIN SUICIDES), Claudette Roche (UNIVERSAL SOLDIER III), Tanya Allen (TAIL LIGHTS FADE), Murray Melvin (DAVID COPPERFIELD), Steven Marcus (MORTAL SINS) 
Who's making it: Silvio Astarita & Stefan Jonas (RAVE MACBETH), Daniel d'Or & Philip Jackson (MILLENNIUM QUEEN) 
Production note: A season of this show has already aired in Canada. 
When's it on: To be announced 
31. NEW SERIES:STARGATE: INFINITY (FOX) 
What's it about: This is an animated version of STARGATE, set twenty years after the events in the movie. It will try not to contradict the established continuity of both the Showtime/Sci-Fi Channel series and the movie. The animated series focuses on a veteran human Stargate traveler, Gus Bonner, and four teenage trainees from Earth's Stargate Academy. The focus is on the teens and how they each must find a way to trust the other team members and learn to interact with the unusual new cultures they meet on their journeys. Central to each episode of STARGATE INFINITY will be the use of Stargate's portals that allow those who master them to travel almost instantaneously to planets all over the universe. 
Who's making it: DIC Entertainment 
When's it on: Saturday morning, 8-8:30 AM, premiering September 14 
32. NEW SERIES: THAT WAS THEN (ABC) 
What's it about: revolves around a 30-year-old guy (Bulliard) unsatisfied with his life who gets his wish to go back to one week of high school, when he believes his life took a wrong turn 
Who's in it: James Bulliard (LEAP YEARS), Tyler Labine (DEAD LAST), Kiele Sanchez, Tricia O'Kelley (EMERIL), Brad Raider (THE TROUBLE WITH NORMAL), Bess Armstrong (MY SO-CALLED LIFE), Jeffrey Tambor (THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW) 
Who's making it: Dan Cohn & Jeremy Miller (BOSTON PUBLIC), Jeff Kline (MAX STEEL) 
When's it on: Friday's 9-10 PM, premiering September 27 
33. NEW SERIES: THE TWILIGHT ZONE (UPN) 
What's it about: Remake of the anthology series that ran on CBS from 1959-65. The new show won't remake any old episodes but rather tell new stories - two half-hour stories per week. 
    The producers have said that they want to honor Rod Serling's original series, while bringing it into the 21st century. According to executive producer Ira Steven Behr, "I think we're going to tell simple stories with an ironic twist. And we're going to tell stories that will interest people who are watching television today. . . . We're functioning with an audience that grew up on video games and George Lucas [and] Steven Spielberg. ... So we want to tell the same type of stories that Serling told. [But] we obviously have to tell them in a slightly different way." 
    Executive producer Pen Densham said that he hopes to tap the same mythic power of stories that Serling did. "The key of all these things is they have to tell the truth about human nature. They have to touch a poignant, powerful piece of the human condition. . . . What Rod did in the 1959 era, he saw there was a need for new mythology, and he spoke to people through those stories about the things that were going on in their time and age. A lot of what we're doing is just touching base with those primal things, and in a very pure way." 
Who's in it: Forest Whitaker will take the role that creator Rod Serling did in the original series, introducing and wrapping up each story. He's promised that he won't try to imitate Serling. 
Who's making it: Pen Densham (THE OUTER LIMITS), Ira Steven Behr (STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE). 
When's it on: Wednesdays 9-10 PM, premiering September 18
34. NEW SERIES: YOUNG BLADES (PAX) 
What's it about: This is a comedy-adventure that introduces a new generation of musketeers. 
Who's in it:  Hugh Dancy (he was a medic seargent in BLACK HAWK DOWN), Sarah-Jane Potts (FELICITY), Scott Hickman, Anthony Strachan, Callum Blue, Ben McCosker, Ben Cross 
Who's making it: Georges Campana and Dan Angel & Billy Brown (NIGHT VISION) 
When's it on: Mondays 8-9PM (debuts in November)
35. MISSING IN ACTION 
    Following are a listing of shows that might have been and may one day be. Casts and production teams were announced, presumably pilots were shot, and then they weren't picked up for the fall. We may seem them later, on another network, as a TV or direct-to-video movie, or, perhaps, never. 
    ABC announced ASTRONAUTS, which was to be a drama that revolved around NASA astronauts competing for a chance to go on a mission to Mars (there's rumors that we might see it in mid-season). PARANORMAL GIRL was to have been a drama that focused on a 15-year-old girl with paranormal abilities who is recruited by the F.B.I. to help solve crimes. The wonderfully titled THE CHANG FAMILY SAVES THE WORLD was an obvious knock-off of SPY KIDS. It featured an Asian family in which the parents are Wutan temple warriors but keep that a secret from their kids. 
