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• Issue 7.2, sun-27-feb-2005 (21-kB)
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• Issue 7.2, sun-27-feb-2005 (21-kB) EDITOR: Speed speaking Google, BSG octagons, spam, aspirin, help! TOURISM: Japan promotes itself, a deal, website observations MEDIA NEWS: ST:ENT, "Clone Wars," "Hitchhiker's" movie MEDIA ANIME: Studio Ghibli in _New Yorker_, DVD, theaters PHIL AT WORK: Lab notebook archiving: now with more Scotch tape!
• Issue 7.1, thu-10-feb-2005 (11-kB) EDITOR: Temp jobs, hot fudge ingredients, Hawaiian shirts. LEGO NEWS: EpIII models, DelVaLUG does trains, space in US/NC. INDUSTRY NEWS: Dreamwave closes, Vicarious Visions bought, ST:ENT ends.

Volume 6 (2004)

• Issue 6.4, thu-23-dec-2004 (18-kB) EDITOR: Merry Christmas. CON NEWS: Philcon 2004 introduction. CON NEWS: Philcon 2004 Stop-Motion LEGO Film Festival. TOY NEWS: Mega Bloks, LEGO. SOMNAMBULA: Philcon 2004: The Aftermath.
• Issue 6.3, thu-1-apr-2004 (27-kB) EDITOR: Not foolin', NSX::Blogmode, new readers, next time. LETTERS: Leap days, a compliment. OBS & COGS: LotR:RotK's awards, five planets, a moral, La Brea tar, TV indecency, inside your head. BOOK REVIEW: _The Prism and the Pendulum_: ten experiments. BOOK REVIEW: _The Invisible Web_: transcend Google. TOY ANNOUNCE: LEGO “Harry Potter 3” and “Spider-Man 2.” TOY REVIEW: LEGO X-pods. UPCOMING TV: “Enterprise,” “Game Over,” “A Wrinkle in Time.” UPCOMING FILM: Animated, comic-book, fantasy, SF.
• Issue 6.2, sun-29-feb-2004 (15-kB) EDITOR: Happy Leap Day! and why it's "NSX." OBS & COGS: Headline font, camera-safety, TV repeats, LotR's Oscars... REVIEW: Giant pumpkins, and other improbable vegetables. UPCOMING: "Enterprise" moves, new CGI TV, films.
• Issue 6.1, sun-14-jan-2004 (23-kB)OBS & COGS: Red Cross, chefs, the sky, frog noises, TV, Tele-Blue-Mum. LETTERS: Digital camera storage, Japanese text. CRAFTING: Beacon-brand CraftFoam Glue. TOYS: Transformers G1 re-issues, Unicron, Energon, Alternators. ON THE WEB: "The Brick Testament", anime music radio, rescue robot. SOMNABULA: "The Dairy-Case of Flying-Sideways Doom."

Volume 5 (2003)

• Issue 5.4, sat-27-dec-2003 (24-kB) EDITOR: Merry Christmas, _Futurist_ illo job, holiday cooking OBS & COGS: Green-light reflex, TV and radio humor TECH ANALYSIS: Digital cameras and extreme storage ANIME NEWS: “Simpsons,” “Interstella 5555,” new “Tenchi Muyo” CON REVIEW: Philcon 2003 children's program GAME REVIEWS: RealOne Arcade's “Enigram 3” and “Rebound” ON THE WEB: Uni-wheeled robot, Johnny Chase, Yahoo! box office stats
• Issue 5.3, sun-7-dec-2003 (19-kB) EDITOR: NSX blog, HHS reunion, Philcon 2003, nano illo job OBS & COGS: Vitamin A, paper towels, dandelion, buying fish HOUSE TIPS: pill boxes, shampoo bottles, rugs GAME REVIEWS: RealOne Arcade's “Puzzle Inlay” and “Magic Inlay” ON THE WEB: “Harry Potter” fanfic, “Transformers” designer, FLSA rules UPCOMING: “Battlestar Galactica,” LotR:RotK trilogy, trailers
• Issue 5.2, wed-4-jun-2003 (26-kB) OBS & COGS: Secret wishes, LEGO allusion, futurist survey, lizards CON REVIEW: Intro to Balticon 37 CON REVIEW: Technobabble, drawing, science fair, LEGO contest CONTESTS: "Mad Mad House", "Stargate", HP5 London trip ON THE WEB: PuTTY, Thinking Putty, PC reviews, magnets, Colorgenics UPCOMING: "Stargate" season 7, "Harry Potter" #5
• Issue 5.1, tue-13-may-2003 (29-kB) INTRODUCTION: subscribers, philosophy, what Phil does ERRATA: standard disclaimer, umlauts ADDENDA: Expandagons as Mummer props OBS & COGS: Optimus Prime, water heater, water parks, industrial design BOOKS: _Biology of Science Fiction Cinema_, _Parasite Rex_, _The Barmaid's Brain_ UPCOMING TV: season finales UPCOMING CIN: season of comics and sequels

