The MT Void

Evelyn C. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper

1998-1999

Newsletter MT Void Vol. 17 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. 17, No. 1 07/03/1998 1. URLs of the week: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bizarre.imagery/albacon/
2. Suppose the bumper sticker had said, "Cultivate your own dope. Plant a ...
3. OUT OF SIGHT (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 2 07/10/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/.
2. I think we need to talk about Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. Well,
3. ARMAGEDDON (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 3 07/17/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/postmodern. You always ...
2. I was asked recently if I was going to talk Turkey in the notice.
3. DARWINIA by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor, ISBN 0-312-86038-2, 1998,
4. ANTARCTICA by Kim Stanley Robinson (Bantam, ISBN 0-553-10063-7, 1998,
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 4 07/24/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.sfwriter.com/. Lots of authors have web sites
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 5 07/31/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.bucconeer.worldcon.org. The 1998 World ...
2. Victor Hugo wrote a novel with the title LES MISERABLES, meaning "those who ...
3. I recently spent some time near Chicago going to a class in the town of ...
4. SNOW IN AUGUST by Pete Hamill (a book review by Mark R. Leeper):
5. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
6. LES MISERABLES (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 6 08/07/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.fnal.gov. Fermi National Accelerator ...
2. While I was in Chicago a friend gave us a tour of Fermilab. This is a ...
3. I was reading a piece about global warming and the possibility that the ...
4. ALTERNATE GENERALS edited by Harry Turtledove (Baen, ISBN 0-
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 7 08/14/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/ase/. For all the ...
2. Diets go and come, but the girth abides. [-mrl]
3. This year's Hugo winners are: Best Novel: FOREVER PEACE by Joe Haldeman
4. This year the film trailers at the World Science Fiction Convention ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 8 08/21/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/ase/ For all the ...
2. "... And don't forget that at Lucert Technologies no sale is ever ...
3. This is going to be some stream of consciousness thoughts about art. That ...
4. THE AVENGERS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 9 08/28/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.bb.com/Detail.CFM?TBLBOOK__BOOKID=427. Barry ...
2. As we traveled across country staying in motels we noticed that all you ...
3. You know, some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you. I ...
4. PI (a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 10 09/04/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.kithrup.com/brin. David Brin's home page. See ...
2. In keeping with my editorial of July 4 I notice that Borders Books (in ...
3. It was the humorous morning story on Public Radio last week, but I am not ...
4. HEAVEN'S REACH by David Brin (Bantam Spectra, 1998, $24.95, Hardcover,
5. EVER AFTER (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 11 09/11/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/bucc.htm. Evelyn ...
2. My local grocery has a machine that sorts and counts coins at the cost ...
3. I got a piece of e-mail from somebody who was asking what is it about new ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 12 09/18/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.e-horizon.com/eventhorizon/. Event Horizon ...
2. I must be different from other people. When all I have is a hammer,
3. I have recently returned from the World Science Fiction Convention,
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 13 09/25/1998 1. This is just a side note. On the radio they were quoting some politician ...
2. Well, I have to admit I called this one wrong. I did not expect the ...
3. RETURN TO PARADISE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 14 10/02/1998 1. We did not have a URL last week. This week we have two. Go figure.
2. URL of the week: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/banned- books.html.
3. The information is slowly trickling out about the new Star Wars film. It ...
4. One more comment on the current government scandal only because I keep ...
5. BATES MOTEL
6. The phrase come to mind is Cedric Hardwicke saying "Slain by the littlest ...
7. BLADE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
8. RONIN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 15 10/09/1998 1. URL of the week: http://us.imdb.com/Columns/Stump/. The Internet ...
2. Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. Computers are from Pluto. PCs ...
3. You may have seen McArthur's Universal Corrective Map of the World.
4. The 1998 Toronto International Film Festival (film reviews and commentary ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 16 10/16/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.evolve.com/ drseuss/seuss/seuss.parody.html.
2. Fact: In New Jersey the vast majority of men have an above average ...
3. Well, it is that time of year again when we are getting ready for ...
4. ETERNAL LOVECRAFT edited by Jim Turner (Golden Gryphon, ISBN 0-
5. The 1998 Toronto International Film Festival (film reviews and commentary ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 17 10/23/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.filmforum.com/universal.html. A schedule ...
