MT Void - May 1997-1999

Evelyn Leeper
Mark Leeper

Perzine
1997-1999
US: Mt Holtz NJ



Provided by Evelyn Leeper

Issue (Date) Notes
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 42 04/18/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.nightflight.com/htdocs/darwin.html.2. DARWIN AWARD WINNER FOR 1997 ANNOUNCED (PRESS RELEASE) 3. ANACONDA (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. LIAR LIAR (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 5. THE DAYTRIPPERS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. GROSSE POINTE BLANK (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 43 04/25/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.io.com/ lsc2/hugo/hugonom1.html. List of ...2. This year's Nebula winners are: Novel: SLOW RIVER, by Nicola Griffith3. The 1997 Hugo Nominations (429 ballots) follow: 4. It is with some sadness that I note the passing of Tomoyuki Tanaka.6. CHASING AMY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 44 05/02/1997 1. URL of the week: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov. US Geologic Survey home page.2. On my trip to Japan I was looking around the plane at all the product ...3. DANTE'S PEAK (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. VOLCANO (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 45 05/09/1997 1. URL of the week: http://cu-online.com/ avonruff/sfdbase.html. The ...2. There is a whole controversy about the casting of the new British ...3. CORRUPTING DR. NICE by John Kessel (Tor, ISBN 0-312-86116-8, 1997,4. ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):5. THE SAINT (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 46 05/16/1997 1. URL of the week:2. As of this writing the match between Garry Kasparov, the best chess ...3. THE FIFTH ELEMENT (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 47 05/23/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.december.org/pg/ns/macon/. Web site for THE ...2. Evelyn and I were discussing an article in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY about the ...3. THE PRESTIGE by Christopher Priest (St. Martin's, ISBN 0-312- 14705-8,4. DISTRESS by Greg Egan (Phoenix, ISBN 1-85799-484-1, 1996 (1995c),5. THE BABY OF MACON (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 48 05/30/1997 1. URLs of the week: Lois McMaster Bujold:2. Last week I was comparing the effects of alcohol and tobacco on our ...3. THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. MEMORY by Lois McMaster Bujold (Science Fiction Book Club Edition,5. ALTERNATE TYRANTS edited by Mike Resnick (Tor, ISBN 0-812- 54835-3,6. NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 49 06/06/1997 1. URL of the week:2. This will probably be a meandering discussion. I admit at the beginning ...
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 50 06/13/1997 1. URL of the week:2. Well this is what I get for not proofreading the notice better. Here I ...
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 51 06/19/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.america.net/ daves/rbreak/. The URL for the SF ...2. Achtung! Achtung! Diese tag: Arnold Schwarzenegger ist en ...3. In general I like the advance of technology, but I have to admit that some ...
MT Void Vol. 15, No. 52 06/27/1997 1. URL of the week: http://yarra.vicnet.net.au/ msfc/george.htm. The George ...2. Last week I wrote a piece on how I was just using red tape to my advantage ...3. BLUE MARS (Bantam Spectra, 671pp, ISBN 0-553-1144-7) (a book review by ...4. BATMAN AND ROBIN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 5. THE PILLOW BOOK (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 1 07/04/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.locusmag.com/. LOCUS magazine. [- ecl]2. A corrected version of Mark Leeper's review of BATMAN AND ROBIN appears ...3. BABYLON 5 has been renewed, but the fifth season will run on TNT, not on ...4. It is not often that I write about sports in this column. Generally ...5. REMNANT POPULATION (339pp, hardcover ISBN 0-671-87718-6
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 2 07/11/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.teleport.com/ arden/. Eby's ...2. Now why would I get involved with anything so dangerous as The Wings of ...3. CONTACT (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. MEN IN BLACK (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 5. FACE/OFF (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. ULEE'S GOLD (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 7. BRASSED OFF (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 3 07/18/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.SF3.org/Tiptree/index.html. Information ...2. Last week I was talking about how I came to find a restaurant that had ...3. FREEDOM & NECESSITY by Steven Brust & Emma Bull (Tor, ISBN 0-
