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Announcing
Version 2.0 of
"Annotations and Commentary on Moby-Dick"
by Evelyn C. Leeper
Now available at
http://leepers.us/evelyn/Moby-Dick_Annotations.htm

[Mark and Evelyn on Their 50th Anniversary]

This week's MT VOID contents :

09/12/25, Vol. 44, No. 10: Comments on Son of Kong; comments on 3I/Atlas Interstellar Object; letters of comment on Wednesday, and on silent films at Boskone and elsewhere; book comments on Moby-Dick.
More issues here

Book Reviews: my reviews from the 1970s to the present
Annotations and Thoughts on Moby-Dick: a book-length commentary on Moby-Dick
Travelogues, Film Festival Reports, and Science Fiction Convention Reports: Fifty states and around five dozen countries, film festival reports 1994-2005, and Worldcon and regional con reports (1983-2022)
Other writings include:

miscellaneous other artcles
writings from when Mark and I were Fan Guests of Honor for Windycon XXIX, November 8-10, 2002:

my convention report
a brief co-biography written for the Program Book by friend and seven-time Hugo nominee Bob Devney
further information on Windycon

writings from when I was one of the judges for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History (1995-2014):

"AH 101," a quick introduction to alternate history
a list of Jewish-themed alternate histories

various lists and pages:

NJ Bookstores
Western Massachusetts Bookstores
Magical Realism page of discussion and links
Recommended DVD commentaries

I have been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer twelve times, most recently in 2001.
If you want to get some idea of my philosophy, check out my .sig quotes. And other sites of interest:

the incomparable Mark R. Leeper's Home Page
List of books read by the Old Bridge (NJ) Public Library's "Original" Book Group
List of books read by the Old Bridge (NJ) Public Library's Science Fiction Book Group
Uchronia Alternate History List, Overview
Steven Silver's Jewish Science Fiction Bibliography

The MT VOID is a publication of the Mt. Holz science fiction club.
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Table of Contents

