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Last updated
08 Dec 2023
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
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This week's MT VOID contents 
:
- 12/08/23, Vol. 42, No. 23:
Comments on screener season and on how to end plastic pollution;
film reviews of Close to Vermeer and Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of MIDNIGHT COWBOY;
and comments on books (A City on Mars and Black Narcissus).
More issues here
Book Reviews:
I have been reviewing and commenting on books since the 1970's, and an index to about 2500 of these reviews and comments can be found here.
Annotations and Thoughts on Moby-Dick:
I have also done a book-length commentary on Moby-Dick,
the latest edition of which can be found
here.
Travelogues, Film Festival Reports, and Science Fiction Convention Reports:
The travelogues cover trips to all fifty states and around five dozen countries.
The film festival reports are between 1994 and 2005.
The convention reports covers Worldcons and regional cons between 1983 and 2017.
They can all be found here.
Other writings include:
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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 MT VOID
is a publication of the Mt. Holz science fiction club.
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or go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mtvoid/.
Table of Contents
- 12/08/23, Vol. 42, No. 23:
Comments on screener season and on how to end plastic pollution;
film reviews of Close to Vermeer and Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of MIDNIGHT COWBOY;
and comments on books (A City on Mars and Black Narcissus).
- 12/01/23, Vol. 42, No. 22:
Correction on A Dog of Flanders;
notice of broadcast of Three-Body;
film reviews of Asteroid City, Wes Anderson shorts, and Barbie;
book review of Starter Villain;
letters of comment on Fantastioc Voyage, ancient plays, Robert J. Sawyer, The Daughter of Dr. Moreau, and J. Robert Oppenheimer;
and comments on books (Arms of Nemesis, Greek & Roman Historians, From Rome to Byzantium, Jews in the Roman World, and Terrace Story).
- 11/24/23, Vol. 42, No. 21:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in December,
comments on completist actors;
book review of The Glass Box;
science news;
and comments on books (Greek dramatists).
- 11/17/23, Vol. 42, No. 20:
Film reviews of Not Quite Hollywood and Share?;
comments on Fantastic Voyage;
and comments on books (A History of Histories).
- 11/10/23, Vol. 42, No. 19:
Film reviews of Blackberry and It's a Wonderful Knife;
book review of The Downloaded;
and comments on books ("Year's Best" anthologies).
- 11/03/23, Vol. 42, No. 18:
Film review of The Nightmare Before Christmas;
comments on writing in the MT VOID;
and comments on books (Ten Percent of Life).
- 10/27/23, Vol. 42, No. 17:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in November;
book review of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau;
links to articles about the Holmdel Horn, 42, cryptocurrency, and math and LLMs;
comments on Russia;
and comments on books (Raymond Chandler Speaking and The Best of S. J. Perelman).
- 10/20/23, Vol. 42, No. 16:
Film reviews of The Most Remote Restaurant in the World, and Sorry, We're Closed;
link to article on great unknown science fiction movies;
book reviews of Nettle and Bone and Wings;
and comments on books (The Second Murderer).
- 10/13/23, Vol. 42, No. 15:
Film reviews of Mafia Mamma, and Who Killed Captain Alex?;
links to articles on AI dangers, Lester Del Rey, and the Pythagorean Theorem
;
and comments on books (Only to Sleep).
10/06/23, Vol. 42, No. 14:
Comments on principles;
film review of Gettysburg (1993);
book reviews of Legends and Lattes;
letters of comment on lawyers vs. attorneys, and on Alan Arkin;
and comments on books (The Annotated Big Sleep).
09/29/23, Vol. 42, No. 13:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in October,
letters of comment on Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov, on George Laskowski,
on writing, on grammar, onTime's Arrow,
on imperative sentences, on Hard to Be a God, on Godzilla,
and on "to-read" stacks;
and comments on books ("The History of Rome" podcast).
09/22/23, Vol. 42, No. 12:
Correction;
comments on Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov;
film review of Godzilla '98;
letter of comment on The General;
and comments on books (random reading and "chuck-it" lists).
