Science class: beam me up, Scotty. Follow this fantastic voyaga into the world of science fiction. (Trend).

W, May, 2003

Searching for adventure? Look no further than fall's dose encounters of the chic kind. On the fashion frontier, there's a run on sleek, Lucite jewelry, Barbarella-esque over-the-knee boots and high-collared black leather coats worthy of Trinity, Morpheus and company. Speaking of The Matrix crew, their much-anticipated Reloaded hits theaters mid-month, just in time for readers to cuddle up with Dan Simmons' Ilium, loosely based on Homer's Iliad, or fans to snap up the DVD release of the 1955 classic It Came From Beneath the Sea.

Sci Fi Channel president Bonnie Hammer puts the current fascination down to good old-fashioned fantasy. "Life has gotten more difficult, and the way to survive is through imagination--through 'what if," she says. "And sci-fi is about...

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