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 4 07/25/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.thuntek.net/ walter/. Home page of author ...2. The last two weeks I told how I came to go to a restaurant that had ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 5 08/01/1997 1. URL of the week: http://members.tripod.com/ R_A_L/. Fan page devoted to ...2. Calvera said it in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. "Sooner or later you have to ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 6 08/08/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/reader9.htm. My ...2. There was a forest I know of where the animals all lived happily and ate ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 7 08/15/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.oceanstar.com/. Fiona Webster's site of ...2. I was talking two weeks ago about Becky, Barbie's new ...3. FRAMESHIFT by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor Hardcover, 347 pp., $23.95, ISBN ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 8 08/22/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.en.com/users/mcq/. Maureen F. McHugh's ...2. Peanuts are a by-product of good farming methods. The peanut plant ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 9 08/29/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.sfsite.com/ silverag/turtledove.html. Harry ...2. Ever play with an Etch-a-sketch? It is a rather interesting toy. This ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 10 09/05/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.io.com/ lsc2/. LoneStarCon 2 Internet ...2. Okay, I am going to let the readers of this notice in on a little ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 11 09/12/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.lexmark.com/data/poem/. Poets' Corner, a ...2. A few weeks back I wrote about writing my own financial application ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 12 09/19/1997 1. URLs of the week: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6960/alaska.htm and2. In Vancouver, where I visited recently, there is a Chinese Cultural ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 13 09/26/1997 1. URLs of the week: http://www.npr.org/news/tech/970812.seti.html and2. Suggestion to members in Lucent. Go to a Barnes and Noble and show them ...3. This year's Hugo winners: 4. Okay, wacky theory time again. Some of this I have expressed here before ...5. MT VOID SUMMER MOVIE POLL from Tom Russell: 6. MIMIC (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 7. EVENT HORIZON (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 8. KULL THE CONQUEROR (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 14 10/03/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.kinexis.com/movies.html. The Self- Referential ...2. "Children's books can have many purposes, but the most basic one must be ...4. I guess this is about all we can expect for film presentations at the ...5. L. A. CONFIDENTIAL (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 7. MRS. BROWN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 15 10/10/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/lsc2.htm. Evelyn ...2. Well, so there we were at a friend's house having dinner and meeting ...3. And here's a guest editorial from retired member Pete Brady: 4. U-TURN (a filmreview by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 16 10/17/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.sff.net/people/Jim.Morrow/. James Morrow home ...2. Before I take a point of view, particularly if it is one of these ...3. The following is a comment by member Jeanette Walker: 4. SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 5. LOOKING FOR THE MAHDI by N. Lee Wood (Ace, ISBN 0-441-00450-4, 1997 ...6. FOREVER PEACE by Joe Haldeman (Ace, ISBN 0-441-00406-7, 1997, 326pp,7. STARLIGHT 1 edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, ISBN 0-312- 86215-6,
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 17 10/24/1997 1. We will have a club gettogether to see STARSHIP TROOPERS at the Hazlett ...2. URL of the week: http://www.erols.com/vansickl/scifi.htm. Some of the ...3. Stephen Hawking started out the PBS show "Stephen Hawking's Universe"5. THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. SHALL WE DANCE? (a film review by Mark R. Leeper) 7. TOWARD THE END OF TIME by John Updike (Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0-
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 18 10/31/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.magg.net/ dkeyes/!dkeyes.htm. Daniel ...2. I suppose this subject is going to be just slightly unsavory. I am going ...3. GATTACA (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. FAIRYTALE: A TRUE STORY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 19 11/07/1997 1. STARSHIP TROOPERS opens this weekend. We will have a club get- together ...2. URL of the week:
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 20 11/14/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.bylines.org. On-line non-fiction "bookstore"2. President Clinton was giving a speech to a national gay rights ...3. STARSHIP TROOPERS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. STARSHIP TROOPERS (a film review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.): 5. THINK LIKE A DINOSAUR by James Patrick Kelly (Golden Gryphon, ISBN ...6. A DYBBUK, OR BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (a theater review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 21 11/21/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.scottiedog.co.uk/welcome.html. All about Mary ...2. I was told something fairly scary the other day. There is a make of car ...4. SAINT LEIBOWITZ AND THE WILD HORSE WOMAN by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 22 11/28/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.bibliofind.com. A used-book search that tells ...2. We are restarting an old tradition, the Leeperhouse Film Festival.