2. This week's MT VOID is brought to you by the AltaVista Search Engine.
3. Well, Halloween is coming and I suppose we ought to have some sort of ...
4. The 1998 Toronto International Film Festival (film reviews and commentary ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 18 10/30/1998 1. URL of the week:
2. Mark Leeper's Toronto International Film Festival coverage, which was ...
3. A certain beer company (who I have no intention of plugging) has registered ...
5. THE MIGHTY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
7. MAMALOSHEN (a theater review by Mark R. Leeper):
8. The 1998 Toronto International Film Festival (film reviews and commentary ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 19 11/06/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/tiff.htm. Evelyn ...
2. This notice is brought to you by DAM--Mothers Against Dyslexia. [-mrl]
3. In my irritation and rage over the lousy service we get from our HMO and ...
4. VAMPIRES (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
5. KOMARR by Lois McMaster Bujold (1998, Baen Books, HC, SFBC edition,
7. The 1998 Toronto International Film Festival (film reviews and commentary ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 20 11/13/1998 1. URL of the week: http://mimas.astro.washington.edu/balick/leonids98.html.
2. Is it true that the Macarena was invented by someone who was not sure in ...
3. I think it is time for the President to stand up and confess to the ...
4. THE SIEGE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
5. WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
6. LIVING OUT LOUD (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
7. The 1998 Toronto International Film Festival (film reviews and commentary ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 21 11/20/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.iplus.zetnet.co.uk. Infinity Plus - The SF &
2. Just a month or so ago we came to the time of year most Jewish kids used ...
3. GOING HOME AGAIN by Howard Waldrop (Eidolon Publications, ISBN ...
4. The 1998 Toronto International Film Festival (film reviews and commentary ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 22 11/27/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.starwars.com. Does this really need a ...
2. (Last week we were talking about how serious Jewish holidays are observed ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 23 12/04/1998 1. URLs of the week: http://www.bibliofind.com and ...
2. We were at the Boston Fine Arts museum and we took a break and visited ...
3. (Being somewhat serious for once, I have been looking at why when I ...
4. The following is a comment from a reader (not me) about my editorial ...
5. BABE: PIG IN THE CITY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 24 12/11/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll.html. Lewis ...
2. Did you know that CNN Headline News's reporter at the Kennedy Space ...
3. I had a very interesting dream last night. I think it told me something ...
5. [Last week's review of BABE: PIG IN THE CITY had truncation problems ...
6. A BUG'S LIFE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
7. The 1998 Toronto International Film Festival (film reviews and commentary ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 25 12/18/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.princeofegypt.com. This site includes a ...
2. Dear Sir or Madam,
3. STAR TREK: INSURRECTION (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
4. MAXIMUM LIGHT by Nancy Kress (Tor, 1998, SFBC edition, 255pp, ISBN...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 26 12/25/1998 1. URL of the week: http://newton.gws.uky.edu/. Yes, today is that holiday ...
2. I have discovered something interesting about the film THE POSTMAN.
3. THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 27 01/01/1999 1. URL of the week: In a move that was something of a surprise, Roger ...
2. We were driving in the car and Evelyn made a comment that this was ...
3. MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
4. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
5. WAKING NED DEVINE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
7. YOU'VE GOT MAIL (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 28 01/08/1999 1. URL of the week: http://lit-arts.com/bpaul/shake.htm. No science ...
2. A guest editorial by Evelyn Leeper:
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 29 01/15/1999 1. URL of the week:
2. In H. G. Wells's ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU the title character is bent on ...
3. A CIVIL ACTION (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 30 01/22/1999 1. URL of the week: http://www.ss.astro.umd.edu/IAU/div3/pluto.shtml. The web ...
2. THE THIN RED LINE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
3. HILARY AND JACKIE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 31 01/29/1999 1. URL of the week: http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert. The Dilbert ...
2. How come at the end of an episode Star Trek shows you scenes of what they ...
3. I write this going into a cold and I can tell this is going to be a bad ...
4. PLAYING BY HEART (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
5. DILBERT (a television review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 32 02/05/1999 1. As Al Pacino says in the GODFATHER films, "Just when I thought I was out,
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 33 02/12/1999 1. Academy Award nominations of science fiction, fantasy, or horror films ...
2. It is, I think, the common wisdom that something has gone wrong with the ...
3. PAYBACK (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 34 02/19/1999 1. Well, guys, it is all starting to happen. As the Millennium approaches ...