09/12/25, Vol. 44, No. 10: Comments on Son of Kong; comments on 3I/Atlas Interstellar Object; letters of comment on Wednesday, and on silent films at Boskone and elsewhere; book comments on Moby-Dick.
09/05/25, Vol. 44, No. 9: Film reviews of Gods and Generals and Gettysburg; television review of Wednesday; letters of comment on Simulacron-3, on Brother Guy Consolmagno, on Unknown, on "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", on Ben-Hur, on silent film accompaniment, on King Kong, and on historical writing; book comments on Solar Pons and Jules de Grandin.
08/29/25, Vol. 44, No. 8: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in September; "The Ballad of King Kong"; book review of Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods! Interviews With Science Fiction Legends; comments on first person singular in writing history; letters of comment on how nothing is easy, on Brother Guy Consolmagno, on Hugo Awards, on atheism, on pteranodons, on romance in movies, on Lady Florence Baker, on translation problems, on self-sustaining off-world colonies, on Conclave, on Rumours, on Mickey 17, and on AI simulations of dead people; book comments on "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
08/22/25, Vol. 44, No. 7: Comments on how nothing is easy, and on jury duty; letter of comment on a television in your head; list of Hugo Awards; book comments on Women in Purple, What I Ate in One Year;
08/15/25, Vol. 44, No. 6: Film comments on King Kong; non-film comments on King Kong; letters of comment on tsundoku, on fake endings, on fear of death, and on Unearthly Stranger; book comments on King Kong;
08/08/25, Vol. 44, No. 6: Comments on tsundoku; film reviews of Unearthly Stranger, The Last Man on Earth, Crack in the World, The Devil Rides Out (The Devil's Bride); book review of When the Moon Hits Your Eye; letters of comment on fear of death, on A City on Mars, and on Rumours; book comments on Speaking in Tongues;
08/01/25, Vol. 44, No. 5: Film reviews of Conclave, Rumours, Mickey 17, Eternal You; comments on where I find movies, and on Object 3I Atlas; directions for Mark Leeper's origami X-Wing Fighter and Rodan/pterodactyl; letter of comment on the Vera Rubin Observatory; book comments on A City on Mars.
07/25/25, Vol. 44, No. 4: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in August; brief comments on the Tolkien and Churchill movies; book comments on The World of Jeeves and Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839).
07/18/25, Vol. 44, No. 3: Film reviews of Burn, Witch, Burn; Weird Woman; Devil Doll; comments on the Southern sky telescope; letters of comment on Starbucks, on The Man in the White Suit, on forgotten films, and on the Three Laws of Robotics; book comments on Sherlock Holmes tropes.
07/11/25, Vol. 44, No. 2: Film reviews of The Man in the White Suit, Night of the Demon, Village of the Damned; comments on the Three Laws of Robotics, on an interstellar visitor, and on Variety slang; book review of Somone You Can Build a Nest In; letter of comment on Starbucks, on Antarctica, on Aurora, on Devil's Contract, and on Back to the Future; book comments on The Wars of the Roses.
07/04/25, Vol. 44, No. 1: Announcement of formatting change; film review of Back to the Future; comments on Frau im Mond; television review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief; letter of comment on The Night of the Hunter and Charles Laughton; book comments on Devil's Contract.
06/27/25, Vol. 43, No. 52: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in July; comments on Apollo 13; answer to quiz on words; letters of comment on Metropolis and on October Sky; book comments on The Plantagenets.
06/20/25, Vol. 43, No. 51: Announcement of fireworks at Bell Works; film reviews of Metropolis; book review of Metropolis; quiz on words; book review of "Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear"; book reviews of Soonish and A City on Mars; letters of comment on The One Ring and on leg men; book comments on Journey to the Center of the Earth.
06/13/25, Vol. 43, No. 50: Film reviews of El Eternauta/The Eternaut, Dream Scenario, Isle of Dogs); summer bucket reading list; book review of The Tainted Cup; letters of comment on "The Essential Terry Pratchett", on Magna Carta, the Book of Kells, and the Sears and Roebuck catalog, and on The Seventh Victim; book comments on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
06/06/25, Vol. 43, No. 49: Comments on old-timers; film reviews of The Tunnel, The Dybbuk, The Seventh Victim); book review of The Ministry of Time; ebook service reviews (eReaderIQ, Standard Ebooks); article link for "The Essential Terry Pratchett"; letters of comment on Bright Leaf, Gary Cooper, and smoking, on Physics of the Impossible, Aurora, and robot boxing; book comments on Magna Carta.
