The MT Void

Evelyn C. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper

2011-2012

Newsletter MT Void Vol. 30 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. 30, No. 1 07/01/2011 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• Why Does the MT VOID Volume Number Change on July 1?
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 2 07/08/2011 • Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Returning... Online... Free
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 3 07/15/2011 • A Rose by Any Other Name Would be Scottish (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 4 07/22/2011 • Soothhearers Beware (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• 3D Printer (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (Part 1) (retrospective
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 5 07/29/2011 • Impressions
• Appropriate (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (Part 2) (retrospective
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 6 08/05/2011 • Announcement
• Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• What Does Lightning Look Like in Slow Motion?
• Inter-Discipline Question (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for August (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 7 08/12/2011 • Inter-Discipline Answer (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• No Dolce Vita per Gatti (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 8 08/19/2011 • Excerpt from "Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil Travelog"
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 9 08/26/2011 • Jimmy Sangster, R.I.P.
• Hugo Awards
• Excerpt from "Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil Travelog"
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 10 09/02/2011 • Excuses, Excuses (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Tweeting the Void (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• A Hurricane Is *Not* an Ill Wind (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 10 09/02/2011 • Excuses, Excuses (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Tweeting the Void (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• A Hurricane Is *Not* an Ill Wind (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 11 09/09/2011 • Eucre=MC^2 (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Trailer Breaks (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Turner Classic Movies Halloween Schedule (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 12 09/16/2011 • Bargaining God Down (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Surprise! Giant Ants Are Possible After All! (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 13 09/23/2011 • The Birth of Film: Eleven Firsts in Cinema (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 14 09/30/2011 • Orwell/Kneale/Cushing/Cartier Nineteen Eighty-Four on
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 15 10/07/2011 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• NPR's Top Hundred Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
• Tales of Tomorrow--Downloadable (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Superthunderstingcar (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• PONTYPOOL (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Pepper Mill (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Trailer Breaks for October and November (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 16 10/14/2011 • SCIENCE FICTION ENCYCLOPEDIA Available On-Line
• Socrates (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• A Few Minutes Break (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• 50/50 (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• Superthunderstingcar (letters of comment by Kip Williams
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 17 10/21/2011 • Western United States Trip Logs Available
• Look Up. Look Down. Look Right. Look Left. (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 18 10/28/2011 • The Victorian Hugos
• COSMIC VOYAGE (comments by Mark R. Leeper
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 19 11/04/2011 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• Spike Jonze Presents a Stop Motion Film for Book Lovers
• An Interactive Guide To NPR's Top 100 SF&F
• Animation Checklist (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Same Story, Different Contexts (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• COSMIC VOYAGE (1935) (film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper)
• TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY (television review by Nick Sauer)
• THE FINAL KEY by Catherine Asaro (audiobook review
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 20 11/11/2011 • Costco (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Game of Decimal Patterns (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Spanish Words We Need in English (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 21 11/18/2011 • More Number Fun Related to 11/11/11
• Caveat (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Answers to Last Week's Puzzle (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Steven Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 22 11/25/2011 • Corrections
• Comments on the Psychic Discussion (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 23 12/02/2011 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• The Law
• Math in the Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Answer to Last Week's Puzzle (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Inconstant Constant (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE LAST CIRCUS (BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA) (film review
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 23 12/02/2011 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• The Law
• Math in the Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Answer to Last Week's Puzzle (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Inconstant Constant (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE LAST CIRCUS (BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA) (film review
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 23 12/02/2011 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• The Law
• Math in the Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Answer to Last Week's Puzzle (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Inconstant Constant (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE LAST CIRCUS (BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA) (film review
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 24 12/09/2011 • Hammer and Nail (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Bradbury vs. Bradbury (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• QUANTUM by Manjit Kumar (book review by Gregory Frederick)
• NOW & LATER (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• This Week's Reading (THE FIFTIES and Pushkin) (book comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 25 12/16/2011 • No Longer Science Fiction
• Trailer Breaks (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• HUGO (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• "Falling Skies" (Season 1) (television review by Nick Sauer)
• Armed Services Editions (letter of comment by Kip Killiams)
• Gannibal and Hannibal (letter of comment by Steve Milton)
• Young People and Books (letter of comment