Volume 4 (2002)

• Issue 4.10, tue-31-dec-2002 (26-kB) OBS & COGS: Happy Holidays! Philcon 2002 panels, slide shows and demos: CON REVIEW: "Now that we have the magic of CGI" CON REVIEW: "Does future history repeat itself?" CON REVIEW: "Creating aliens" CON REVIEW: Art track: "The Galactic Geographic" Artist demo: Donato Giancola "John Berkey: Grand master of SF art" CON REVIEW: Animation track: "Why the explosion of science fiction cartoons?" "The influence of Japanese culture on American science fiction" "Remembering a few of your favorite scenes" "Exploring history, myth and culture through the lens of Japanese animation" "Science fiction cartoons and why we love them" UPCOMING TV: "Farscape" and "SG1" return to SFC.
• Issue 4.9, wed-11-dec-2002 (23-kB) OBS & COGS: PhilCon 2002, mystery noise, handy guide (3), web finds. ERRATA: Writer's ego, practical use for Hoberman Sphere. TOY REVIEW: LEGO Galidor now on clearance. TOY REVIEW: MAGZ and GEOMAGS magnetic building toys. UPCOMING TV: "Futurama", "Digimon" s4, TCN changes, listings.
• Issue 4.8, wed-27-nov-2002 (23-kB) OBS & COGS: HHS-1993 10-reunion, handy guidelines (2). ERRATA: Spam (or not) on NSX, "Kingdom Hearts". TOY REVIEWS: Hoberman Expandagons, LEGO "Star Wars" mega/micro. BOOK REVIEWS: _Picoverse_, _Dune: Butlerian Jihad_, _Kiln People_. UPCOMING TV: Thanksgiving marathons, online listings, "The Anime Network". UPCOMING FILM: "Spirited Away", online tickets, Imax, sequels, home video.
• Issue 4.7, tue-25-oct-2002 (30-kB) OBS & COGS: This issue, Later, Gum-clogged sneaks, TCN edits, Handy guidelines. ERRATA: "Baby Looney Toons", "Digimon" s4, Quorn, OR/Halfway, RPG illos... GAME REVIEW: "Kingdom Hearts". PLOT SYNOPSIS: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" s4-s6. UPCOMING FILM: Imax, autumn sequels, and "Spirited Away".
• Issue 4.6, wed-04-sep-2002 (30-kB) OBS & COGS: Coming issues, Quorn: a mycoprotein you can eat. ERRATA: A facetious and insensitive comparison? BOOK REVIEW: David Brin's _Contacting Aliens_, plus context. UPCOMING TV: "StarGate SG-1" and spin-offs. UPCOMING TV: "Enterprise", "Twilight Zone", "Buffy", "Andromeda", DS9, new FoxKids, "Zim", new TCN: "InuYasha", "He-Man", "Transformers".
• Issue 4.5, thu-15-aug-2002 (22-kB) OBS & COGS: Sneezing, Perseids, Bad TV listings, PA telemarketers begone! ERRATA: Dispatching of 4.4, dating. ESSAY: "Reality TV" and Mislabeled Game Shows. TOYS: MegaBloks "Battle Group", "Dragons". UPCOMING: Firefly, Dinotopia, G Gundam, He Man, Transformers, etc.
• Issue 4.4, thu-01-aug-2002 (30-kB) OBS & COGS: NSX's hiatus, Its foundation, PSFS, Discovery/Image, Absurd structures. ERRATA: Nigeria spam-scam, SciFiFriday. TOY REVIEWS: Simpsons BLOCKO, LEGO Galidor, Transformers Armada. UPCOMING TV: Witchblade, Futurama, Transformers Armada, Zim, Adult Swim.
• Issue 4.3, fri-09-mar-2002 (27kB) OBS & COGS: NSX style, Brickshelf.com, Freedom Ship, PA drought. ERRATA: Futurama, Blockbuster rodents, MegaBloks bots. UPCOMING: SW:AOTC trailer, TCN Adult Swim, TV ads. SWEEPSTAKES: Sears, Giant Food, ET-TRU, Frozen Food, Mauna La'i Spa, Tylenol. TOY REVIEWS: New LEGO Star Wars, Z-Cardz.
• Issue 4.2, fri-01-mar-2002 (22kB) OBS & COGS: Welcome, Classmates.com, job, unemployment, Klingon Google. ERRATA: Anything regarding TV. UPCOMING: Chronicle, Zim, Futurama, FOX anim and -Kids, TV ads, films. TOY REVIEWS: More Gundam, animé figures, ExoSquad retread, MegaBloks.
• Issue 4.1, tue-01-jan-2002 (15kB) OBS & COGS: Happy Palindrome, Roses, Mummers, fireworks, balloons. ERRATA: "Futurama" Christmas. SOMNAMBULA: Combat prompts rapid terrarium evolution in Elizabethan inn.