09/15/23, Vol. 42, No. 11:
Film reviews of The General, Dagon;
book review of Lords of Uncreation;
letters of comment on The Big Sleep and Travelling Salesman;
and comments on books (Making History).
09/08/23, Vol. 42, No. 10:
Pointer to column on the Holmdel Horn;
film reviews of Travelling Salesman, Paradise, Cryptid;
and comments on books (Axiomatic).
09/01/23, Vol. 42, No. 9:
Film reviews of Whaam! Blam! Roy Lichtenstein and the Art of Appropriation, The Lost King, The Loneliest Whale--The Search for 52;
letter of comment on Texas, WorldCons, Godzilla Raids Again, A Stranger in the Citadel, Avatar--The Way of Water, Oppenheimer, and Barbie;
and comments on books ("The Musgrave Ritual").
08/25/23, Vol. 42, No. 8:
Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in September;
book review of A Stranger in the Citadel;
letter of comment on Wind River, Avatar--The Way of Water, and Oppenheimer;
and comments on books (Unthinking Thinking).
08/18/23, Vol. 42, No. 7:
Film reviews of Wind River, Boiling Point, Funny Face;
pointer to column on women scientists at Los Alamos;
and comments on books (The War That Ended Peace).
08/11/23, Vol. 42, No. 6:
Correction;
film reviews of The Man with the Magic Box, The Yellow Wallpaper, 65, Barbie;
book review of Diaspora;
letter of comment on the MT VOID;
and comments on Hugo finalist films (Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Nope, Turning Red).
08/04/23, Vol. 42, No. 5:
Readercon report link;
film review of Oppenheimer;
letter of comment on Black Narcissus;
and comments on books (A History of the English Speaking Peoples: The Birth of Britain, The Daughter of Time).
07/28/23, Vol. 42, No. 4:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in August;
and comments on books (Girlfriend on Mars).
07/21/23, Vol. 42, No. 3:
Film reviews of They Shall Not Grow Old, The Truffle Hunters, and Rat Film;
comments on Hugo Award finalist reviews;
letter of comment on Moby-Dick;
and comments on books (Come, Tell Me How You Live, Appointment with Death).
07/14/23, Vol. 42, No. 2:
Comment on the "Quatermass" series;
comments on Hugo Award finalists;
book reviews of Roadside Picnic and The Biggest Ideas in the Universe;
letters of comment on the history of the MT VOID, and on proof-reading;
and comments on books (Krakatoa, Expect Me Tomorrow, and synchronicity).
07/07/23, Vol. 42, No. 1:
History of the MT VOID;
book review of The Circumference of the World;
letters of comment on the plural of "octopus", on proof-reading, on history, on James Joyce, on pronunciation, and on Moby-Dick;
and comments on books ("On Germania" and A Most Dangerous Book).
06/30/23, Vol. 41, No. 53:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in July,
and on the Algebra Wine Club;
correction on Finnegans Wake comments;
and comments on books (Time's Arrow).
06/23/23, Vol. 41, No. 52:
Correction;
Bell Labs news;
film reviews of Babylon, and Saving Lincoln;
book review of The This;
letters of comment on Herman Melville and the plural of octopus;
and comments on books (proof-reading; Cards on the Table, Taken at the Flood).
06/16/23, Vol. 41, No. 51:
Film reviews of The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, Dave Made a Maze, Disenchanted, and Nanny;
book review of The Mountain in the Sea;
letter of comment on Moby-Dick;
and comments on books (The Best of L. Sprague de Camp).
06/09/23, Vol. 41, No. 50:
Film reviews of Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story, The Act of Reading, Truman & Tennessee;
letters of comment on The MT VOID, The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, and on The Truman Show;
and comments on books (random reading).
06/02/23, Vol. 41, No. 49:
Film review of The Truman Show;
comments on film triangles;
letters of comment on Oscar Micheaux, on Dangerous Visions and New Worlds, and on the Tree of Life plant;
and comments on books ("Rabbi Ben Ezra").
05/26/23, Vol. 41, No. 48:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in June;
film review of Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession;
pointer to "Five Ways SF Writers Sidestep the Problem of Relativity";
and comments on books (Dangerous Visions and New Worlds).