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 26 12/23/2011 • Identity Crisis (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Holiday Music (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Seedpod Intelligence? (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE ARTIST (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• BURKE AND HARE (2011) (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• MISS MINOES (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• THE DREAMING VOID by Peter F. Hamilton (audiobook review
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 27 12/30/2011 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• Anticipation (Worldcon 2009) Convention Report Available
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 28 01/06/2012 • Low Overhead (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• My Top Ten Films of 2011 (film comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Tunnel in the Sky (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• TERRA NOVA--The Heinlein Juvenile Re-imagined (television
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 29 01/13/2012 • Publishing Schedule (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Friday the 13th (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Free PKD Stories, the BBC Adaptation of THE FOUNDATION
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 30 01/20/2012 • Philcon 2011 Convention Mini-Report (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 31 01/27/2012 • THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE on YouTube (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 32 02/03/2012 • Neither Rain Nor Sleet ... (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• Where Does He Find Them? (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Zombie Q & A (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Free Will and FORBIDDEN PLANET (letter of comment
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 33 02/10/2012 • Dinos Having Babies (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Amazement of Slime Molds??? (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Passwords (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Christopher Lee as Jinnah (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• BLAKE'S 7 (Series 1) (television review by Nick Sauer)
• ABSOLUTION GAP by Alastair Reynolds (book review
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 34 02/17/2012 • For Best Results (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• You Control the Powers of Ten (comments by Greg Frederick)
• Lost in the Dark (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Globalization of Electrical Adapters (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 35 02/24/2012 • A Sign of the Times (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for March (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 36 03/02/2012 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• Identification 1 (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Leap Year Conundrum (comments by Tom Russell)
• Inside Joke (comments by Dan Cox)
• Science Fiction Aliens and International Politics (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 37 03/09/2012 • Correction
• Identification 2 (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Test Tube Meat (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• New Info on Old Relatives (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Three Retro Films to Look For (H. G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 38 03/16/2012 • Southern Africa Trip Logs Available
• Michael Chabon Defends Science Fiction
• Orpheus and Russell (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Pi Day (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• JOHN CARTER (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• JOHN CARTER (film review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.)
• MOEBIUS (1996) (film review by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL (television
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 39 03/23/2012 • Correction
• Edison Studios' A TRIP TO MARS (1910) (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 40 03/30/2012 • With Deep Regret (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for April (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 41 04/06/2012 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• Global Warming (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Not Even Fair Weather Friends (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Movies and Quicksand (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Plastic Bags (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• TEEN A GO GO (film review by Mark R. Leeper)
• Sid Coleman, A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 42 04/13/2012 • Quite? (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Found in My Inbox (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Free Audio Science Fiction Sorted by Author (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 43 04/20/2012 • Chinese Cresteds (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Parallel Realities (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Language Creep (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Friends of the Library (and Others) Book Sales (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 44 04/27/2012 • Triangle Question (puzzle by Mark R. Leeper)
• Hundred Best Horror Films (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Hugo Nominees Available On-Line
• My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for May (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 45 05/04/2012 • Milleceptcentenary (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Triangle Answer (puzzle by Mark R. Leeper)
• Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• Film Podcasts (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Prospects and Expectations for Summer Films (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 46 05/11/2012 • Okay, I Did See It (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Having to Go It Alone (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• MIT NEWS Features MITSFS (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• The Dead Dream of the Dirigible (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Kermit's Secret Past (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Logical Error (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• How Does One Convert a 2D Film to 3D? (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 47 05/18/2012 • Good News (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
• Angry Men (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Pop Culture and Classical Music (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 48 05/25/2012 • Mark Leeper's Top Ten Lists
• Statistical Titanic (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for June (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 49 06/01/2012 • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ)
• Life in the Fast Lane (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• A History of Robots in the Movies (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 50 06/08/2012 • The Law of Homogenous Series (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• My Minority Opinion of THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 51 06/15/2012 • Question to Ponder (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Sad Discovery (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
• Does Santino Have an Attack Plan? (comments
 
MT Void Vol. 30, No. 52 06/22/2012 • The Hugo Nominees for Best Dramatic Presentation--Long Form
 

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