Volume 3 (2001)

• Issue 3.16, sun-09-dec-2001 (27kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: AOL packaging, Poynters, disclaimers, citrus. ERRATA & O+A+A: Proposition-predicates, missed TV. UPCOMING: "Andromeda", "Children of Dune", "Riverworld", post-sweeps. TV OVERVIEW: The supervillians of "Smallville". BOOK SUMMARY: ST:TNG:_Planet X_. SWEEPS OVERVIEW: Appear in "Enterprise", "Batman", "Jeopardy!", Unobtainium.
• Issue 3.15, wed-28-nov-2001 (32kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: NSX irregular, Trek sweeps, portraits, quandry, life-v-object. ERRATA & O+A+A: Ancient liquids, formatting, callsigns, missed TV, site. UPCOMING: ReBoot, Buffy, movies, DVDs. BOOK OVERVIEW: The new ST:DS9 arc: Avatar, Abyss, Gateways. SWEEPS ANNOUNCE: Enterprise-Pentium 4 (ends 14-dec).
• Issue 3.14, wed-14-nov-2001 (25kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Anthrax pranks, eyelashes, why air?, why prey?, tiny CD-Rs. ERRATA & O+A+A: Missed TV. TOY OVERVIEW: MechWarrior K'nex, LOTR bricks, Star Wars and Harry LEGO. UPCOMING: "War in the Pocket", "ReBoot", "Justice League", movies.
• Issue 3.13, tue-16-oct-2001 (24kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Toy boxes, Ackermuseum, Jeff Bezos for Taco Bell. ERRATA & O+A+A: "Cowboy Bebop" badge, "Yu-gi-oh!" not-as-simplistic. CON REVIEW: Worldcon panel: Coming attractions from Tor. ESSAY: Is "Star Trek" a morality play? Is it SF? Is it *good* SF? UPCOMING: "Smallville", "Q" marathon, Miyazaki's "Kiki", Zim.
• Issue 3.12, wed-10-oct-2001 (26kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Planetary Society, Orbitz vs. Orbitz, underwear vs. Snapple. ERRATA & O+A+A: TV listings. CONVENTION REVIEW: Worldcon panel: How has cover art changed? TECH ON THE WEB: Electroluminescent wire. UPCOMING: UPN, WB, synd 17 29 48, SFC, TCN., encore times.
• Issue 3.11, tue-25-sep-2001 (17kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Terms, headline sizes, air travel, why react?, telethon. ERRATA & O+A+A: Hyper-redundant modular robots in "StarGate SG-1". UPCOMING: WB, UPN, syndicated; FX "Buffy"; Toonami escapes "DBZ".
• Issue 3.10, tue-11-sep-2001 (21kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: WTC attacks, "Battlefield Earth" and Fictionwise deals. ERRATA & O+A+A: Ad banners, specie, superheroes, clouds. ANALYSIS: Movie channel repeats. REVIEW: Toonami Special Edition music videos. UPCOMING: "Yu-gi-oh!", "E:FC" dropped.
• Issue 3.9, wed-05-sep-2001 (26kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Silver pen, male screams, pretty faces, crunch or splat. ERRATA & O+A+A: Reader comments, nsx-discuss-l. TECHNOLOGY: Modular and reconfigurable robots. ANALYSIS: The many worlds of "Mobile Suit Gundam". UPCOMING: TCN, UPN, Tribune, Showtime SG-1 marathon, "Farscape" RPG.
• Issue 3.8, tue-15-aug-2001 (24kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Banner ads, golden dollars, Superman as warden. ERRATA & O+A+A: TV listings, clouds. TECH ON WEB: NEC Versa DayLite, Transmeta Crusoe, video modes. UPCOMING: SFC, TCN, Nick, Fox, WB, Disney.
• Issue 3.7, tue-03-jul-2001 (26kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Threadbare, hygiene, action wish-list, Disney icons. ERRATA & O+A+A: TV overlookings. TECH ON THE WEB: InViso, EInk, Power Paper, Color Kinetics. MOVIE REVIEW: Atlantis: The Lost Empire. CONNECTIONS: Witchblade and Thundercats. UPCOMING: TV Advisories, In development, Toys.
• Issue 3.6, thu-28-jun-2001 (18kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Lobsters, technokitsch, songbirds, SOP spy, feedback. ERRATA & O+A+A: The algebra of knots. CON REVIEW: Katsucon 007 cosplay. TECHNOLOGY: Sony WEGA KV-27FV16 TV doesn't daisy-chain RF.
• Issue 3.5, tue-12-jun-2001 (27kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Graphemic puns, usabilities, video cables and rare earths. ERRATA & O+A+A: "Kids' WB", song titles, TAS, Robert April, Vgr:720, ST:E. CONV REVIEW: Balticon 35 masquerade. UPCOMING: Summer and fall TV for Fox, UPN, WB, TNT, SFC.
• Issue 3.4, tue-05-jun-2001 (24kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Douglas Adams day, size, mass gelato, furniture foibles. ERRATA & O+A+A: Clouds, walking, Buffy move, Vgr specials, linewrap. UPCOMING SERIES: "Star Trek: Enterprise" era, tech, range, cast and crew. UPCOMING: Bloodquest, Heavy Gear, MechWarrior, Buffy, JLA, etc.
• Issue 3.3, mon-21-may-2001 (20kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Suburban minimarts bad? Lawns, tree colors. LINGUISTICS: m/gi..e./BOOKS: The 9+9 "Babylon 5" novels. ANIME COMPARED: Pokémon, Digimon and Monster Ranchers ERRATA & O+A+A: Six weeks. UPCOMING: Season finales, current films.
• Issue 3.2, thu-05-apr-2001 (10kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Visual tricks on the road, TV chroma. ERRATA & O+A+A: Clouds, the ergonomics of brooms. LINGUISTICS: Hyperlinks in Latin: cf eg ie qed qv qqv. UPCOMING: "Crusade", "Roswell Conspiracies".
• Issue 3.1, sun-25-feb-2001 (18kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: The moon's obvious mysteries, welcome back, new list. ERRATA & O+A+A: Orson Scott Card at CCBC, unannounced TV. CONVENTION REVIEW: Katsucon Workshop: the RETAS Digital Animation System. LINGUISTICS: Adages, aphorisms and maxims. UPCOMING: "Farscape" S3, "Monkeybone".

