The MT VOID
is a publication of the Mt. Holz science fiction club.
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Table of Contents
- 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).
- 08/30/24, Vol. 43, No. 9:
Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in September;
comments on AI bots;
letter of comment on Tarzan;
and comments on books (The Road to Roswell, The Martian).
- 08/23/24, Vol. 43, No. 8:
Film reviews of Gettysburg; Westworld; I, Tarzan;
book review of The Sirens of Mars;
letters of comment on Hugo Award winners;
and comments on books (Orientations and other W. Somerset Maugham).
- 08/16/24, Vol. 43, No. 7:
Film reviews of Arrival, Little Shop of Horrors (1960);
list of Hugo Award winners;
letters of comment on misquotes;
and comments on books (H. P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers and H. P. Lovecraft's Dagon for Beginning Readers).
- 08/09/24, Vol. 43, No. 6:
Film reviews of One Life, No abras nunca esa puerta (Never Open That Door), Manhattan);
comments on Tubi;
and comments on books (Moby-Dick).
- 08/02/24, Vol. 43, No. 5:
Film reviews of The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel, Life, Discontinued);
and comments on books (Every Living Thing, Every Living Thing, "The Flowering of a Strange Orchid", and "The Reluctant Orchid").
- 07/26/24, Vol. 43, No. 4:
Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in August;
book review of Witch King;
letter of comment on film versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles;
and comments on books (Kanopy and Hoopla).
- 07/19/24, Vol. 43, No. 3:
Comments on more film versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles;
letter of comment on film versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles;
and comments on books (The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome).
- 07/12/24, Vol. 43, No. 2:
Comments on film versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles;
book review of The Edge of Physics;
and comments on books (Ken Burns's The Civil War: Historians Respond).
- 07/05/24, Vol. 43, No. 1:
History of the MT VOID;
book reviews of The Saint of Bright Doors;
and comments on books (Maximinus Thrax).
A full index can be found
here.
Evelyn C. Leeper
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