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MT meetings are in the cafeteria. _D_A_T_E _T_O_P_I_C 01/03 LZ: BUG JACK BARON by Norman Spinrad (What Price Immortality?) 01/24 LZ: "The Borribles" Trilogy by Michael de Larrabeiti (Urban Fantasy) 02/14 LZ: Science Fiction and Romance (see below) 03/07 LZ: THRICE UPON A TIME by James Hogan (Affecting the Past) _D_A_T_E _E_X_T_E_R_N_A_L _M_E_E_T_I_N_G_S/_C_O_N_V_E_N_T_I_O_N_S/_E_T_C. 01/13 Science Fiction Association of Bergen County: Victoria Poyser (book cover artist) (phone 201-933-2724 for details) (Saturday) 01/20 NJSFS New Jersey Science Fiction Society: James Morrow (phone 201-432-5965 for details) (Saturday) HO Chair: John Jetzt HO 1E-525 834-1563 hocpa!jetzt LZ Chair: Rob Mitchell LZ 1B-306 576-6106 mtuxo!jrrt MT Chair: Mark Leeper MT 3D-441 957-5619 mtgzx!leeper HO Librarian: Tim Schroeder HO 3D-225A 949-5866 homxb!tps LZ Librarian: Lance Larsen LZ 3L-312 576-3346 lzfme!lfl MT Librarian: Evelyn Leeper MT 1F-329 957-2070 mtgzy!ecl Factotum: Evelyn Leeper MT 1F-329 957-2070 mtgzy!ecl All material copyright by author unless otherwise noted. 1. In regard to the next Lincroft discussion book, Lance Larsen has this to say: BUG JACK BARRON, by Norman Spinrad, is set in a near-future United States. The main character, Jack Barron, is the host of a call-in television show whose premise (and advertising hook) is, "Bugged about something? Well, then, BUG JACK BARRON." The flap-copy says: Jack Barron went from Berkeley radical to national TV celebrity in one long, easy step. Now when he talks on his BUG JACK BARRON show, 100 million people listen. And Barron has just discovered the catch in multi-billionaire Benedict THE MT VOID Page 2 Howards' "freeze now, live later" immortality plan -- Howards alone decides who lives and who dies. When billionaires play god, that bugs Jack Barron. And when Jack Barron gets bugged...ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE! This novel looks at different forms of power and the interrelationships between the people who wield them. Jack Barron has the clout (because of the audience he draws) to get access to the people in power who would never answer a call from an "ordinary" person. And he uses that power in his hour-long weekly television show to get people in power (business or political) to respond to the people who call in to BUG JACK BARRON. Completely at home in his medium, where he can create whatever image he wishes, he rips off the emperor's robes and then cries that he has no clothes. Jack Barron is no paragon of virtue, but he is frighteningly good at what he does. The plot draws Jack from his existence as a master of imagery into a deadly reality of power brokers and political games. (The reality that he turned his back on after his days as a Berkeley radical.) Spinrad includes a lot of observations about people, society, values, ethics, racism, sexism, love, and obsession, but the fundamental question in this novel is "What price immortality?" [-lfl] 2. The following is from Rob Mitchell, our illustrious LZ chairperson: The Lincroft chapter meets every third Wednesday. This year, our schedule calls for a get-together on Valentine's Day, so an obvious topic to discuss is Romance. Does anyone have any good recommendations for SF-related books on love, romance, courtship, etc.? A few come to mind, such as COURTSHIP RITE (which we did a few years back), but we'd be interested in hearing from you. Whichever book gets recommended enough will probably become the major focus of the meeting, and Your Name could be recorded in the annals of the Club as a Major Contributor! Feel free to contact me (data above) with any suggestions. Thanks! [-jrrt] 3. I have to tell you this one while it is still fresh in my mind and before I forget it. I told you at one point how really rare it is for Evelyn to admit that I am right and she is wrong. I started counting the times 37 months ago and here is the sum total list: - Evelyn's contention: Canned kasha can be made palatable with the possible addition of the right condiment. I doubted it. That's the list. For those who lost count there is one (1) item on the list. Now you might think Evelyn is just very conservative in her assertions. You might think this is the only wild assertion she made over those 37 months. Let me assure you this is not the case. Let us take and assertion of hers as a case in point. [Warning: the following concerns matters of boudoir politics. If you feel THE MT VOID Page 3 you might be offended, you may want to skip the rest of this item.] When we go to bed at night, the covers are pretty well centered over the bed. Often when we wake up in the morning I find myself shivering with my portion of the covers covering Evelyn and Evelyn's covering the floor on her side. Now we each have an explanation for this phenomenon. You, gentle reader, can judge for yourself what makes the most sense. My contention I think is elegant and simple: Evelyn stole the covers. Evelyn, of course, sees the flaw in that argument right away. It puts the fault on her rather than where it obviously belongs--squarely on me. Talk about blaming the victim! I want you to think about and consider her explanation for a moment. She claims I was tossing and turning at night and I pushed the covers in her direction. Effectively I pushed the covers onto the floor on her side. Now here is a