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ISSUE 4 September 2007 (on sale 26/07/07)
IN THIS ISSUE...
Death Ray goes fourth
Death Ray #4 went on sale 26 July, and what a damn fine issue it is too. Mind you, with such great material to work with, it's little wonder: big summer blockbusters in the shape of Transformers and Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix; great telly including Hyperdrive, Jekyll and Who; plus our pick of the finest fantasy books ever…
In issue 4, on sale now…
Autobots, roll out!
With Optimus Prime gracing the
cover, it'll come as no surprise that we've gone a little overboard on
Transformers this issue, with a dozen pages devoted to interviewing all
the principal actors, along with director Michael Bay and producer Lorenzo di
Bonaventura. Plus we speak with the team behind the new Transformers
comics (who are, largely, the same folks that brought about the ’80s
versions), and we rediscover the toys that started it all in the first
place…
Hyperdrive hyped
We've gone a bit silly on Hyperdrive, the British space sitcom staring Nick Frost (of Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead and Spaced
fame). We've interviewed the creators of the series, plus grilled the
special effects team Qurios Entertainment for this issue's Secret
Files, and we speak to the show's costume designer for The Illustrated
Man.
Pure fantasy
On the literary front, we examine the eight most important fantasy
books ever printed, then, sticking with the fantasy theme, this issue's
Death Ray Interview is with Terry Brooks, the prolific author most
famed for his Shanarra sequence. Oh yes, there are nine pages of book reviews, as well as an in-depth review of Peter F. Hamilton's latest The Dreaming Void in The Death Ray Five.
PLUS...
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PLUS10 Minute Guide to Stephen King He's the modern master of horror (and the most important genre writer currently working, we're saying!). Get acquainted with King in ten short minutes.
From the Slitheen to those scarecrows, we've rounded up every new Who nasty and rate them, their plans, and what might have happened had it not been for the good Doctor...
New Gods We hunt down the hottest talent in SF. This issue we speak with Evan Almighty star Steve Carell, vampire crime author Charlie Hutson, and John Cusack as he acts his ass off in the virtually-one-man-movie 1408.
Deep Thought Think-pieces on running the Galaxy's Greatest, the small press publishers, the works of H. P. Lovecraft, the bleakly pessimistic films starring Chralton Heston, and the Charlie Parker books. It's enough to require a lie down in a darkened room. |
ANDDark Stars It's the biggest (and best, dammit) reviews section in SF-dom, with 36 pages covering film, TV, books, comics and lots of other great stuff!
The Death Ray Five The most important events of this month, thereby appearing in the Death Ray Five, are Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix; Transformers; Doctor Who season overview; 1408 and Peter F. Hamilton's latest book, The Dreaming Void.
Anime & Manga Deserving a special mentaion, this issue sees the Eastern artforms of anime and manga get their very own section. |