    FOX announced THE BIG FIX, about a man who led a self-centered life but is, upon his arrival in the afterlife, given the chance to go back and correct his mistakes. The series was to have starred French Stewart of 3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN. They also announced EASTWICK, based on the John Updike's novel, The Witches of Eastwick, about sister witches. To great fanfare, Fox announced the remake of  the 1966 Irwin Allen show, THE TIME TUNNEL. Where is it now? 
    The WB said they were running THE LONE RANGER, an update on the classic western series. They also announced the intriguing show, LOST IN OZ, which would have centered on a 20ish woman who lands in Oz, and is unable to escape. She eventually leads a revolt against Emerald City. Among its production team were David Hayter (X-MEN) and Lawrence Bender (GOOD WILL HUNTING). They were also going to run a new TARZAN, revolving around a "WB-style" 17-year-old Tarzan who is sent to live with his aunt in New York after being seriously injured by poachers in the African jungle. 
    In some cases we may be better off that some of these shows are lost (teen Tarzan anyone?) and in others they look more fun than some of the stuff that made it through the selection process. I'll let you know if any of these turn up. In the meantime keep checking the sides of milk cartons for news and bulletins about these lost children.
36. RETURNING SERIES 
    As in any year, there's more happening than just new shows. What about all those shows that left us on the collective edge of our seats last spring? What follows is a roster of returning shows and a look at what's coming in the new year.
37. RETURNING SERIES: 24 
Changes: The series picks up about a year after last season ended with the murder of Jack's wife, Teri (Leslie Hope). Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) has left the Counterterrorism Unit, and his daughter, Kim (Elisha Cuthbert), pretty much wants nothing to do with him. Jack is trying to repair his own life and his relationship with his daughter when he gets a call from David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert), who has since won election to the White House. Palmer has a problem, and he needs Jack's help to, as the network's press release puts it, "stop another terrorist plot with global implications." 
Characters: Most key cast members will return for the second season, including Sarah Clarke as CTU mole Nina, Carlos Bernard as CTU agent Tony Almeida, Penny Johnson Jerald as Palmer's evil ex-wife, Sherry, and Xander Berkeley as Bauer's former CTU boss, George Mason. Sarah Wynter ("The 6th Day" ) is joining the cast as a potential new love interest for Bauer. She's a young rich woman who gets caught up in the show's latest terrorist conspiracy. Sara Gilbert (ROSEANNE) also joins the cast. 
When's it on: Tuesdays 9-10PM - Season Two premieres Oct. 29 (Commercial Free)
38. RETURNING SERIES: ANDROMEDA 
Changes: According to the series' star and executive producer, Kevin Sorbo,  "The biggest difference you'll see is in the writing. Our new head writer is Bob Engels, and he's from TWIN PEAKS and SEA QUEST. Bob has a very interesting way of writing. We're doing an episode of his now. It's called 'If the Wheel Is Fixed,' and it will be the third-season premiere. He's got a very quirky, intelligent way about him, and not everything is expositional. The audience is left wondering, 'What was that?' and I think that's good. Not everything is spelled out perfectly. It's left ambiguous, which will be more interesting for the audience. It's certainly more interesting for us. I get tired when we treat the audience as stupid, and when I say 'we' I mean television as a whole. I get tired of not giving the audience the benefit of the doubt that they can figure things out. They can. We have sophisticated viewers. The show is going to take us to place we haven't seen yet in terms of the plotline. I don't mean to say there will be one continuous plot," Sorbo explained. "The Commonwealth is certainly still there. Each episode will have a beginning, middle and end. It's not going to be a soap opera." 
Characters: No announced changes. 
When's it on: Season Three premieres the week of September 30
39. 39.RETURNING SERIES: ANGEL 
Changes: Most of the changes for this season of ANGEL are due to evolution in characters (see below). Joss Whedon said he's bringing back Eliza Dushku as Faith next year and that he also wants to bring back the vampire Drusilla, played by Juliet Landau if her schedule allows. Whedon hinted that viewers can expect to see the return of Angelus, the evil version of Angel. 
Characters: 
    CORDELIA who ascended into a higher plane of existence, will come back to Earth. We still don't know what the consequences of her evolution may be. 
    WESLEY will rejoin the group in season four but it will take time for him to rebuild trust with Angel and the rest of the gang. Things could get darker before they get lighter. Wesley will find himself on an even darker journey this year. "That was the beginning of Wesley kind of finding other colors and other dynamics, and that carried on through the end of the season, and now this year we're really going to take that and go with it and twist it even tighter, that knot," Denisof said. "So he will be light, but he will also be dark. And it will be a good counterpoint to what's going on with Angel. . . . They will reflect each other in their journeys a little bit, through light and dark. . . . Pretty dark. Yeah, they've got some crazy ideas. The first show is just nuts. It's just so exciting. There are so many twists and turns, and every scene you think you know what's going to happen, and it's just like, bam! You get the uppercut." 
