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Death Ray 6

Issue six of Death Ray should be in the shops any day now (we say 'should' – problems at the printers mean it's going to arrive late in the shops). But when you do eventually get your hands on it, what a treat you have in store.

 

In issue 6…

Coming to a small screen near you…

The new US TV season is almost upon us, with a mixture of pilots, commissioned first series and new seasons of old favourites having been snapped up by British broadcasters. We've watched and rated all the big SF shows (and there's a lot of ’em). If you want to find what's going to be the new Heroes, you can't miss this.

Stardust

Neil Gaiman's fairy tale adventure is the latest fantasy blockbuster to arrive at the cinemas, and we've pulled out all the stops. First off, we speak exclusively with screenwriter Jane Goldman (and red-haired missus of Jonathan Ross, no less). Evil witch Michelle Pfeiffer is one of our New Gods. We go behind the scenes to look at how the special effects were created and costumes designed. And it kicks off our Dark Stars section and gets the review treatment.

Painted Dragons

We take a look at the artwork of foremost fantasy artist John Howe, the man who brought Lord of the Rings to life with his spectacular illustrations that graced the covers of the 1990s editions. The Death Ray Interview The father of cyperpunk, William Gibson, is in the hotseat this issue, and tells us how science fiction and the digital world has crossed over into the world today.