Volume 2b (Jul-Dec 2000)

• Issue 2.33, sun-31-dec-2000 (21kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: The moon's obvious mysteries, welcome back, new list. ERRATA & O+A+A: Orson Scott Card at CCBC, unannounced TV. CONVENTION REVIEW: Katsucon Workshop: the RETAS Digital Animation System. LINGUISTICS: Adages, aphorisms and maxims. UPCOMING: "Farscape" S3, "Monkeybone".
• Issue 2.32, mon-08-dec-2000 (24kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Ergonomic keyboards, Google, small tools, precision. ERRATA & O+A+A: Missing disclaimers, not-abstracts. CONFERENCE DIGEST: 8th Foresight Conference, Talks 12,14-15,17-18 of 33 UPCOMING: "Inside the Space Station", thru 18-dec.
• Issue 2.31, thu-04-dec-2000 (30kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Orthography, XF Mytharc, spellchecking, noisy candy. ERRATA & O+A+A: "Flesh and Blood", missing email address. SF OVERVIEW: B5 widebox, Demolished Man, Dune, E.S.P.ers, Mutant X... CONFERENCE DIGEST: 8th Foresight Conference, Talks 6-8,11,13 of 33. CONVENTION DIGEST: Philcon 2000, Vernor Vinge's author GoH speech.
• Issue 2.30, sun-26-nov-2000 (31kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Veggies are alive!, jovian worlds now, The Mummy. ERRATA & O+A+A: NHL-displaced "Voyager". CONFERENCE DIGEST: 8th Foresight Conference, Talks 1-5. CONVENTION DIGEST: Philcon 2000, "Monsters, Aliens and Spirit Gum". CONVENTION DIGEST: Moschitta vs. Woodmore: fast-talkers tilt their tales. UPCOMING: Spider-Man Unlimited, Dune miniseries, D&D & Disney.
• Issue 2.29, tue-14-nov-2000 (20kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: BBC, Great Conjunction, ISS One, PhilCon, grammar. ERRATA & O+A+A: Subscriber addresses, TV ep numbers, the missing M. ANALYSIS: The cast of "X-Men: Evolution". UPCOMING: KidsWB and FoxKids lineups, encores, thru 22-nov.
• Issue 2.28, mon-30-oct-2000 (26kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Macro channel replacement, voice acting experiment. ERRATA & O+A+A: Election day, baseball-X, DST, anime timeslot. EXHIBITION REVIEW: Internet World Fall 2000 (pt.1). SOMNABULATION: EVA pilot avoids acid in Seattle, ferries snobs in NYC! UPCOMING: "X-Men Evolution", Halloween, and TV through w-11-nov.
• Issue 2.27, wed-18-oct-2000 (25kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Bosses, lugs, bugs, ISO 3166, Soviet former stuff & lands. ERRATA & O+A+A: Gene's Books sale, "Time Squared". TOY REVIEW: Ritvik MegaBloks Transforming BlokBots. BOOK REVIEW: _The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works_. UPCOMING: "Freedom", "Level 9"; primetime, TNG, B5.
