The MT Void

Evelyn C. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper

2009-2010

Newsletter MT Void Vol. 28 No. 1-52

Mt. Holz Science Fiction Society

Mark and Evelyn Leeper: leepers@optonline.net

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Issue Date Content
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 1 07/03/2009 • Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Musical Parallel (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• NUMB3RS: TEHRAN (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Vanishing Money Trick (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• OFF JACKSON AVENUE (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE BROTHERS BLOOM (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• 3-D Films (letters of comment by Lee Beaumont,
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 3 07/17/2009 • Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Science Fiction Discussion Groups
• Charles N. Brown (1937-2009)
• Another Theory Shot to Heck (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Thus I Refute Buzz (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• A DOG OF FLANDERS (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• Unassociated Thoughts about Time Travel (comments by
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 4 07/24/2009 • Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Turning on a Dime--Or Getting Your Dollar
• Playing with Units in Physics (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Mangal Pandey (Letter of comment by Taras Wolansky)
• A DOG OF FLANDERS (letter of comment by James E. LaBarre)
• Time Travel (letter of comment by Wendy)
• This Week's Reading (BORGES ANTES EL ESPEJO)
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 5 07/31/2009 • Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Make Love, Not War (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Birds Losing Dinosaur Status (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Units in Physics (letter of comment by Warren Montgomery)
• Perpetual Motion Machine? (letter of comment
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 6 08/07/2009 • Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Song Lyric (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Thoughts On Issues of Exo-Biology (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 7 08/14/2009 • Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Science Fiction Discussion Groups
• Enceladus Calamity (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Ants and the Holy Grail (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Hypothesis VV and Hydrothermal Vents (letter of comment
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 8 08/21/2009 • Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Retro T-Shirts (and Art)
• Not To Be Confused With... (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Halifax Explosion (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• University of Massachusetts Science Fiction Society
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 9 08/28/2009 • Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Puzzle Painting
• Science Visualizations (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Lessons of Prehistory (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Trailer Park, 2009 (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon (Part 1) (convention report
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 10 09/04/2009 • Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Safe Bet (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Seven Essential Fantasy Reads (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Change the Past? No Problem! (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon (Part 2) (convention report
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 11 09/11/2009 • Correction (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2013
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 12 09/18/2009 • Correction: Christmas (tm) (letter of comment by Dan Cox)
• Science Fiction Discussion Groups
• Display of Fantastic Art
• Younger and More Efficient (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The MT VOID Asks Its Readers (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Mirror Neurons May Explain Common Decency (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 13 09/25/2009 • Political Question (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Little Bitty, Simple Numbers (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Great Books of the Western World (letter of comment
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 14 10/02/2009 • Announcement
• The New American Prayer (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Strategic Vision (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Water and Space ... Stories Come in Threes (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 15 10/09/2009 • Convention Reports (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Puzzle (puzzle by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• True Story (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• My First Science Fiction (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• A New Theory of Diabetes (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (film review
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 16 10/16/2009 • Science Fiction Discussion Groups
• Puzzle Answer (puzzle answer by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Internet in 2012? (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• I Saw It Coming (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Future of Horror May be True Horror (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 17 10/23/2009 • Easy Mistake to Make (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Prime-Time Westerns (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE STONING OF SORAYA M (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• Digital Science Fiction Conventions (letter of comment
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 18 10/30/2009 • Sleep Just 4 Hours a Day (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Does Germany Have a Better Class of Rich People? (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 19 11/06/2009 • Linda Buckley-Archer's Top 10 Time-Traveling Stories
• Science Fiction and Philosophy
• Culture (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Belated Happy 50th, TZ (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• This Week's Reading (WONDERFUL ALEXANDER AND THE CATWINGS
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 20 11/13/2009 • Correction 1 (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Correction 2 (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Science Fiction Discussion Groups
• Who Me? Celebrity of the Month? (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 21 11/20/2009 • Heinlein Timelines (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Wired Magazine's Readers' Favorite Science Fiction Films
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 22 11/27/2009 • An Explanation Is Ode (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• An Open Letter to an India-born Friend (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 23 12/04/2009 • Atlantic Provinces Trip Logs
• Sad News (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Protests Over Australia Banning Steeplechases (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 24 12/11/2009 • Potato Paradox (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Casio and the Fabulous Logarithm (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• FANTASTIC MR. FOX (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• BRIGHT STAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• The MT VOID and Mt. Holz (letters of comment by Dan Kimmel,