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 23 12/05/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www.y2ktimebomb.com. This is a site updated ...2. Recently scientists cloned a sheep. The cloned sheep was born healthy ...3. FOUNDATION'S FEAR, by Gregory Benford [Harper Prism, hardcover, copyright ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 24 12/12/1997 1. URL of the week: http://pubpages.unh.edu/ ss1/bookaminute/. Now you can ...2. At home we are watching STEPHEN HAWKING'S UNIVERSE. Am I the only ...3. FRAMESHIFT by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor, ISBN 0-312-86325-X, 1997, 347pp,4. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 25 12/19/1997 1. URL of the week: http://rsc.vic.edu.au/depts/science/sheep/clone.html.2. Maybe it is that great minds think alike or that science fiction readers ...3. Evelyn is going through the set of films that film critic Leonard ...4. EVE'S BAYOU (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 5. AMISTAD (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 26 12/26/1997 1. URL of the week: http://www2.dk-online.dk/users/hpersson/kaf.htm.2. From Usenet, courtesy of judge@america.net (Dirk A. Loedding): 4. It is astounding that scientists think they soon may have a ...5. I am watching THE WIND AND THELION. The story has a Western woman ...6. TITANIC (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 7. TOMORROW NEVER DIES (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 27 01/02/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.upc.es/sia/cat/agenda/scf.htm. The "Premio UPC ...2. Congratulations to *Sir* Arthur C. Clarke, just awarded his knighthood.3. Well, our first revived Leeperhouse festival had some people show up.4. News item: Robert J. Sawyer of Toronto, Ontario, and James ...5. THE POSTMAN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 7. GOOD WILL HUNTING (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 28 01/09/1998 1. URL of the week (and aannouncement): Because the Worldcon is being held ...2. Four other knighted science fiction (or fantasy) authors (besides ...3. It is 6:20 AM on January 1, 1998. I am up early even though I was up ...4. AS GOOD AS IT GETS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper) 5. JACKIE BROWN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 29 01/16/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.bway.net/ hunger/ulysses.html. James ...2. I have over a thousand magazines come for me to read in a year. I also ...3. ILLEGAL ALIEN, by Robert J. Sawyer [Ace, hardcover, copyright 1997. ISBN ...4. ALL-AMERICAN ALIEN BOY by Allen Steele [Ace, ISBN 0-441-00460-1, 1997 ...5. WAG THE DOG (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. THE SWEET HEREAFTER (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 30 01/23/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.avonbooks.com/Eos/conv/index.html. "Eos ...2. I was amazed. It all came together this morning. Everything fits ...3. ALTERNATE SKIFFY edited by Michael Resnick and Patrick Nielsen Hayden ...4. ILLEGALALIEN by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace, ISBN 0-441-00476-8, 1997,5. FALLEN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. KUNDUN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 31 01/30/1998 1. URL of the week: http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-2. Remember when they used to say that the American President is the most ...3. This week John Updike final novel in his five-installment novel. The title ...4. Top Ten Films of 1997 (film commentary by Mark R. Leeper): 1. L. A. CONFIDENTIAL: This is a dense, complex, multi-layered crime story ...2. THE ICE STORM: Ang Lee adapts the novel by Rick Moody. Two neighboring ...4. THE SWEET HEREAFTER: An opportunistic lawyer comes to a rural Canadian ...5. ROSEWOOD: This is a powerful historical account with an epic feel made ...6. AMISTAD: Steven Spielberg's account of the slave mutiny of 1839 and its ...7. EVITA: The on-again, off-again history of attempts to bring this Webber and ...8. EVE'S BAYOU: A ten-year-old Creole girl grows up during one hot Louisiana ...9. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE: One of Henry James's lesser novels makes one of ...10. CHASING AMY: A pair of 20-something buddies who co-author a comic book ...5. Three Books by Russell Hoban: THE MOMENT UNDER THE MOMENT, Jonathan ...6. ARGUING THE WORLD (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 32 02/06/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.imaginet.fr/fourmis/. Bernard Werber's ...2. Let's get this over with. Our next Leeperhouse film festival is going to ...3. The chic seaside town depended on street artists to draw tourists,4. PHANTOMS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 5. EMPIRE OF THE ANTS by Bernard Werber (translated by Margaret Rocques)6. DECEIVER (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 33 02/13/1998 1. URL of the week: I don't mean to be an alarmist about the Y2K problem.2. There is a new game where I work. It seems we have built a crooked ...3. THE MOON MAID AND OTHER FANTASTIC ADVENTURES by R. Garcia y Robertson ...4. MAKING HISTORY by Stephen Fry (Arrow, ISBN 0-09-946481-0, 1997, 553pp,5. GREAT EXPECTATIONS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. BOOGIE NIGHTS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 34 02/20/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.omniway.sm/aasfn/ef5e.htm. Contributed ...2. I am willing to bet you never gave it a whole lot of thought, but ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 35 02/27/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.execpc.com/ talossa/patsilor.html. The ...2. I was talking last time about how there a certain charisma to Physics ...3. SPHERE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. THE RISE OF ENDYMION by Dan Simmons (Bantam Spectra, 1997, ISBN ...5. THE APOSTLE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 36 03/06/1998 1. URL of the week: http://pubpages.unh.edu/ ss1/bookaminute/.2. "Notes on a Biological Imbalance in an Upland Arizona Valley." That is ...3. DARK CITY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. MR RINYO-CLACTON'S OFFER by Russell Hoban (Jonathan Cape, ISBN ...5. DANGEROUS BEAUTY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. SPHERE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 37 03/13/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/boskon35.htm. Evelyn ...2. I was talking to a friend about romance novels recently. You know that ...3. A comment from reader Avi Hauser (somewhat delayed in the printing,4. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 5. TWILIGHT (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. MRS. DALLOWAY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 38 03/20/1998 1. URLs of the week: http://www.sfsite.com/analog/ and ...2. I don't know if you have given it much thought, but there is a new form ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 39 03/27/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.xvt.com/users/kevink/silo/. Take an abandoned ...2. Many years ago I used to see ads from the sugar industry that said that ...3. LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. MR. NICE GUY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 40 04/03/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.scifi.com/set/originals/. Complete Seeing Ear ...2. I was recently rereading Bram Stoker's DRACULA. I think that the reason ...3. I don't know how many of you are bothered by this problem, but I have a ...4. MEN WITH GUNS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 5. THE NEWTON BOYS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 41 04/10/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.research.att.com/ reeds/petronius.html. The ...2. 4.8 inches = one milligodzilla 3. I have a new way to make money. I rent out my refrigerator to a local ...4. LOST IN SPACE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 42 04/17/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.sfsite.com/lists/ksr.htm. Kim Stanley ...2. The following notice about James Cameron appeared in the April 9 LONDON ...3. I was interested to see in this week's US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT that ...4. Here are this year's Hugo nominations. Many of the short fiction ...5. SLIPPAGE by Harlan Ellison (Houghton Mifflin, 1997, 303 pp., ISBN ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 43 04/24/1998 1. URL of the week: http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/. One of many ...2. ZERO MINUS TEN by Raymond Benson (G. P. Putnam's, ISBN 0-399- 14257-6,3. SLIDING DOORS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. SHAKESPEAREAN WHODUNNITS editedby Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, ISBN ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 44 05/01/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.sff.net/people/frantsdecandido/urban.htm. The ...2. I was reading my cereal box this morning. That is pretty safe. They don't ...3. URBAN NIGHTMARES edited by Josepha Sherman and Keith A. DeCandido ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 45 05/08/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.primenet.com/ somtow/index.html. S. P.2. Last week I was talking about the nifty free things we used to get inside ...3. DARKER ANGELS by S. P. Somtow (Tor, ISBN 0-312-85931-7, 1998, 381pp,4. DINOSAUR SUMMER by Greg Bear (Warner Aspect, ISBN 0-446-52098-5, 1998,