• Issue 2.26, tue-10-oct-2000 (18kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Automated TV listings, discussion group, heads later. ERRATA & O+A+A: TF:TM DVD delayed, t-nov-7, TNG-eps-to-confuse. MOVIE REVIEW: Highlander: Endgame. MOVIE REVIEW: Digimon: The Movie. UPCOMING: Season premieres of "7 Days," "Cleopatra", "JOAT".
• Issue 2.25, thu-28-sep-2000 (19kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Vote, IMDb xref, new SF, B5 wide?, TFTM and RSTC DVDs. ERRATA & O+A+A: Leprechauns, B5 movies. TOY REVIEW: New cobranded LEGO sets, bulk buys, violence. UPCOMING: SF premieres, movies, and TV through sun-8-oct.
• Issue 2.24, mon-18-sep-2000 (16kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: New "Andromeda" site, the Klingon Hamlet, orthography. ERRATA & O+A+A: Missing Flint & Vandenberg, Staples, Ugly, Broomsticks. UPCOMING: B5 widescreen, Mazes, "Buffy" season finale, BKN gone.
• Issue 2.23, fri-8-sep-2000 (25kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: TOS, weasels, flotsam, blood, words, brooms, Gene's. ERRATA & O+A+A: Dune, Witchblade, TNG nights, animagi. ENUMERATION: NASA's mission-numbering scheme for the Space Shuttle. BOOK ANALYSIS: More "Harry Potter" -- Quidditch, magic, predictions. SERIES PRE-ANALYSIS: "Andromeda" -- crew, music, ship. UPCOMING: EFC S4, cartoons, primetime, end of B5 on TNT.
• Issue 2.22, tue-29-aug-2000 (18kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Star Wars Technical Commentaries, Leela the murderer. ERRATA & O+A+A: Missing symbols and repeats. BOOK ANALYSIS: Harry Potter. UPCOMING: TV premieres, and the usual.
• Issue 2.21, thu-17-aug-2000 (26kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Meatballs, retroviri, "Sammy". ERRATA & O+A+A: Anime listings, Tarella or Talaria? SERIES REVIEW: NBC'S "Sammy" -- all two episodes. BOOK SYNOPSIS: _Star Trek: The Badlands_ by Susan Wright. UPCOMING: Anime, toons, primetime, Saturday premieres.
• Issue 2.20, sun-6-aug-2000 (19kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Premieres scattered across time, BotCon later. ERRATA & O+A+A: Uploading laggardness, BotCon successes. EPISODE SYNOPSES: The two eps of ABC's "Clerks". UPCOMING: Action Man, Escaflowne, Tenchi, etc.
• Issue 2.19, wed-26-jul-2000 (17kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: BC2k, Knight Rider, Nanotech, SF news. ERRATA & O+A+A: What rodents are good for. UPCOMING: Gundam Wing, Baby Blue, new eps on SFC.
• Issue 2.18, mon-17-jul-2000 (15kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: Blood, long sentences, simulations. ERRATA & O+A+A: Government service, please, pause-to-smell-the-faux-pas. MOVIE REVIEW: "X-Men". UPCOMING: The usual.
• Issue 2.17, thu-7-jul-2000 (16kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: EPA idiocy, exploding stuff, alt reality TV, banjos. UPCOMING: New Dilbert! New SFC! And many repeats. ERRATA & O+A+A: RSTC's missing eps, more Titan tie-ins.