    CONNOR will be back, but no details on how the character progresses. 
    FRED AND GUNN may find their lives getting complicated. Amy Acker said. "It seems like that Gunn [J. August Richards] and I are still pretty happy. . . . But Joss always says that happy couples are boring. So . . . we've been happy for kind of a long time, so I'm guessing something bad is going to happen to him. But I don't know. They really keep us in the dark, because I guess they know that we're going to tell everyone." 
    LORNE left Angel Investigations at the end of last year for a gig at a Vegas nightclub. Lorne is now has his own show in Vegas. It's a bit Tom Jones meets Liberace meets Lorne. ANGEL shot the scenes where they bring Lorne back on location in Vegas. 
    LILA, the predatory lawyer of Wolfram and Hart, will return. We'll see more sides of her and discover more of her backstory, such as this season's revelation that she has a mother in a nursing home. As for her fling with Wesley, according to actor Alexis Denisof, "I know of a couple of ideas they've had, and I don't think they've completely decided yet [where it will go]. I think they were surprised that there was such chemistry between the characters, so I expect they may explore it. I think in some shape or form, now that it's started, it will [continue], but I don't see them running off and getting married." 
Front office troubles: As reported earlier, David Greenwalt, co-creator and executive producer resigned at the end of last season after quarreling with Fox over money. He's off to oversee MIRACLES, a midseason ABC supernatural show. In the middle of August Greenwalt's replacement, David Simkins, resigned over that universally vague term, "creative differences." He lasted about six weeks. The task of running ANGEL falls to Joss Whedon and executive producer Tim Minear, both of whom are also shepherding FIREFLY for FOX. Whedon is now actively involved with ANGEL, BUFFY (Marti Noxon's getting involved with other projects), FIREFLY, and trying to create the BUFFY animated series and the Anthony Stewart Head's British series (variously referred to as THE WATCHER and RIPPER). Would any of you like to take a shot at executive producing ANGEL? There's definitely an opening. 
When's it on: Sunday 9-10PM - Season Four premieres October 6
40. RETURNING SERIES: BUFFY 
Changes: The biggest change in BUFFY this year will be the tone of the show. Last year was very dark, dealing with the bumpy transition into adulthood. The show dealt with themes such as addiction, sexual compulsion, rape and murder. This year the series is set to lighten up, which is not to say that the characters won't have to go back and straighten out some of the messes they got into last year. 
    The fall season premiere begins with the grand reopening of Sunnydale High School, which was destroyed three seasons back. Joss Whedon said, "The reopening of the high school is where we're starting, and it represents a lot of what we're talking about in terms of getting back to the very first mission statement of the show, which was the joy of female power: Having it, using it, sharing it. . . . Dawn is now the age Buffy was when the show began. And what's nice about that is that it gives us the opportunity to tell more high-school stories, which were the centerpiece of the show, and which we only got to do for two and a half years. I mean, they graduated at the end of year three, and the first season was a half season. And the only time I've ever truly felt sad and like I'd lost something was when they graduated, because I was like, 'Wait, wait, I went through more bad things! There's more pain I haven't talked about yet! I haven't complained enough!' And now I have that opportunity to complain to America again, and I'm looking forward to taking it." 
    As for the overall trends in the coming year, Whedon compared the completed season six to the coming season seven. "This is something I've been sort of gearing towards since the very beginning of the show. It's a question of bringing it onto a much larger scale and at the same time making it much more personal and much more personal to Buffy herself. This year was a chance to let the other characters [shine.] . . . The big climactic scene [was] between Xander and Willow, and that was because, as characters and as actors, they'd earned that opportunity. And I thought it was right for them to sort of be the spokespeople for what was going on at the end there. But next year Buffy will be much less peripheral to the climax. The climax will be the biggest thing we've ever done." 
Characters: 
    BUFFY won't be returning to the Doublemeat Palace. "Doublemeat Palace was the only thing we ever did to make advertisers pull out," Whedon said. "They did not like us making fun of fast food. Sarah's very upset about not getting to wear the hat anymore." 
    DAWN may fight more, as she kicked some butt in the season finale. "I know in the season finale Dawn tried to fight a little more," Michelle Trachtenberg said. "If their plan is [to add more fighting], I'm definitely looking forward to it. I've been promised heels next year, because Dawn has been wearing sneakers for the past year. So I'll have to take lessons in fighting in heels, but it's definitely something that will be fun." Dawn will also face teen dating issues. "I've heard a couple of rumors here and there that Dawn will have a couple guys coming in and out, but I don't know what other relationships we'll be building. I think that this is the year that Dawn matures and really comes into her own. She spent last year leveling the ground, and now she's able to conduct herself in a way that she has seen her sister in her more mature days." 