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 46 05/15/1998 1. URLs of the week: http://www.sbg.com/New/crackerjack.shtml and ...2. The last couple of weeks I was reminding myself of the Free Inside toys ...3. FIRE WATCH by Connie Willis (Bantam, ISBN 0-553-26045-6, 1998, 336pp,4. MARX DEMYSTIFIES CALCULUS by Paulus Gerdes (translated by Beatrice ...
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 47 05/22/1998 1. URL of the week:2. Recently I was discussing the new James Bond novel ZERO MINUS TEN.3. DEEP IMPACT (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. CITY ON FIRE, by Walter Jon Williams (Harper Prism, 1997, 498 pp., HC,
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 48 05/29/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.locusmag.com. On-line edition of LOCUS, the ...2. Hold on to your seats, this may be going to be one of my more ...3. GODZILLA (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 49 06/05/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.vegemite.com.au. In honor of our Australian ...2. Evelyn and I both carry pocket computers. And on the computers we each ...3. FOREVER PEACE by Joe Haldeman (Ace Science Fiction, 1997, 326 pp, HC,4. JACK FAUST by Michael Swanwick (Avon Books, 1997, 337 pp, HC, a Science ...5. THE SPANISH PRISONER (a film review by Mark R. Leeper) 6. THE HORSE WHISPERER (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 50 06/12/1998 1. URLs of the week:2. I don't know if this article is going to go where you will think it ...3. Detective's tale at Lucent Technologies leads to monument honoring ...4. THE TRUMAN SHOW (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 5. A PERFECT MURDER (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 51 06/19/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www2.dgsys.com/ jlovece/hooha/. "A magazine ...2. I discovered something. I may not be the only person to have discovered ...3. The following exchange regarding addresses was found on the Net: 4. THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION by Gore Vidal (Random House, ISBN ...5. FLANDERS by Patricia Anthony (Ace, ISBN 0-441-00528-3, 1998, 384pp,6. SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 16, No. 52 06/26/1998 1. URL of the week: http://www.eviloverlord.com/. How to be an Evil ...2. A recent telephone exchange: 3. THE X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. FOUNDATION AND CHAOS by Greg Bear (Harper Prism, 1998, 342pp., Hardcover,5. MULAN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
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 Haldeman4. 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 MOTEL6. 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):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 1 07/02/1999 1. This letter of comment came after last week's editorial.
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 2 07/09/1999 1. You can tell that it is summertime and I don't have a whole lot to talk ...2. SUMMER OF SAM (a film review by Mark R. Leeper)
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 3 07/16/1999 1. Announcing an event!!!! 2. It seems that the MT VOID has been more controversial of late. In one ...3. THE SPARROW by Mary Doria Russell (1996, Villard HC, 405pp, $23.00),4. The answer to Joe's question above ("Will someone *please* tell me how ...5. THE RED VIOLIN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 4 07/23/1999 1. I was looking for something to write about in this week's notice.2. EYES WIDE SHUT (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 3. RUN, LOLA, RUN (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 5 07/30/1999 1. You know, we are living in really fascinating times. I feel somewhat ...2. THE HAUNTING (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 6 08/06/1999 1. I am continuing with how this country at one time encouraged tobacco use.2. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 3. CHILDREN OF GOD by Mary Doria Russell (Villard, 1998, 438 pp, $23.95,4. FACTORING HUMANITY by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor, ISBN 0-312-86458-2, 1998,
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 7 08/13/1999 1. You know what I love? It is political organizations that send you mail ...