Volume 2a (Jan-Jun 2000)

• Issue 2.16, Sunday 25-jun-2000 (16kB) OBSERVATIONS & C: _NSX_ archive, the Underbase. MOVIE REVIEW: Titan A.E.: film, milieu, tie-ins. UPCOMING: Animation, primetime. ERRATA & O: Whitespace, B5 blurbs, boo(k)face.
• Issue 2.15, Wednesday 21-June-2000 (9kB) OBSERVATIONS: Recommended: "Titan A.E." and "Chicken Run". UPCOMING: The new usual.
• Issue 2.14, Sunday 11-June-2000 (15kB) OBSERVATIONS: booface.com. REVIEW: stanlee.net: animated comic books. HORIZON: 7 Days, Voyager, SFC's Dune, Pern, Terminus. UPCOMING: Heads-up, Primetime, Stripped. ERRATA: TV horizon-publishing impedance mismatch.
• Issue 2.13, Monday 29-may-2000 (15kB) OBSERVATIONS: "Battlefield Earth", customizing. XENOBIOLOGY: The Oankili. UPCOMING: Dil, FGy, PJs, SAM return; "Clerks". ERRATA: "Total Recall 2070".
• Issue 2.12, Sunday 14-may-2000 (19kB) OBSERVATIONS: Plots per ep, allergies, Warhammer 40k film. PREVIEW: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. UPCOMING: Battlefield Earth, films, more anime, finales. ERRATA: Absent legalese, Voyager and sports.
• Issue 2.11, Monday 1-may-2000 (10kB) OBSERVATIONS: TV, HSP, Flint. UPCOMING: D&D, Appleseed, BE, Dinosaur, AM, etc. ANALYSIS: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. ERRATA: Columns, links, episode numbers.
• Issue 2.10, Thursday 20-apr-2000 (18kB) OBSERVATIONS: RSTC petition, Balticon, VV, EPU, Power Pinheads. UPCOMING: Animation, Primetime-ish, Voyager. ANALYSIS: How old are today's SF authors? ERRATA: SAM, GDB, EFC.
• Issue 2.9, Monday 10-apr-2000 (19kB) OBSERVATIONS: Now open: The Non-Sequitur...Plus! UPCOMING: Heads-up, down, animation, primetime, Voyager. ANALYSIS: Fifth "Star Trek" series: prequel. BOOK REVIEW: EFC: The First Protector by James White. ERRATA: What! Nothing of consequence?
• Issue 2.8, Monday 27-mar-2000 (19kB) OBSERVATIONS: Packing TV data. UPCOMING: Heads Up, Months, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. BOOK REVIEW: Earth: Final Conflict: The Arrival. ERRATA: Flint, day-and-dating, the future.
• Issue 2.7, Wednesday 22-mar-2000 (19kB) OBSERVATIONS: Policy Change, Freud, Medium Jumpers. UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. BOOK REVIEW: Dune: House Atreides. SOMNABULATIONS: Mulder dies in lift to find Monolith! ERRATA: Showtime, Max Steel, TR2070.
• Issue 2.6, Sunday 12-mar-2000 (18kB) OBSERVATIONS: Premier(e)s, Sesame Trauma. UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. ANALYSIS: The XLVII Files. SOMNABULATIONS: Lightspeed genetic telecomm espionage! ERRATA: Roughnecks, Max Steel, The 10th Kingdom.
• Issue 2.5, Monday 28-feb-2000 (18kB) OBSERVATIONS: SF jumpers, title, listings, ratings. UPCOMING: Org, Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. ANALYSIS: Historical validity of "JoAT". ERRATA: Delays and missed announcements.
• Issue 2.4, Thursday 10-feb-2000 (14kB) LETTER: The CD, the IE5, and the OS. UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager.
• Issue 2.3, Saturday 29-jan-2000 (22kB) LETTER: Errata bylines, Upcoming. UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. SERIES ANALYSIS: Back 2 Back Action. EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Cleopatra 2525: "Quest for Firepower". ERRATA: Episode listings and numbering, character names.
• Issue 2.2, Friday 21-jan-2000 (9kB) LETTER: Light issues ahead. UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. ERRATA: Confederate vexillology.
• Issue 2.1, Tuesday 11-jan-2000 (23kB) LETTER: Y2K isn't over, coming this year. UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. TIMELINE: Ten centuries of "Futurama" (v001). Y2K-WATCH: What fails and what doesn't. TOYBOX: New LEGO sets: "Star Wars" and "Throwbots". ERRATA: Boccie ball, NXE numbering, foxkids.com.

