InQuest 23 - 16 - News Bites - X-Files CCG: Mention
NEWS BITES
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• Chameleon Eclectic's Beachhead
to Berlin: Scenarios and Expansions
for The Last Crusade is due in Febru-
ary. The 144-page, $12 book will have
strategy tips, solitaire rules and other
goodies for the Last Crusade CCG.
• The producers of "Jaws," includ-
ing Steven Spielberg, are reuniting for
"Deep Impact." The movie, based on
astral-bodies-colliding science fiction like
the movie "When Worlds Collide" and
Arthur C. Clarke novel The Hammer of
God, will begin filming April 21.
"Star Trek: First Contact"
earned $30.7 million in its November
1996 debut, the strongest opening week-
end of the eight "Trek" features.
The Associated Press reported sev-
eral new movie box-office records in
1996. "Independence Day,"
"Twister" and "Mission: Impossi-
ble" were the year's top three domestic
grossers. "Independence Day"'s $306.1
million is the sixth-highest domestic gross
of all time. "Twister" and "Mission: Impos-
sible" rank 12th and 28th.
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• Chameleon Eclectic's Beachhead
to Berlin: Scenarios and Expansions
for The Last Crusade is due in Febru-
ary. The 144-page, $12 book will have
strategy tips, solitaire rules and other
goodies for the Last Crusade CCG.
• The producers of "Jaws," includ-
ing Steven Spielberg, are reuniting for
"Deep Impact." The movie, based on
astral-bodies-colliding science fiction like
the movie "When Worlds Collide" and
Arthur C. Clarke novel The Hammer of
God, will begin filming April 21.
"Star Trek: First Contact"
earned $30.7 million in its November
1996 debut, the strongest opening week-
end of the eight "Trek" features.
The Associated Press reported sev-
eral new movie box-office records in
1996. "Independence Day,"
"Twister" and "Mission: Impossi-
ble" were the year's top three domestic
grossers. "Independence Day"'s $306.1
million is the sixth-highest domestic gross
of all time. "Twister" and "Mission: Impos-
sible" rank 12th and 28th.
• Dragonseye is the new Pern
adventure by Anne McCaffrey (384
pages, $24). In this Del Rey hardcover,
dragonriders race to protect their world
from the next cycle of Threadfall.
Jack L. Chalker will wrap up "The
Wonderland Gambit" trilogy in February
when Del Rey publishes The Hot-Wired
Dodo (352-page trade paperback, $12).
The Anne Rice Reader, a trade
paperback edited by Katherine Rams-
land, has never-before-seen Rice short
stories and essays and other works con-
cerning the best-selling horror writer (Bal-
lantine, 384 pages, $12).
William Shatner's new space
opera, "Quest for Tomorrow," starts in
February with Delta Search. It's the story
of Jim Endicott, would-be starship cap-
tain - whose DNA possesses a menacing
secret. Look for HarperPrism's hardcover
in February (256 pages, $22).
adventure by Anne McCaffrey (384
pages, $24). In this Del Rey hardcover,
dragonriders race to protect their world
from the next cycle of Threadfall.
Jack L. Chalker will wrap up "The
Wonderland Gambit" trilogy in February
when Del Rey publishes The Hot-Wired
Dodo (352-page trade paperback, $12).
The Anne Rice Reader, a trade
paperback edited by Katherine Rams-
land, has never-before-seen Rice short
stories and essays and other works con-
cerning the best-selling horror writer (Bal-
lantine, 384 pages, $12).
William Shatner's new space
opera, "Quest for Tomorrow," starts in
February with Delta Search. It's the story
of Jim Endicott, would-be starship cap-
tain - whose DNA possesses a menacing
secret. Look for HarperPrism's hardcover
in February (256 pages, $22).
Paul Witcover's Waking Beauty
depicts a disgraced family's quest to
avenge its betrayal in a beguiling fantasy
world. This first novel debuts February
(HarperPrism hardcover, 432 pages, $24).
HarperPrism has two paperbacks due
in February: Broken Blade, the conclu-
sion of Ann Marston's "Rune Blade" fan-
tasy trilogy (336 pages, $5.50), and
Ruins, a reprint of the Kevin J. Anderson
"X-Files" novel (272 pages, $5.99).
Zod Wallop, by William Browning
Spencer, is the tale of a writer whose chil-
dren's story has unusual power. The White
Wolf paperback costs $6 and is due in Febru-
ary. That month the company will publish
Silicon Karma by science-fiction critic
Thomas A. Easton (trade paperback, $12),
the tale of a virtual afterlife going wrong.
Corum: The Coming of Chaos is the sev-
enth volume of Michael Moorcock's
"Eternal Champion." The White Wolf
reprint hardcover ($22) comes out in Febru-
ary. White Wolf's other reprint that month,
Three in Time (trade paperback, $15), con-
tains novels by Poul Anderson and others.
depicts a disgraced family's quest to
avenge its betrayal in a beguiling fantasy
world. This first novel debuts February
(HarperPrism hardcover, 432 pages, $24).
HarperPrism has two paperbacks due
in February: Broken Blade, the conclu-
sion of Ann Marston's "Rune Blade" fan-
tasy trilogy (336 pages, $5.50), and
Ruins, a reprint of the Kevin J. Anderson
"X-Files" novel (272 pages, $5.99).
Zod Wallop, by William Browning
Spencer, is the tale of a writer whose chil-
dren's story has unusual power. The White
Wolf paperback costs $6 and is due in Febru-
ary. That month the company will publish
Silicon Karma by science-fiction critic
Thomas A. Easton (trade paperback, $12),
the tale of a virtual afterlife going wrong.
Corum: The Coming of Chaos is the sev-
enth volume of Michael Moorcock's
"Eternal Champion." The White Wolf
reprint hardcover ($22) comes out in Febru-
ary. White Wolf's other reprint that month,
Three in Time (trade paperback, $15), con-
tains novels by Poul Anderson and others.
Darkwerks: The Art of Brom: is
due in February. This FPG book has 128
pages, more than 150 color reproduc-
tions and a $25 price tag.
Star Wars: The Art of Drew
Struzan has been pushed from February
to June by FPG.
• Ray Bradbury is scripting a new
movie adaptation of his classic Fahren-
heit 451, according to Del Rey. Wire ser-
vices reported that "Star Trek" actor LeVar
Burton presented Bradbury with the Sil-
ver Award from the U.S. National Com-
mission on Libraries in December.
More book notes from Del Rey:
Terry Brooks will have a new series out
this summer, and R.A. Salvatore is fin-
ishing up the first book in his new epic,
The Demon Awakens.
due in February. This FPG book has 128
pages, more than 150 color reproduc-
tions and a $25 price tag.
Star Wars: The Art of Drew
Struzan has been pushed from February
to June by FPG.
• Ray Bradbury is scripting a new
movie adaptation of his classic Fahren-
heit 451, according to Del Rey. Wire ser-
vices reported that "Star Trek" actor LeVar
Burton presented Bradbury with the Sil-
ver Award from the U.S. National Com-
mission on Libraries in December.
More book notes from Del Rey:
Terry Brooks will have a new series out
this summer, and R.A. Salvatore is fin-
ishing up the first book in his new epic,
The Demon Awakens.
• Interplay Productions is providing
free copies of its new game, M.A.X.:
Mechanized Assault & Exploration,
to Pentagon strategists. "We've seen
'Independence Day,' 'Mars Attacks' and
'The X-Files,'" M.A.X. producer and new
American citizen Ali Atabek said. "If aliens
are out there, then we should be ready to
blow them away."