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 25 12/18/2009 • Science Fiction Vs. Reality (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Lake Peigneur Disaster (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Who Goes to College (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• INVICTUS (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• Logarithms (letter of comment by Dave Anolick)
• Steeplechases (letter of comment by Kathy Robinson)
• This Week's Reading (WASHINGTON AND HIS COLLEAGUES,
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 26 12/25/2009 • That Time of Year (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Erasing Memory (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• AVATAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• 9 (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• CRAZY HEART (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE YOUNG VICTORIA (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• This Week's Reading (FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 27 01/01/2010 • I'll See Your SHANE (And Raise You a GORGO) (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 28 01/08/2010 • The Things (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Linguistic Problem (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Writing Memory (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• PONTYPOOL (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• UP IN THE AIR (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• This Week's Reading (QUESTIONING THE MILLENNIUM)
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 29 01/15/2010 • Science Fiction Discussion Groups
• Meta-Problem (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• My Top Ten Films of 2009 (film comment by Mark R. Leeper)
• Top Ten Films of the Decade
• THE NEW SPACE OPERA edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 30 01/22/2010 • Bad Starts (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Chopsticks or Knife and Fork? (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS (film review
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 31 01/29/2010 • Program Item Cancelled (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Eating Utensils Outside the Box (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE LOVELY BONES (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE HURT LOCKER (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• A SINGLE MAN (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• Mayans and AVATAR (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky)
• This Week's Reading (THE DRUNKARD'S WALK, ARCADIA, SERIAL)
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 32 02/05/2010 • A Mathematical Conflict (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Two Great Thrillers and Some Not So Great (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 33 02/12/2010 • Science Fiction Discussion Groups
• Good News and Bad News (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• William Tenn (1920-2010) (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Back to PONTYPOOL (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Why the Wolf Man Returns (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE CLAN CORPORATE by Charles Stross (book review
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 34 02/19/2010 • Beautiful Pulp Art (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• News of the Week (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Subversive Activities Registration Act (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 35 02/26/2010 • Correction (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Somehow I Am Not Convinced (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Overcoming Failure to Communicate (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 36 03/05/2010 • Enigma Within a Mystery Within a Shopping Mall (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 37 03/12/2010 • Science Fiction Discussion Groups
• Color Diet (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• End of the Line (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• AFGHAN STAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• Pi and Powers of 10 (letter of comment by Fred Lerner)
• This Week's Reading (THE MARCH OF FOLLY, THE FRODO FRANCHISE,
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 38 03/19/2010 • Improved Transfer of the 1910 FRANKENSTEIN (comments by
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 39 03/26/2010 • Squirrel!... (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Philip K. Dick on BLADE RUNNER (pointer by Richie Bielak)
• What You Don't Know You Can't Do (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 40 04/02/2010 • How it Happens (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• No Mistake--Case Closed (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• PANDORA'S STAR by Peter F. Hamilton (audiobook review
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 41 04/09/2010 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups
• Talk Is Cheap (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Why Religion Was Invented (with Some Thought to Witchcraft)
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 42 04/16/2010 • Do Your Bit (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Brigadoon (comments by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper)
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE SHADOW ON THE DOORSTEP by James P. Blaylock
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 43 04/23/2010 • Counter-Offer (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• CITY ISLAND (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE GHOST WRITER (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• FINAL GIFTS (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• Brigadoon (letter of comment by Tim Yao)
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (letter of comment
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 44 04/30/2010 • The Case of the Gay Dog (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Counter-Offer (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Choice of Location (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Question That Shouldn't Have Been Asked (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 45 05/07/2010 • Personal Interest (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Hugo Nominees in the Dramatic Long-Form Category
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 46 05/14/2010 • History Repeats (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• High-Fructose Corn Syrup (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• The Passing of a Great (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Upcoming TCM Films (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• BONESHAKER by Cherie Priest (book review by Joe Karpierz)
• THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• Short Reviews (THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY, OSS 117:
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 47 05/21/2010 • You Never Know (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Moon Zoo (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Frank Frazetta, Old Movies, and BONESHAKER
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 48 05/28/2010 • 50 Beautiful Posters
• Mathematics Department All-Nighter (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 49 06/04/2010 • The Wrong Split (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• You Can't Make This Stuff Up (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• CRACK IN THE WORLD: Sudden Relevance? (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 50 06/11/2010 • R. U. R. Performance in a Podcast (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 51 06/18/2010 • LIFE Magazine Looks at B-Movies (Nov, 1957) (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 28, No. 52 06/25/2010 • Self-Knowledge (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Why We Probably Won't See You At the Next Convention
 

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