Volume 1 (1999)

• Issue 1.11, Friday 31-dec-1999 (16kB) LETTER: Happy new millennium-ish thingy! UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. NANOWATCH: X-Files, Virtuosity, Phantom, Gargoyles. ERRATA: TV scheduling snafus.
• Issue 1.10, Wednesday 15-dec-1999 (22kB) UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. BOOK SYNOPSIS: James Morrow's Towing Jehovah. MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Phantom 2040 ERRATA: TV scheduling snafus.
• Issue 1.9, Thursday 09-dec-1999 (20kB) UPCOMING: Heads Up, Animation, Primetime, Voyager. EPISODE SYNOPSIS: NASCAR Racers: The Movie. SOMNABULATIONS: 26-nov-1999: Alien negmass money lecture Futurama! HOMAGE WATCH: Anime: in Star Trek, Mummies, RoboCop, Spy Dogs. ERRATA: "Rougnecks" schedule still glitched.
• Issue 1.8, Saturday 04-dec-1999 (18kB) UPCOMING: Cinema, Saturday, Primetime, Voyager REVIEW: Ultimate Trek SOMNABULATIONS: 1993: Pizza chef critiques starship CD tinkerer! NANOWATCH: Quintara, Red Dwarf, Cassini, EFC, Sherlock ERRATA: Roughnecks airing schedule
• Issue 1.7, Tuesday 23-nov-1999 (15kB) UPCOMING: Heads Up, Cinema, Primetime, Voyager TRIVIA: How many Bond films are there? SOMNABULATIONS: Metal rain, Flapper era, cameos and nanotech! EPISODE GUIDE: Finally, the proper order of ROUGHNECKS! ERRATA: Linebreaks, 19 not 17, Futurama numbering, Tophet.
• Issue 1.6, Friday 12-nov-1999 (14kB) UPCOMING: Heads Up, TV, Voyager. TOYS: Beast Wars Fuzor SILVERBOLT. SOMNABULATIONS: 1992 September 10: The Imperial Salad Computer. ERRATA: Sherlock Holmes episode numbering.
• Issue 1.5, Friday 05-nov-1999 (16kB) UPCOMING: X-Files season 7, Saturday and Primetime TV, Voyager. SERIES WATCH: Analyzing ROUGHNECKS: Novel-Film-Series, Airdate Strategy. EPISODE SYNOPSIS: THE AVENGERS premieres. ERRATA: Reed Richards, Monsterthon, Dilbert.
• Issue 1.4, Friday 29-oct-1999 (16kB) UPCOMING: Marathons, TV, Voyager. NANOWATCH: Spider-Man, Sherlock Holmes, 7 Days. CASTING CALL: Big Guy and Roswell Conspiracies.
• Issue 1.3, Friday 22-oct-1999 (22kB) UPCOMING: Movies, TV, Voyager. TRIVIA: Name those Digimons! EPISODE GUIDE: Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles 101-111. EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Now and Again, 101-102. ERRATA: Relic Hunter.
• Issue 1.2, Friday 15-oct-1999 (19kB) UPCOMING: FoxKids, Voyager. NEW SERIES: Blaster's Universe, Rescue Heroes, Weird-Ohs, and more. NEW EPISODE: Spider-man Unlimited: Worlds Apart. OLD MOVIE: Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.
• Issue 1.1, Friday 08-oct-1999 (19kB) UPCOMING: EFC season 3, Weird-Ohs, FoxKids, Voyager. NEW SERIES: Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles. NEW SERIES: Mission Hill. NEW EPISODE: Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Episode 1. NEW EPISODE: Relic Hunter, Episode 1.

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