    WILLOW will have to pay for skinning Warren at the end of last season. Whedon explained, "There are consequences for everything. Not to the point where she'll spend all day crying, 'I'm so sad, why, why?' But she will have to deal with this. We don't let people get away with things, unless there's a reason." 
    Alyson Hannigan said that she thinks Willow's greatest challenge will be "winning the fans' love back" after turning evil at the end of the season. "They probably hate me now," she said. "I just hope they forgive my evilness in the last few episodes." Hannigan said Willow's addiction to magic will remain an issue for the character. "Oh yeah, once you go that far, don't you deal with it for the rest of your life?" she asked. Hannigan confirmed that she traveled to London to film scenes for the season premiere. When asked if those scenes included Willow's reconciliation with Giles, whom she tried to kill in the season finale, the actress was vague. "I don't know. Hmmmm. What makes you think that?" 
    Willow may get a new girlfriend. "That's something I'm not going to comment on," Whedon said. "But it's definitely a possibility." 
    SPIKE will be a vampire with a soul, not a human, as some people have speculated. James Marsters doesn't know if Spike will turn out to be good or evil. "I could be unleashed as the big villain, or I could be the big goody two-shoes crackerjack boy," he said. "I have no idea." But Spike's attempted rape of Buffy at the end of last season will cause a rift between him and Dawn that will take some time to repair. 
    GILES will appear in more episodes this season than last. Last year, Anthony Stewart Head appeared in only seven episodes; next season he'll be in a minimum of 10 and maybe more than that. As for how his character will fit into the now-grown-up Scooby Gang, Head said, "I don't know how they're going to do that. It will be interesting to find out." 
    ANYA  Anya (Emma Caulfield) will sing again in a flashback to last season's musical episode "Once More With Feeling." Emma Caulfield announced that this would be her final season. 
    OLD FRIENDS AND ENEMIES will be popping up. Whedon said. "We're going to see a lot of old faces. A lot of them. And it's going to be . . . for a very particular reason that I will not explain to you. But it's going to be a lot of fun." 
    Those scheduled for appearing this year include Amber Benson, who played Tara. She will return next year, though her character died at the end of this season. But when asked to elaborate that Benson would return, but not as Tara, Whedon replied, "I'm not saying a word about that." 
    Jonathan (Danny Strong) and Andrew (Thomas Lenk), the remaining duo of villains from this season, should be back. "We're looking for them to [return], because they make us laugh," Whedon said. 
    Expect the return of Glory, the god played by Claire Kramer who was apparently killed at the end of season five. She may be making more than a single guest appearance. 
    Warren (Adam Busch), the evil geek killed by Willow in last season's finale, may also return. 
    Eliza Dushku had finally found time in her schedule to reprise the role of the bad-girl slayer, Faith, next year. She may be appearing on both BUFFY and ANGEL. 
The future of the show:  Sarah Michelle Gellar plans to give up BUFFY following the success of SCOOBY-DOO in which she played Daphne Blake. She says, "It's important for me to go out on top. I don't want to be part of a show that runs eight years only to have people say of it, 'That should have ended years ago'." The producers of the show are now working on ways to continue the series, which will otherwise end after its seventh run. The most likely possibility would see Buffy's role taken by her teenage sister Dawn, played by Michelle Trachtenberg. There is also a chance that Sarah may be persuaded to make regular cameos. BUFFY executive producer Marti Noxon says, "I'm not sure that Sarah will come back. It would be very hard to continue without her, although program makers 20th Century Fox might try." Sarah has been forced to miss out on a string of top movie roles due to the time- consuming constraints of the BUFFY schedule and has also complained about the toll the show's stunts take on her body. 
When's it on: Tuesdays 8-9 PM, Season Seven premieres September 24
41. RETURNING SERIES: CHARMED 
    Reliable details on the fifth season of this series are nonexistent. Here's what little we know. 
    CHARMED slides into a new (and potentially lethal) timeslot on Sundays from 8-9PM (a night when virtually no one watches the WB). The new season premieres Sunday, September 29th with a special two-hour episode.
42. RETURNING SERIES: ENTERPRISE 
Changes: Brannon Braga said, "We want to capitalize more on the fact that it's a prequel. We want to have a season that maybe has even more action than it had last season. And we want to just keep the creative juices flowing." He gave fans a shopping list of some of the themes to be developed in the coming year. 