05/30/25, Vol. 43, No. 48: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; picks for Turner Classic Movies in June; links on THE TWILIGHT ZONE: "Steel" and extra-terrestrial life; book review of Physics of the Impossible; letters of comment on live toads, on A Closed and Common Orbit, on The Man Who Laughs, on Aurora, on Willey Ley, on When the Moon Hits Your Eye, on color-blind casting, on "The Court of Tartary", on ancient Rome in movies, The Return, and on Diego Rivera; book comments on Poirot and Me.
05/23/25, Vol. 43, No. 47: Announcement of Mark Leeper Tribute Book; film reviews of Faust (1926), The Man Who Laughs (1928), Paracelsus; comments on a summer reading list; book reviews of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and A Closed and Common Orbit; letter of comment on Passover and Hanukkah movies; book comments on Aurora.
05/16/25, Vol. 43, No. 46: Film reviews of Monolith, The Moon, Severance; book comments on Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2.
05/09/25, Vol. 43, No. 45: Correction; announcement of update MT VOID archive and index; film reviews of Address Unknown, MacArthur; comments on the Fibonacci sequence in sports; letter of comment on opera; book comments on Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
05/02/25, Vol. 43, No. 44: Film reviews of All the President's Men, The Post, Spotlight); comments on training AIs, and on Willy Ley's ashes; book reviews of When the Moon Hits Your Eye, The Pursuit of the Pankera, The Number of the Beast, and The Biggest Ideas in the Universe; letter of comment on opera; book comments on Sick Caesars.
04/25/25, Vol. 43, No. 43: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in May; links to an image of our galaxy, to strongest evidence of extraterrestrial life, and whether you are training AIs; letters of comment on Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, and on Bridgerton; book comments on Marooned.
04/18/25, Vol. 43, No. 42: Film reviews of Between the Temples, When Do We Eat?, The Ten Commandments (1956); letters of comment on Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, on The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, and on color-blind casting; book comments on Moby-Dick.
04/11/25, Vol. 43, No. 41: Pick on PBS this week; film review of Titanic: The Musical; book review of Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand; list of Hugo Award finalists; book comments on the book of Acts.
04/04/25, Vol. 43, No. 40: Film reviews of Here, Peeping Tom, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain; pointer to China Miéville interview; letters of comment on originalism, on "Cocoon", and on The Mysterious Island (1929)); book comments on Agatha Christie television adaptations.
03/28/25, Vol. 43, No. 39: PSA about deleting your DNA from 23andMe; announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in April; film reviews of The Dybbuk (1938) and The Mysterious Island (1929); letter of comment on Cocoon; book comments on The Year of Living Constitutionally.
03/21/25, Vol. 43, No. 38: Announcement of a slight schedule change; film reviews of Things Will Be Different, A Quiet Place--Day One, and Jules); letter of comment on commercials; book comments on the Bryn-Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale.
03/14/25, Vol. 43, No. 37: Film reviews of Cowards Bend the Knee, The Dragon Painter, and The Tong Man); book review of Destination: Void; pointer to an article about Bell Works/Bell Labs Holmdel; letters of comment on baseball and on The Man Who Would Be King; book comments on A Walk in the Park.
03/07/25, Vol. 43, No. 36: Comments on Field of Dreams and fathers and sons; book review of Pillars of Creation; letter of comment on The Man Who Would Be King; book comments on Galla Placidia.
02/28/25, Vol. 43, No. 35: Obituary for Mark Leeper; status report; announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in March; letter of comment on Ionescu quote; book comments on Death on the Nile.
02/21/25, Vol. 43, No. 34: Film reviews of Because of Winn-Dixie, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Wicked: Part I; book comments on The Team That Forever Changed Baseball and America.
02/14/25, Vol. 43, No. 33: Film reviews of Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War and Les Misérables (2018); comments on asteroid "mining"; letters of comment on Münchhausen; book comments on One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.
02/07/25, Vol. 43, No. 32: Film reviews of The Movie Man and Hitler's Hollywood; announcement of the Online Film Critics Society's award winners; book comments on Star Wars, Verily.
01/31/25, Vol. 43, No. 31: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in February; pointers to articles on Frankenstein and on Octavia Butler; book comments on The Gathering Storm.
01/24/25, Vol. 43, No. 30: Not Mark's Top Ten Films of 2024; book review of Fall of Civilizations; comments on AI amd movie questions; book comments on Moby-Dick.
01/17/25, Vol. 43, No. 29: Status report; book review of Exodus: The Archimedes Engine; book comments on Barry N. Malzberg.
01/10/25, Vol. 43, No. 28: Film reviews of Frida (2024), Frida (2002); book comments on Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
