Their Summer 1998 issue features two short stories based on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. LAST WORDS by A.C. Crispin and ON THE SCENT OF TROUBLE by John Gregory Betancourt are both well worth the read. Future issues of AMAZING STORIES will contain short stories based on other favorite science fiction series as well. And don1t just check out the TREK stories. There are some other good ones in there as well.
ATTENTION LOS ANGELES AREA READERS The September 20th LOS ANGELES COMIC BOOK AND SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION has two presentations of interest to television viewers. Alison Armitage (CAT) and Michael Worth (TOMMY) from the syndicated television series ACAPULCO HEAT will both be making personal appearances and signing autographs.
In addition, there will also be a preview of BRATS OF THE LOST NEBULA an upcoming animated series soon to be airing on the Kids WB network. The animation includes marionettes similar to those used in the classic 1960s Gerry Anderson series THE THUNDERBIRDS.
Admission is $5 and it will be held at the Shrine Auditorium Expo Center located at 700 West 32nd Street in Los Angeles, California. For more information please call (818) 954-8432.
NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF TELEVISION ...There will be a new addition to the cast of the WB1s popular series BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Seth Green plays Oz, a werewolf who becomes Willow1s love interest. And I thought my days in high school were scary!...
...William Shatner and Cloud 9 Productions are in the process of making a two-hour television movie based on Shatner1s QUEST FOR TOMORROW novels. If it is successful, there are plans to turn it into a weekly series. Shatner being Shatner, he'll produce and direct the project...
...Mark Dacacos (THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU) has been cast as Eric Draven in the new hour-long syndicated series THE CROW-STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN...
THIS WEEK IN TV HISTORY September 12, 1966 marked the debut of THE RAT PATROL on ABC-TV. The series starred Chris George, Gary Raymond, Lawrence Casey, Justin Tarr and Hans Gudegast. RAT PATROL was a World War II action-adventure series with a sense of humor. The patrol consisted of three Americans and one British. Gudegast played Capt. Hans Dietrich, their German antagonist. The series was set during the war battles in the North African desert. Much of the series was filmed in Spain. The series had its last broadcast on September 16, 1968.
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