The Offworld Report: May 2003
01/06/2003 . Source: Stephen Hunt 
Jeff VanderMeer looks at Robert Freeman Wexler, just about everyone looks at The Matrix Reloaded, the Andromeda season three finale slaps into the small screen, Ted Chiang is interviewed, and President Bush cites the film The Last Starfighter as his inspiration for entering politics (or does he?). Last month's content roundup of all that's fit to print offworld the 'Nest finds an unhealthy media fixation with the new Matrix movie, and uncovers President Bush's hidden past as a science fiction nerd ... in a tongue in cheek way. Actually, we suspect he was more influenced by movies like The Halls of Montezuma, but there we go. Media Matrix Secrets
Special-effects supervisors Dan Glass and DJD Jardin chat about what it took to make The Matrix Reloaded. Not Much Neo
A review which argues that The Matrix Reloaded lacks the mythic resonance of its predecessor. The Religious Matrix
You might think the new Matrix movie is about stylish violence, but many think this is a movie about religion. Andromeda Season Three Finale
The crew of the Andromeda come across a group of nasty Nietzcheans ... is there any other kind? The Matrix Unloaded
Rather clever article on the dilemma humanity would face shutting down The Matrix.
Literature Robert Freeman Wexler
Jeff VanderMeer on a book which he reckons is the literary equivalent of a David Lynch movie. Oryx and Crake
Various notables post their thoughts on Margaret Atwood's terrible new dystopian novel Oryx and Crake. The Wit in Witpunk
Claude Lalumière Interviewed. An Afternoon With Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley interviewed by Bob Urell. Softly, With A Big Stick
Short fiction from the driving force behind Small Beer Press, Gavin J. Grant. The Change in Chiang
Ted Chiang interviewed by Jeremy Smith. Phil Rickman Interviewed
Phil Rickman interviewed about his ongoing Merrily Watkins series of novels. Lost Shepard
Author Lucius Shepard interviewed. Being Bradbury
Why Ray Bradbury's more than a science fiction writer. Hunt me a Vampire
Author Laurell K. Hamilton on her novels featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter.
Weird Science & Real Science Plumbing the Earth's depths
A scientist has a scheme to use a nuclear weapon and millions of tonnes of iron to drive a probe into the Earth's core. New Jacket is a Shocker
Researchers have developed a protective jacket for women that fights off would-be attackers with an 80,000-volt shock. Hubble Bubble
Observations made with the Hubble Space Telescope indicate the first stars formed as little as 200 million years after the Big Bang - much earlier than previously thought. Space on a Shoestring
After selling PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion, Elon Musk wants to remake the satellite-launching business with his new company, SpaceX. Astronauts Descend
U.S. astronauts return to from their space-station stint, carried by the Russian space capsule Soyuz.
News Bush Cites The Last Starfighter As Inspiration For Entering Politics
President Bush talks about the role the 1984 science-fiction adventure film The Last Starfighter played in his decision to enter politics. Four charged over Potter book
A worker at the firm printing the unreleased Harry Potter novel has been charged with stealing chapters of the Order of the Phoenix. Going Gollancz
Review of the recent Gollancz SF evening at Waterstone's Deangsate branch. 
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