05/19/23, Vol. 41, No. 47:
Film reviews of Master, Megan, and AI Love You;
letters of comment on similar words and on The Wicker Man;
and comments on books ("The Philosophy of Language").
05/12/23, Vol. 41, No. 46:
Film reviews of PK, Midsommar, and We Have a Ghost;
comments on North by Northwest, on Roddenberry Archives Project and Otoy, on AI-designed 3D printed rocket engine;
letter of comment on re-reading, on banshees, and on Mary Robinette Kowal;
and comments on books (Once Upon a Tome).
05/05/23, Vol. 41, No. 45:
Film reviews of The Burning Sea, Spin Me Round, and The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone;
comment on translations;
and comments on books (Annotations and Commentary on Moby-Dick).
04/28/23, Vol. 41, No. 44:
Announcement of book discussions;
Mark's picks on TCM for May;
book review of Flight and Achor;
and comments on books (Unthinking Thinking).
04/21/23, Vol. 41, No. 43:
Correction;
film reviews of Jerry and Marge Go Large, The Phantom of the Open, and Rosaline;
book reviews of Neuromancer and The Rise and Reign of the Mammals;
comments on pronoun films, on AI companionship bots, and on the Bechdel Test;
and comments on books and films (Hedda Gabler).
04/14/23, Vol. 41, No. 42:
Film reviews of The Menu, Glass Onion--A Knives Out Mystery, and Triangle of Sadness;
comments on Tom Cruise films, on films about the upper class, on the Bechdel Test, and on on Holy Blood, Holy Grail;
and comments on books and films (Orlando).
04/07/23, Vol. 41, No. 41:
Film reviews of Disney's Pinocchio, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, and Brian and Charles;
and comments on books (Past Imperfect).
03/31/23, Vol. 41, No. 40:
Announcement of book discussions;
Mark's picks on TCM for April;
letters of comment on audio/video parodies of science fiction,
of Ivar the Boneless, of Florence Pugh, of Amsterdam,
of Longbourne, of Orphans of the Sky and Robert A. Heinlein,
of The Woman King, and of the Chengdu Worldcon;
and comments on books (Lincoln's Citadel).
03/24/23, Vol. 41, No. 39:
Film reviews of Three Minutes--A Lengthening, Sidney, Hidden Letters, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed;
book review of The Will to Battle;
and comments on books and films (Running Out of Time, Under the Harrow, The Glory That Was, The Village, "Thessaly" series).
03/17/23, Vol. 41, No. 38:
Comments on synchronicity;
film reviews of The Banshees of Inisherin, Raymond & Ray, Vengeance;
book review of The Spare Man;
list of Nebula Award finalists;
and comments on books (What is Art?, An Experiment in Criticism, On Moral Fiction).
03/10/23, Vol. 41, No. 37:
Change to MTPL meeting day;
film reviews of Puss in Boots--The Last Wish, Don't Worry Darling, Three Thousand Years of Longing;
book reviews of Eyes of the Void and Crusaders;
and comments on books (Longbourn).
03/03/23, Vol. 41, No. 36:
Film reviews of A Man Called Otto, My Policeman, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande;
book review of Queens of an Alien Sun;
comments on AI submissions to science fiction magazines and on Galaxy Quest;
letters of comment on Flesh Gordon and on TCM picks and the Oscars;
and comments on books (Imaginary Lives).
02/24/23, Vol. 41, No. 35:
Correction on review of Orphans of the Sky;
announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in March;
book review of "Lost in the Moment and Found";
letters of comment on Flesh Gordon and on the MT VOID;
and comments on books (Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores).
02/17/23, Vol. 41, No. 34:
Film reviews of Amsterdam, The Fabelmans, Ted K);
book review of Orphans of the Sky;
letters of comment on The Woman King, Hay Before the Bookshops, Flesh Gordon, Bros, Mountain in the Sea, and Chengdu Worldcon;
and comments on books (re-reading books).