    •The Romulans: "I think I can say without getting into too much trouble that very early in the season we will have our first brush with the Romulans. . . . Capt. Archer will have a very lethal brush with the Romulans early on. We've been very careful. The continuity is airtight. Believe me. We know. We know." 
    •The Temporal Cold War: "In part two of the cliffhanger, we're going to learn some really interesting things about what Archer and Enterprise's role might be in the formation of the STAR TREK universe. And then beyond that, we're going to wait awhile, and then come back to the Temporal Cold War. But we're not going to do it too much. We want it to be a kind of an ongoing element." 
    •The birth of the Federation: "The birth of the Federation will be hinted at in 'Shockwave II.' It will be hinted at. And in the back of our minds, that's something that may play a part in the series. We're not sure to what extent, but we definitely begin to hint at such far-reaching things in that episode." 
    •The Vulcans: "One of the things we realized early on, when we were doing this series, was that there was a chance to make the Vulcans really interesting again. . . . The Vulcans are really a paradoxical species, especially on this show, in that they are very enlightened, and consider themselves to be enlightened, but they're really kind of screwed up, too. . . . The second or third episode will be a big [Vulcan] episode, which actually takes place in the 1950s, and we learn that first contact with Zefram Cochrane actually wasn't the first time Vulcans had been on Earth. And the High Command has this secret thing that they're trying to cover up." 
Characters: 
    ARCHER will get his "space legs" this year according to Braga. "Rick [Berman] and I have discussed this at length going into the season. We would like to see Archer start to really get it together. We still would like to see him struggling, making mistakes. In [the season premiere,] 'Shockwave II,' he's basically on trial. This whole mission's on trial. So I think season two, he's really got to prove himself. He's really got to take command and figure out how to do this right. Because he made a few blunders last year. And this year, we're hoping that we see a guy who really starts to fulfill his potential as a captain. And what that means, I have no idea." 
    T'POL is in for an interesting season. Braga said, "We have some big surprises in store for T'Pol. Some very surprising character revelations for T'Pol." 
    THE REST OF THE CREW just seemed to have been all lumped together. According to Braga, "I think Phlox [John Billingsley] is definitely a character that we'd like to explore more, and Mayweather [Anthony Montgomery], and then maybe Reed and Hoshi [Linda Park]. But I think Phlox and Mayweather are the two you're going to see a little more of." 
When's it on: Wednesdays 8-9PM - Season Two premieres September 18
43. RETURNING SERIES: FUTURAMA 
Changes: Fox has 16 episodes in the can. They plan to continue to air the show sparingly through the season. Among the episodes still to come are one in which Lt. Kif Kroker (Maurice LeMarche) becomes pregnant, another in which Bender the robot (John Di Maggio) undergoes a sex change, and another guest-starring SIMPSONS regular Dan Castellaneta as the voice of the Robot Devil, who makes a deal with Fry (Billy West) to impress Leela (Katey Sagal). 
The future of FUTURAMA: Matt Groening said, stubbornly, "FUTURAMA's not over. We're going full-steam ahead with keeping the universe alive in whatever form we can. And there are stories and movies and cartoons and comic books and toys yet to come. And video games." 
When's it on: Occasional Sundays 7-7:30 PM -  Season Five premieres November 10
44. RETURNING SERIES: MUTANT X 
Changes: 
    Season 2 of MUTANT X is going to be "faster and more extreme. The show is going to be a little bit darker. Producer Howard Chaykin said, "The fans can expect to see more of the stuff they like and stuff they haven't seen before. The world gets bigger, the stakes are higher and the jeopardy deeper. We're going to put them through more hell in the second season." 
    Look for a variety of new threats facing the Mutant X team in the new season. "We're going to have the ability to have a bunch of other evil nemeses," actress Victoria Webster said. "You have to give the audience diversity." 
    Season two will bring more interpersonal relationships between the team. And that with five people living and working together eventually there is bound to be sexual tension, personality clashes, and conflicts between the other group members. 
Characters: 
Adam has a lot of hidden agendas revealed this season. According to actor John Shea, "What you discover about Adam is that things are not what they seem. This guy who is always sort of noble and heroic and always this kind of purer-than-life, charismatic leader, has some hidden sides as well. It turns out that he wasn't just in genetics, but he also had his fingers in all kinds of parts of the military industrial complex. He's working with the government, he's working with CIA, he's working with Interpol. He's a genius, and he's really rich. The question is: How did he make that money and what did he do with his brains?" 
Brennan Mulwray's going to be a little bit more troublesome. He's going to have a little more attitude, be grittier. 