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 8 08/20/1999 1. My friends, I have come to you today to warn you of the threat of ...
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 9 08/27/1999 1. Last week I was talking about sausaging, the grinding up and form ...
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 10 09/03/1999 1. Relax, this is my final week on sausaging, the practice of chopping ...
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 11 09/10/1999 1. The Hugo winners are listed at the end of this notice. [-ecl] 2. There are those among us, myself included, who felt that the fall of ...3. Recently I saw a documentary on propaganda cartoons from the American ...4. FLASHFORWARD by Robert J. Sawyer (1999, Tor, 319 pp, HC, $23.95, ISBN ...5. Hugo Awards (1999):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 12 09/17/1999 1. It has been a while since we have had a film at a video meeting at work.3. STIR OF ECHOES (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. THE MUSE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. THE SPIKE: ACCELERATING INTO THE UNIMAGINABLE FUTURE by Damien Broderick ...7. STUCK IN FAST FORWARD by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes (a book review ...8. TWO HANDS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 13 09/24/1999 1. Two weeks ago I wrote a somewhat elliptic piece about the resurgence ...2. Someone in my workgroup sent around mail saying she was selling year 2000 ...4. MICKEY BLUE EYES (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 14 10/01/1999 1. This is just a reminder that we will be showing GATTACA in HO 1J-672 ...2. This last weekend we got the news story I have been expecting. The ...3. THE SIXTH SENSE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. AN UNUSUAL ANGLE by Greg Egan (Norstrilia Press, ISBN 0-909106- 12-6, 1983,5. AMERICAN BEAUTY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 6. MUMFORD (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 15 10/08/1999 1. National Public Radio dropped the fact that Home Depot has noticed ...2. John Jetzt sends us the following: 3. Keith Morrison (keithm@polarnet.ca) posted these to Usenet
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 16 10/15/1999 1. On Thursday, October 21, at 7:30 PM Harlan Ellison will be speaking ...3. I am not someone who gets angry easily, but I saw something in Princeton ...
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 17 10/22/1999 1. My training is as a mathematician and I think quantitatively when I can.2. FIGHT CLUB (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 18 10/29/1999 1. What is Dogma 95? 2. A WIND NAMED AMNESIA (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 3. THE LIMEY (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 19 11/05/1999 1. It has been my impression over the last decade that many popular films have ...2. MR. CANTON AND LADY ROSE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 20 11/12/1999 1. Our Australia and Aussiecon Three logs are available at:2. Last week I was saying that white males are frequently the villains ...3. THE BONE COLLECTOR (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 21 11/19/1999 1. Frequently the sacred cows of our society do not bear close scrutiny,2. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 3. DOGMA (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 22 11/26/1999 1. Frankly like most of the American public I have a dislike of Health ...2. SLEEPY HOLLOW (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 3. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 23 12/03/1999 1. Last week I said why I think that the Health Maintenance ...
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 24 12/10/1999 1. We went to the Picasso Museum on our recent trip to Paris. These ...2. TOY STORY 2 (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 25 12/17/1999 1. Our Paris trip logs are available at:2. As we approach the end of the century I think there is one subject on ...3. THE GREEN MILE (a film review by Mark R. Leeper): 4. THE INSIDER (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 26 12/24/1999 1. Christmas celebrants everywhere, this article is not written for you. I ...2. LIBERTY HEIGHTS (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):
MT Void Vol. 18, No. 27 12/31/1999 1. Well, here we go. Tonight that big leading digit changes. I won't make ...3. CRADLE WILL ROCK (a film review by Mark R. Leeper):


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