01/03/25, Vol. 43, No. 27: Film reviews of Omni Loop, Wild Robot; lyrics to "Comin' Round Antares"; comments on double and triple features; letters of comments on the MT VOID and on Hannah Arendt; book comments on A Study in Scarlet.
12/27/24, Vol. 43, No. 26: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in January; book review of The Last Dangerous Visions; letters of comments on the MT VOID and on Hannah Arendt; book comments on The Everyman Chesterton.
12/20/24, Vol. 43, No. 25: Film reviews of Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Merchant Ivory, My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock; book comments on Christmas stories.
12/13/24, Vol. 43, No. 24: Film reviews of Memoir of a Snail, The Substance, The Animal Kingdom; fulfillment of an old prediction; pointer to film about special effects; letter of comment on The Metamorphosis; book comments on The Jefferson Bible).
12/06/24, Vol. 43, No. 23: Film reviews of Slay, My Old Ass, The Velocipastor; pointer to Earl Holliman obituary; book review of The Secret Lives of Numbers; book comments on The Metamorphosis, "The Granton Star Cause", and "The Court of Tartary".
11/29/24, Vol. 43, No. 22: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in December, and on wooden satellites and The Brick Moon; letter of comment on synchroncity; book comments on Spectacle Entertainments of Early Imperial Rome.
11/22/24, Vol. 43, No. 21: Film reviews of Evil Under the Sun (1982), 2010: Moby Dick, The Acid House; letter of comment on Quatermass; book comments on Caesar's Calendar.
11/15/24, Vol. 43, No. 20: Podcast review of Revolutions: The Martian Revolution; book review of Space Oddity; letters of comment on outdated expressions, on Tajikistan/Tadzhikistan, on inter-library loans, and on the Merritt Parkway; book comments on The Jefferson Bible.
11/08/24, Vol. 43, No. 19: Film reviews of The American Society of Magical Negroes, 42, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)); letters of comment on The Acid House, on Italian architecture, and on languages in Star Trek; letters of comment on The Metamorphosis and on historical advisors; book comments on Snow Crash.
11/01/24, Vol. 43, No. 18: Film comments on epics about ancient Rome (Scipione L'Africano, Fellini Satyricon, The Hunger Games, The Matrix, The Running Man, Rollerball, Star Trek: "Bread and Circuses"); comments on James Bond's wardrobe; film review of Dr. Sleep; book review of Service Model; letters of comment on The Metamorphosis and on historical advisors; book comments on From Gibbon to Auden: Essays on the Classical Tradition.
10/25/24, Vol. 43, No. 17: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; Mark's Picks for Turner Classic Movies in November; book review of The Mercy of the Gods; letters of comment on The Life of Brian; book comments on The Bookshop, The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Albino's Treasure, The Hunger Games.
10/18/24, Vol. 43, No. 16: Film comments on epics about ancient Rome (Gladiator, Rome (HBO), Centurion, The Eagle); comments on Hammer versus Universal DVD releases; book review of Alien Clay; letter of comment on Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present; and comments on books (China Dreams: Growing Up Jewish in Tientsin, Historia Augusta, A.D. 69: Emperors, Armies & Anarchy);
10/11/24, Vol. 43, No. 15: Film comments on epics about ancient Rome (I, Claudius; Monty Python's Life of Brian); book review of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present; letter of comment on Cleopatra; and comments on books (Second Time Books).
10/04/24, Vol. 43, No. 14: Film comments on epics about ancient Rome (Cleopatra, The Fall of the Roman Empire); Mark's biography a la Raymond Chandler; comments on the Europa mission; letters of comments on Bible verses, Birth of a Nation and Woodrow Wilson, and The Wicker Man; and comments on books (Math in Drag).
09/27/24, Vol. 43, No. 13: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in October; and comments on books (The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Companion).
09/20/24, Vol. 43, No. 12: Film comments on epics about ancient Rome (Quo Vadis, Ben-Hur, Spartacus); book review of "In the Shadow of the Ship"; and comments on books (The Magician and Seventeen Lost Stories).
09/13/24, Vol. 43, No. 11: Film reviews of Smoke, Blue in the Face, Dating the Enemy; book review of The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi; comments on Joe Vs. the Volcano; letters of comment on Edgar Rice Burroughs; and comments on books (recent purchases).
09/06/24, Vol. 43, No. 10: Political films on Turner Classic Movies; book review of New Adventures in Space Opera; comments on Shazam; letters of comment on AI running governments, and on Tarzan; and comments on books (A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe).

A full index can be found here.

Evelyn C. Leeper
Email: (evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com)