Gabriel Ashlocke (Michael Easton - VR.5, TOTAL RECALL 2070) joins the cast as the first Child of Genomex, a powerful new mutant who will be a recurring character this year. He replaces chief nemesis Mason Eckhart (Tom McCamus), who left the show due to prior theatrical commitments. 
When's it on: Season Two premieres the week of September 30
45. RETURNING SERIES: SMALLVILLE 
Changes: Producer Alfred Gough said, "Then red Kryptonite will make an appearance, and one of Clark's friends will learn the secret." 
    We can expect to see another character from the DC universe popping up in Smallville. Who it could be, though, remains a mystery. While Bruce Wayne would be a popular choice with fans and producers alike, Warner Brothers' recent moves on a BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN film may kill that possibility. 
    There'll be a flashback-type episode showing what happened on the day the meteor shower that delivered the baby Clark Kent to Smallville. There'll be a visit to Metropolis, but don't expect Clark to linger there too long. Perhaps with one eye on BUFFY, the producers stated that although future seasons of Smallville might follow Clark and the rest to college, a definite limit to the series' length had been set. They told fans, "By the time [Clark] goes to Metropolis, the series will end." 
Characters: 
CLARK gains a new superpower early in the season. It's not flying yet, but it's really "hot." We start to look into Clark's origins a little more, his spaceship and the meteor shower that carried him to Earth. 
Lex Luthor gets further investigations into his shady past. Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Luthor, explained, "Lex Luthor's taking baby steps to becoming evil. It's going to take some time, but Clark and Lex's relationship built up, and there's something that goes on with the spaceship. That's all I'm going to tell you." 
    Also Lex gets married this season to Desiree Atkins. It sounds like she's marrying Lex in order to get at his wealth. Desiree also seems to have an interest in younger men with super powers. 
Peter 'Pete' Ross, without giving anything away, will have an important role early in season two. 
Chloe Sullivan, we discover, has an interesting family tree. Her and Lois Lane are related - they're cousins. She might enact her threat this year - where she told Clark "If you leave me at the dance and run off for Lana, I'll never forgive you." Considering Clark did just that, Chloe might not be so forgiving. 
When's it on: Tuesdays 9-10PM, with an encore Sundays 8-9 PM - Season Two premieres September 24

    CHILLER THEATER is being held October 25-27 at the Sheraton Meadowlands in E. Rutherford, NJ. From VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA they've got Alan Hunt, Kevin Hagan, Terry Becker and Warren Stevens. From LOST IN SPACE they have Mark Goddard and Jonathan Harris. From THE LOVE BOAT they have Bernie Kopell, Jill Whelan and Ted Lange. From LAND OF THE GIANTS they have Deana Lund, Don Marshall, Heather Young and Stefan Arngrim. From THE EVIL DEAD they have Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker and Sarah York. They have members from two different STAR TREK casts. From the original series they've got Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig. From DEEP SPACE NINE they have a pair of Klingon Chancellors - J. G. Hertzler and Robert O'Reilly. They're also featuring Kenny Miller (I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF), a tentative appearance from Maryam D'Abo (THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS), Tippi Hedren (THE BIRDS), Felix Silla (THE ADDAMS FAMILY), Valerie Leon (BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB), scream queen Brinke Stevens and Boris Karloff's daughter, Sara Karloff. They have Disney artist Frank Dietz ( Disney's TARZAN), comic book artist Bernie Wrightson ("Swamp Thing"), author and editor David J. Schow (Seeing Red), model Barbara Leigh (The Original Vampirella) and, of course, TV horror host Zacherley. The schedule will be Friday October 25 - 6 PM - 11 PM, Saturday October 26 - 11 AM - 7 PM and Sunday October 27 - 11 AM - 5 PM. The Sheraton Medowlands is located on Rt. 3 East (across from Giants Stadium) in E. Rutherford, NJ. Their phone number is (201) 896-0500. Early bird advance tickets are $12 per day, or $30 for all three days. Pre-show tickets give you access to the show one hour earlier than the general public on Friday night or Saturday morning. Ideally, pre-show tickets are usually purchased by those wanting access to very limited sale items at the show before general ticket holders enter the show. Pre-show tickets give you access to purchase limited model kits, movie classic items and other items. These tickets cost $20 each (per day, US Funds) at the show. Pre-Show & VIP Tickets are available in advance only. They enable ticket-holders entry for the entire weekend plus one hour early on Friday or Saturday they're selling for $35. Pre-show both days, plus all day Sunday is $45. Children age 12 and under free when accompanied by an adult. The mailing address for tickets is Chiller Theatre Inc./ P O Box 23/ Rutherford NJ 07070. 