2. COSM by Gregory Benford (Avon Books, 1998, ISBN 0-380-97435-5, HC, 344 ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 35 02/26/1999 1. God grant me
2. A while back at work there was a fad--yes I think I can use that word--a ...
3. OCTOBER SKY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
4. CENTRAL STATION (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
5. LITTLE VOICE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 36 03/05/1999 1. I had an experience recently to which I have given some thought.
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 37 03/12/1999 1. This is one of the rare instances when I will actually discuss sports in ...
2. ANALYZE THIS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 38 03/19/1999 1. Some of you may have noticed the new colophon last week. (Then again,
3. THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 39 03/26/1999 1. I see now that they are releasing to the theaters an official director's ...
2. LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 40 04/02/1999 1. When I was growing up I loved science fiction films. Science fiction ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 41 04/09/1999 1. More changes:
2. Ironically, in any such argument with the Chairman, Editor, and Grand ...
3. When I was in school we studied physics, and I have to say that it did ...
4. THE MATRIX (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 42 04/16/1999 1. Our esteemed Chair (and the Club itself) are mentioned on page 753 of ...
2. Today we live in an age when free expression is given greater license ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 43 04/23/1999 1. The following directive was recently brought to my attention:
2. I do not write a film review for every film I see. There are some films ...
3. THE TRANSPARENT SOCIETY, by David Brin (1998, Addison Wesley, 377pp,
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 44 04/30/1999 1. This year's Hugo nominations have been announced. The large number of ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 45 05/07/1999 1. The Hugo nominations list at ...
2. I have been giving some thought to why we are bombing Kosovo. The ...
3. THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 46 05/14/1999 1. Correction: It is the native Tasmanians, not the native New Zealanders ...
2. I like to watch the old comedies from the 1940s. You learn all sorts of ...
4. THE MUMMY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
1. The real Imhotep lived around 2980 B.C.E. Imhotep, very probably ...
2. The descendents of the original Egyptians are portrayed in the film as ...
3. Though unstated, Evelyn's father is clearly intended to be Lord Carnarvon,
4. Books with pages were invented in China and did not make it to places like ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 47 05/21/1999 1. Our Glorious Editor has been achieved further honors this week. Roger ...
2. This issue of THE MT VOID is brought to you in part by Potent-8 for a ...
4. Let me add another quick editorial. There was just another school ...
5. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (a film review by Mark R.
6. ELECTION (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
7. THREE SEASONS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
8. I frequently have trouble meeting all the commitments I make for...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 48 05/28/1999 1. We are pleased to announce that the Science Fiction Club library is now ...
2. Special thanks go this week to our esteemed factotum who has been ...
3. After seeing the commotion surrounding the opening of STAR WARS I: THE ...
4. Last week I was saying that in general humans have a sort of prejudice ...
5. STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
6. TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG by Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra HC, 1998,
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 49 06/04/1999 1. The correct URL for the Science Fiction Club library catalog is ...
2. It's really true. The best things in life, like the love of a beautiful ...
3. Last week I was saying that when humans are unreliable at their work, at ...
4. THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
5. THE WINSLOW BOY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 50 06/11/1999 1. There seems to be a real backlash against the new STAR WARS movie as ...
2. Back when I was growing up and living in Western Massachusetts my family ...
3. Some comments on cladistics by Evelyn C. Leeper:
1. This whole notion is firmly based on evolution in a way the Linnaen ...
2. Cladistics does lead to some startling conclusions. For example,
3. On the cladogram as it currently exists, our closest non-primate relative is ...
4. One problem is that currently only bony characteristics are/can be used ...
5. One result of this is that mammals are distinguished, not by bearing ...
6. Cladistics has a problem when it comes to parallel evolution (or convergent ...
7. Cladistics has another problem, which is in some sense the ...
4. DARWINIA by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor 1998, HC, $22.95, ISBN ...
5. NOTTING HILL (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 51 06/18/1999 1. The sequel to BABYLON 5, has begun. CRUSADER runs on TNT Wednesday ...
2. A formatting problem last week caused the following sentence in Mark ...
3. In Joe Karpierz's review of DARWINIA last week, the sentence, "Turns out ...
4. They are talking on the radio about a new law REQUIRING a teenager ...
5. Last week I was discussing the old and not very good dinosaur exhibit at ...
MT Void Vol. 17, No. 52 06/25/1999 1. On March 13, 1964, at about 3 AM, Catherine Genovese, known as Kitty to ...
2. TARZAN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
3. DISTRACTION by Bruce Sterling (1998, Bantam Spectra, HC, $23.95, 439 pp,
4. LIMBO (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):

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