http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/charles_shaar_murray en http://www.newstatesman.com/200604240026 http://www.newstatesman.com/200604240026 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT Charles Shaar Murray The advance of special effects has helped science fiction shed its alternative status and become part of the mainstream. Yet, as Charles Shaar Murray discovers, sci-fi is still a form that cherishes its margins

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