   ECLECTICON is a media fanzine conventions, focusing on fanzines and the varied fandoms that inspire them. It will be held on November 8 -10 at the Ramada Hotel at Routes 1 & 9 South in Newark, NJ. This is a convention that prides itself on having everything other conventions have EXCEPT celebrity guests. They'll still have dealers, panels, gaming, discussions and the other things associated with other conventions. Programming at ElectiCon is comprised of four tracks: General Interest, Fandom, Media, and Writing/Editing/Publishing. There's no further information available on what will be contained in those tracks. Registration for the weekend is $40. If you'd like further information either hit the link on this article or, for snail-mailers, drop a note to Eclecticon/ PO Box 3165/ Bayonne, NJ 7002-0298.

    Best Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
    Best Novella: "Fast Times at Fairmont High" by Vernor Vinge
    Best Novelette: "Hell Is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang
    Best Short Story: "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" by Michael Swanwick
    Best Related Book: The Art of Chesley Bonestell by Ron Miller & Frederick C. Durant III, with Melvin H. Schuetz 
    Best Dramatic Presentation: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 
    Best Professional Editor: Ellen Datlow
    Best Professional Artist: Michael Whelan
    Best Semiprozine: "Locus" edited by Charles N. Brown
    Best Fanzine: "Ansible" edited by Dave Langford 
    Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
    Best Fan Artist: Teddy Harvia
    Best Web Site: Locus Online, Mark R. Kelly editor/webmaster
59. OTHER AWARD NEWS 
    The Hugos are, by far, the most famous awards given out at WorldCon, but they're not the only ones. Here's a review of the other guys. 
    The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is given to the best new science fiction or fantasy writer whose first work of science fiction or fantasy appearing in a professional publication published in the previous two years. The award for 2000 or 2001 went to Jo Walton. She's a Welsh writer. She has a fantasy novel, The King's Peace, a sequel on the way, a sci-fi novel behind that, and an assortment of poems, plays short stories and reviews. 
    The Prometheus Awards recognize works of libertarian sci-fi. This year's winner is the novel Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald Kingsbury. This year's Prometheus Hall of Fame inductee is not a book but a classic TV show. The winner is Patrick McGoohan's THE PRISONER. 
    The Sidewise Awards is for works of a growing field in literature - alternate history. This year's winner for Long Form is the novel The Children's War by J.N. Stroyar. The Short Form winner is the novella The Human Front by Ken MacLeod. 
    The Golden Duck Awards recognize works of children's and young adult sci-fi and fantasy. The Picture Book Award (awarded to the illustrator) went to Baloney by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith. The Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades went to Beatnik Rutabagas From Beyond the Stars by Quentin Dodd. The Hal Clement Award for Young Adults was won by This Side of Paradise by Steven Layne.
60. RECENT TITLES: BOOKS ABOUT MOVIES AND TELEVISION 
    A To Z of Hitchcock by Howard Maxford, List Price: $23.95 
This handbook covers Hitchcock's career in a user-friendly, easy-reference A to Z format. The entries include: all Hitchcock films, with synopsis, a detailed critique, cast and credit listings, video/laserdisk/DVD availability/soundtrack availability as well as mention of the trademark Hitchcock appearance in each film; all his television work; unrealized or unfinished work; biographical entries on all the actors Hitchcock worked with; biographical entries for the key cinematographers, composers of scores, cameramen, and special effects people who worked with Hitchcock. Illustrated throughout, this guide is packed with information on the work of one of the world's favorite directors. 
    Eaten Alive at a Chainsaw Massacre: The Films of Tobe Hooper by John Kenneth Muir, $45.00 
This detailed reference work is divided into five parts. Part I is a history and overview of Tobe Hooper's career. Part II is a film-by-film review of each of his films. Part III provides chronological information of Hooper's television movies and miniseries. Part IV looks at individual TV episodes that he's directed on ongoing series. Part V is a concluding essay which places Hooper in the context of film history and compares with other directors like George Romero, Wes Craven and John Carpenter. 
    Trash: The Graphic Genius of Xploitation Movie Posters by Jacques Boyreau, $19.95 
Trash assembles more than 150 masterpieces of twisted brilliance: lowbrow graphic poster art from the sickest, sleaziest, sexiest, and weirdest films from the 1950s through the 1980s. A feast for the eyes and other visceral zones, Trash rolls in the mud with graphic art of such questionable  aesthetic quality and social worth that it practically redefines the poster as advertising medium. Chapters each define a key Trash topic ("Sex Trash," "Action Trash," "Sick Trash," "Race Trash," "Groovy Trash," "Docu Trash"), collecting the most zombified, oversexed, lethal pest-infested, and tasteless posters from each genre. With plagues of frogs, meteors headed straight for earth, sex-starved zombies, and explosion after glorious explosion, Trash crawls across the underbelly of both the cinematic and poster arts. 
