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We've taken a trip to Bon Temps to catch up with the stars of True Blood and chatted to Andrew Lincoln about The Walking Dead in the latest jam-packed SFX .

On sale Wednesday 16 November .

Got iOS5 for your shiny new iPhone/iPad/iPod touch? You do! Well, did you know you can download issue 216 of SFX direct from Newsstand (our US chums can use this link ) on the day of release for a mere £2.99? iDevice users still in the dark ages of iOS4.whatever can also download the SFX app direct from the app store, which acts as a portal for you to download (or subscribe) to your favourite science fiction and fantasy magazine. Android users have no reason to feel left out either as you can still pick up the latest issue from Zinio ..

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