FEATURES

Demon Stone
by Casey Loe
For Forgotten Realms novelist--and gamer--R.A. Salvatore, adapting a fictional setting for the new video game Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone was both a thrill and a challenge.

Flight of Fancy
by Kevin Dilmore
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow takes moviegoers on a wild ride to the science-fiction future of the 1930s pulp-fiction era.

Live Forever!
by John Strysik
As a boy at the circus, Ray Bradbury fell in love with the fantastic--and has been showing readers and moviegoers that world ever since.

Elves Gone Wild
by Therese Littleton
The elves of Elfquest creators Wendy and Richard Pini are feisty, fiery, fun-lovin’ folk--and a far cry from Tolkien’s Arwen and co.

Fantastic Fall TV
by Resa Nelson
The Amazing guide to the new science-fiction, fantasy, and horror television season.

FICTION

Injure the Corners
by PATRICK WEEKES

Cobbling Together a Solution
by MIKE RESNICK

Alias the Stranger
by LARRY TRITTEN

AND “1,000 WORDS”
Memento Mori
by JOE HALDEMAN

DEPARTMENTS

The Observatory
What’s amazing about conventions?

Dispatches
We asked students at the Clarion West Writers Workshop what they think of our first issue of Amazing Stories; also, comments from the Amazing weblog readers.

Things to Come
News and previews from the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, supernatural horror, and superheroes.

Reviews
The best (and worst) of the latest books, comics, DVDs, movies, and audio recordings. (See “Reviewed in This Issue,” below.)

Time Machine
The War of the Worlds spread from print to radio to film and back to print (comics) again, but it all began when an astronomer spotted canals on Mars.

Q&A: Charles Vess
Whether collaborating with authors like Neil Gaiman and Charles DeLint or adapting folktales to comics on his own, Charles Vess deserves the nickname “The Green Man.”

REVIEWED IN THIS ISSUE

Movies

Ghost in the Shell 2
I, Robot
Spider-Man 2
THX 1138

DVDs

Batman--The Animated Series, Volume 1
Challenge of the Super Friends: The First Season
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary
Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season
Returner
The Saragossa Manuscript
Spider-Man--The ’67 Collection

Audio

A Canticle for Liebowitz
The Curse of Chalion
The Taking
Tranzition
Trekkies 2: The Official Soundtrack

Books

βehemoth: β-Max
Camouflage
The Charnel Prince
Flash
From the Borderlands: Stories of Terror and Madness
Kindling
The Language of Power
Marque and Reprisal
Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories
Paladins
Prisoner of the Iron Tower
Sinner
Something Rotten
Tanequil

Comics

Batman: Broken City
Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Volume 1
Strangehaven
The Walking Dead