02/10/23, Vol. 41, No. 33:
Film reviews of She Said, The Woman King, Una Great Movie, Women Talking;
and comments on books (The Diary of a Bookseller, Confessions of a Bookseller, Remainders of the Day, and Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops).
02/03/23, Vol. 41, No. 32:
List of Mark Leeper's "Top Ten Movies of 2022"";
book review of Starry Messengers;
comments on And Then There Were None, and on nuclear rocket engines;
letter of comment on firefighters, on Samuel L. Gravely, on breaking the sound barrier,
on the Chengdu Worldcon, on Jewish vampires, on Bigger Than Life,
on Gattaca, on The Green Knight, on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,
and on email regularity;
and comments on books ("The Rime of the Ancient Mariner").
01/27/23, Vol. 41, No. 31:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in February;
announcement of Online Film Critics Society Awards;
letter of comment on mathematics and lambada;
and comments on books (including Chengdu Worldcon).
01/20/23, Vol. 41, No. 30:
Unofficial list of most influential science fiction;
film reviews of Troll, Bones and All, and Ultrasound);
letter of comment on Louis L'Amour;
and comments on books and films (Gods and Generals).
01/13/23, Vol. 41, No. 29:
Update to science fiction discussion groups;
information about travel into space;
film reviews of Marry Me, Bros, and Bullet Train);
letter of comment on The Iliad;
and comments on books (The Mountain in the Sea,
The Purchase of the North Pole, The Hills of Homicide).
01/06/23, Vol. 41, No. 28:
Film reviews of Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, Loving Highsmith, and Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power);
and comments on books (The Iliad).
12/30/22, Vol. 41, No. 27:
Problems with the MT VOID;
announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in January,
and on "Radium Age" science fiction;
letters of comment on Catherine Called Birdy;
and comments on books (The Book of Nothing).
12/23/22, Vol. 41, No. 26:
Correction;
film reviews of Four Samosas, Catherine Called Birdy, and Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul);
letters of comment on The Epic of Gilgamesh, on baggage,
on Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, and on DC League of Super-Pets;
and comments on books (The Book of Books).
12/16/22, Vol. 41, No. 25:
Comments on Bell Labs Holmdel;
film reviews of Next Exit, She Will, and The Innocents);
book reviews of Eversion and Why Does E=mc^2 ?;
letters of comment on your passenger rights in space, on the sound barrier,
on Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, and on DC League of Super-Pets;
and comments on books (The Epic of Gilgamesh).
12/09/22, Vol. 41, No. 24:
Comments on breaking the sound barrier;
Film reviews of Wendell & Wild, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio, DC League of Super-Pets, and Black Adam;
television review of Wednesday;
letters of comment on the MT VOID, on your passenger rights in space, and on cows;
and comments on books and films (Neptune's Brood).
12/02/22, Vol. 41, No. 23:
Comments on your passenger rights in space;
film reviews of Good Night Oppy, Hold Your Fire, and Cow;
book review of Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection;
letter of comment on vampires;
and comments on books and films (The Quatermass Conclusion, a.k.a. Quatermass).
11/25/22, Vol. 41, No. 22:
Announcement of science fiction discussion groups;
comments on Mark's picks for Turner Classic Movies in December;
letters of comment on Jewish vampires;
and comments on books (Goslings, a.k.a. The World of Women).
11/18/22, Vol. 41, No. 21:
Film reviews of Blood Relatives, Nope, Vesper;
letters of comment on firemen, and on Nosferatu;
and comments on books (The Science of Murder).
11/11/22, Vol. 41, No. 20:
Comments on "tall-washing";
film reviews of Voodoo Macbeth, Adieu Godard,
Lie Hard;
letters of comment on firemen, on Gattaca, on Romancing the Stone, and other topics;
and comments on books and films (Nosferatu and Dracula).
11/08/22, Vol. 41, No. 19:
Comments on changing terminology;
film reviews of Jurassic World--Dominion, The Lost City,
Crimes of the Future;
and comments on books and films (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie).
A full index (well, mostly full) can be found
here.
Evelyn C. Leeper
Email: (eleeper@optonline.net)
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