    The Unauthorized Jackie Chan Encyclopedia: From PROJECT A to SHANGHAI NOON and Beyond by John Corcoran, $17.95 
This is a comprehensive filmography for the man known as the "Clown Prince" of martial arts. It goes from his childhood roles to his hits of today. It contains a bibliographic guide to the books and magazine stories dedicated to him and a list of official Jackie Chan fan clubs, complete with contact information and Web addresses. The book's by martial arts expert and journalist John Corcoran and features photographs of Jackie Chan taken throughout his career. This A-to-Z reference is nothing less than a Chan fan's dream come true. 
    A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey by Kevin Murphy, $14.95 
For fans suffering separation anxiety from MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, this book will help ease the pain. The book's author, Kevin Murphy, is known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on that legendary TV series. He went to the movies every day for a year. Not only did he endure, he prevailed to write the first book about the movies from the audience's point of view. He went to the multiplex, sure. But he didn't stop there. He found the world's smallest commercial movie theater. Another one made completely of ice. Checked out flicks in a tin-roofed hut in the South Pacific. Tooled across the desert from drive-in to drive-in in a groovy convertible. Lived for a week solely on theater food. Took six different women to the same date movie. Dressed up as a nun for the Sing-Along SOUND OF MUSIC in London. Sneaked into the Cannes and Sundance film festivals. Smuggled an entire Thanksgiving dinner into a movie theater. And saw hundreds of films, from the Arctic Circle to the Equator, from the sublime to the unspeakable. You're invited to come along on a joyous global celebration of the cinema with a man on a mission - to spend A Year at the Movies.
61. RECENT TITLES: MEDIA TIE-INS 
    STAR TREK: Errand of Vengeance Book Two - Killing Blow by Kevin Ryan, $6.99 
The U.S.S. Enterprise is patrolling the Klingon border when sensors detect a massive power source on a planet supposedly populated only by a race of primitive humanoids. Suspecting some sort of Klingon plot, Captain Kirk decides to investigate the matter personally, beaming down to the planet with Dr. McCoy and a team of security officers. But Kirk is in more danger than he knows. Among the landing party is Lt. Jon Anderson, a Klingon infiltrator on an undercover mission aboard the Enterprise. Anderson does not know if the Empire is at work on the unnamed planet, but if it is, then his duty demands that Kirk be stopped - by all means necessary. 
    STAR TREK: Errand of Vengeance Book Three: River of Blood by Kevin Ryan, $6.99 
The news from Starfleet Command is grim: a full-scale war against the Klingon Empire is coming, a war that the Federation may not be able to win. In anticipation of a monumental conflict, the U.S.S. Enterprise is assigned to guard a vital starbase located perilously close to Klingon space. But even as Kirk's mission brings him into a tense confrontation with an invading Klingon battle cruiser, an equally deadly menace lurks within the ranks of his own crew: Klingon infiltrator agents, posing as Starfleet officers and sworn to destroy the enemies of the Empire - even at the cost of their own honor! 
    STAR TREK: The Amazing Stories edited by John J. Ordover, $12.00 
From 1998 to 2000, "Amazing Stories," the world's oldest science fiction magazine, presented a series of original STAR TREK stories written by a number of bestselling authors. Now these little-seen STAR TREK adventures have been collected together for the first time, along with brand-new tales written expressly for this volume. Among the highlights: 
    Spock comes to terms with the death of his father in a story by A. C. Crispin. 
    Counselor Deanna Troi risks everything to aid the evacuation of an endangered planet. 
    Seven of Nine learns a lesson in humanity when the Starship Voyager takes on some unusual alien visitors. 
    Beverly Crusher discovers that holographic doctors take some getting used to, especially during a medical emergency. 
    Captain Proton, Defender of the Earth, must face the awesome menace of the Space Vortex of Doom! 
    TERMINATOR 2: The New John Connor Chronicles: Dark Futures by Russell Blackford, $6.99 
Told from the perspective of John himself, The New John Connor Chronicles provides insight to the thoughts and fears of a young man who already knows what Fate has in store for him and the burdens he has to bear along the path he must travel to become humanity's future savior. 
    WITCHBLADE: A Terrible Beauty by John J. Miller, $6.99 
In the wake of a rash of killings dubbed the "Machete Murders" by the press, the people of New York have been living in fear. Assigned to the high-profile case are Sara Pezzini and her partner, Jake McCarthy, who soon find themselves neck-deep in trouble (not just from NYPD brass, but from voodoo priests, evil spirits, a brother and sister pair of hired killers, and a Goth band called The Mountains of Madness! Sara will use the Witchblade to help her, if it doesn't turn against her first.