scientific experiment you can perform at home to help you decide if that makes any sense. Take a one-foot piece of string. Call the two ends A and B. Pull the string into a straight line and place it on the floor. Now grasp end A and push it toward end B. What happens to end B when you start to push? If the string stays straight with end B moving away from you, Evelyn is right and you are the next Houdini. I suspect you will find B stays put. I cannot imagine how I would perform the feat Evelyn says I do. Even if I was awake I couldn't do it. If Evelyn is right I must have physical and psychic powers I never dreamed of. Mark Leeper MT 3D-441 957-5619 ...mtgzx!leeper Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up. -- Hasdai Ibn Shaprut (10th Century) RASPUTIN'S REVENGE by John T. Lescroat Donald I. Fine, 1987, ISBN 1-55611-011-1, $17.95. A book review by Evelyn C. Leeper Copyright 1989 Evelyn C. Leeper In 1986, Lescroat wrote _S_o_n _o_f _H_o_l_m_e_s, about Auguste Lupa, the son of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler. Of that book I said, "The villain is completely obvious from halfway through the book. If this book is any indication, the child is but a pale shadow of the father." Unfortunately, I have to stand by that estimation with _R_a_s_p_u_t_i_n'_s _R_e_v_e_n_g_e, in which both the villain and the motivation are completely obvious early on. (And, no, I don't mean that it's obvious that Rasputin is the villain.) In addition, the proofreading on this book was so abominable that one must stagger through paragraphs such as: "I told Lupa that he demanded more proof of my and then went on to describe my lunch at Cubat, the fire, and so on. Whis head and drank more beer, as thought I'd confirmed something he'd alreter we heard the churchbells throughout the city echoing the refrain. Ih. It was ten o'clock." and: "'No,' he said at last, as if toimself. 'No, I can't accept it." He sat up straighter, finishing yet another gr, and pushing it to the line at the edge of his desk. Surprisingly, he 'Just because we have a possible second motive does not necessarily elimmote, but in fact, given Katrina's promiscuity, they are not at all reed another beer, finishing the pitcher." Admittedly, 99% of the book is reasonably well proofread (who would ever have thought this was a positive statement?), but the characters are so flat that not even the introduction of Holmes himself at the end can save this novel. Holmes himself in revolutionary Russia could be interesting, and Rasputin is certainly an intriguing and puzzling historical character, but this book fails to take advantage of the possibilities. (Allen Appel's _T_i_m_e _A_f_t_e_r _T_i_m_e, a non-Holmes time travel novel, is another recent example of using Rasputin as a character without taking full advantage of him.) Oh, well, ... maybe there's something still hidden in that dispatch box. The "Kirinyaga" Stories by Mike Resnick Comments by Evelyn C. Leeper Copyright 1989 Evelyn C. Leeper There have been (to the best of my knowledge) three "Kirinyaga" stories by Mike Resnick: "Kirinyaga" (_F&_S_F, November 1988), "For I Have Touched the Sky" (_F&_S_F, December 1989), and "Bwana" (_A_s_i_m_o_v'_s, January 1990). While they are undeniably thought-provoking--not a characteristic to be dismissed lightly these days--the conclusions one draws from them are disturbing. Or, to be more accurate and perhaps more fair, the message that I see them sending is disturbing. In "Kirinyaga," we are shown a Kikuyu society in a space station, isolated from the rest of humankind, and allowed to live according to its own laws, with the proviso that anyone who wants to must be permitted to leave. This seems reasonable to all concerned until a woman in Kirinyaga gives birth to twins. Under Kikuyu tradition, one twin is not human but a demon and so much be destroyed. This of course leads to a conflict, in which the Kikuyu mundumugu (witch doctor) defends the right of the Kikuyu to live according to their own ways. One could draw all sorts of parallels to the pro-choice movement (the Kikuyu claim that they are not murdering an infant because the twin is a demon, not a human). Whether the story takes a stand for or against cultural relativism is a matter of interpretation. In "For I Have Touched the Sky" a young girl learns to read, in violation of Kikuyu tradition and law. Koriba, the mundumugu, tells many fables to show how it is wrong for people to go against their customs and bring in alien ways. She could leave, but Koriba has blocked any way for her to find out about the outside, so how is she to make an informed decision? Of course, while he is doing this he also using a computer to call up Maintenance and ask for orbital adjustments to improve the climate of Kirinyaga. True, at the end, he says that a mundumugu must live with his decisions. But still, I find the message of isolationism and cultural integrity at any price verging on fanaticism. In "Bwana" the message becomes overt: it is wrong to bring in outside culture or technology. A hunter brought in to kill some hyena also brings in new ideas and new technology and these have an extremely negative effect on the Kikuyu. Koriba tells his people that it is because they cannot expect to take just some of the outsider's culture- -they will have to take all the bad effects as well as the good. So medicine must be refused because that would upset the balance of Kikuyu life, etc. Koriba says the problems in Kenya began when the Kikuyu took the European's technology. And here is the crux of my problem--the "Europeans" were not originally a homogeneous group. They started as many tribes, but an interchange of ideas, goods, and technology made them what they are today. Koriba (Resnick?) does not say how bad the Kirinyaga December 22, 1989 Page 2 Picts were for taking anything from the Celts, or how the Romans should never have used Greek technology or Egyptian medicine, or how the Italians should have thrown Marco Polo out when he tried to bring back umbrellas and pasta. The history of civilization is the story of borrowing from other cultures. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, but it's inevitable. If the Japanese find a cure for AIDS, should Americans reject it because it wasn't part of our culture? For that matter, by Koriba's reasoning the whole melting-pot of America is a disaster. Some may believe that, but I do not, and to find a popular series that seems to be espousing this view is disappointing. SHE-DEVIL Comments by Mark R. Leeper Copyright 1989 Mark R. Leeper Last Tuesday and Wednesday night I watched the television adaptation of Fay Weldon's novel _T_h_e _L_i_f_e _a_n_d _L_o_v_e_s _o_f _a _S_h_e-_D_e_v_i_l. Friday I saw Susan Seidelman's version of the same story for Orion Pictures. The television version took its title directly from the novel; the film version abbreviated the title to just _S_h_e-_D_e_v_i_l, perhaps causing some confusion with the 1950s science fiction movie of the same title. Having seen the two versions so close together and with the television version being about two and a half times as long, I will disqualify myself from actually reviewing _S_h_e-_D_e_v_i_l and just discuss the contrasts in the two versions. The film is a very pale, very weak, and almost entirely forgettable rendition of the same story. Even now, an hour after having seen the film, the television version is more immediately memorable. Let me say why. First, the television play had drama, comedy, and horror story mixed together into whatever proportions seemed right as it went along. The film aimed at a market for comedy and always tried to keep the tone light and frothy. So right from the start the film was less ambitious than the movie. The film had a dream cast for the story. It had a popular serious actress, Meryl Streep, to play Mary; a popular television comedienne, Roseanne Barr, to play Ruth; and a number of other good actors. The television version had virtual unknowns in the major roles. So why was the casting so wrong for the film? Because everybody was cast exactly right in the television play for the play's approach. Streep could have played Mary Fisher in the television play and done a reasonable job of it. The film, however, had more physical comedy. Streep is hardly known for comic roles and she is just not very good with it. Julie T. Wallace who played Ruth in the television play did not always have to be appealing to the audience. She starts out with the personality of a red brick. She is large, ugly, heavy, sullen, and not outgoing at all. Roseanne Barr got popular because she has a bright personality. Her weight does not stand in the way of her being basically attractive and charismatic. Even at the beginning of the film it is hard to think of her as a loser. Thematically Ruth is very much like Stephen King's Carrie White. She is a woman who has almost nothing. She does not have looks, she does not have talent, she does not have money. The only thing she has is her rage. And her rage is enough. From her rage she forges the power to destroy her tormentors. At least that is how it is in the television play. In the film she does not start nearly so low and she falls well short of destroying Bob and Mary. The ending for all three is reasonably happy in the film. That is how comedies work. The She-Devil December 22, 1989 Page 2 television play did not have to worry about box-office and could allow itself to be bleak. If I had to rate the two versions on the -4 to +4 scale, I would give the television play a +2 and the movie a low 0. But I do not trust those ratings because each rating is probably too much affected by the other. Let me leave these ratings unofficial and say that the play (which runs periodically on the Arts and Entertainment Network) _i_s worth your time to see, probably much more than the film. Cable in January Film comment by Mark R. Leeper Copyright 1989 Mark R. Leeper _M_a_c_k_e_n_n_a'_s _G_o_l_d (1988) (Cinemax) _A_n_n_e _o_f _G_r_e_e_n _G_a_b_l_e_s (1985) (Disney) _B_i_g_g_e_r _T_h_a_n _L_i_f_e (1956) (American Movie Classics) _C_r_o_s_s_i_n_g _D_e_l_a_n_c_e_y (1988) (Cinemax) _D_a_n_g_e_r_o_u_s _L_i_a_i_s_o_n_s (1988) (HBO) _H_i_g_h _R_o_a_d _t_o _C_h_i_n_a (1983) (HBO) _T_h_e _J_o_u_r_n_e_y _o_f _N_a_t_t_y _G_a_n_n (1985) (Disney) _L_a_d_y _f_o_r _a _D_a_y (1933) (American Movie Classics) _T_h_e _M_a_n _W_h_o _W_o_u_l_d _B_e _K_i_n_g (1975) (Cinemax) _M_u_m_m_y (1933) (Showtime) _T_h_e _N_a_r_r_o_w _M_a_r_g_i_n (1952) (American Movie Classics) _T_h_e _N_a_t_u_r_a_l (1984) (Cinemax, Showtime) _N_o _W_a_y _t_o _T_r_e_a_t _a _L_a_d_y (1968) (Cinemax) _O_n_c_e _U_p_o_n _a _T_i_m_e _i_n _t_h_e _W_e_s_t (1969) (Cinemax) _S_c_a_r_f_a_c_e (1932) (American Movie Classics) _S_o_m_e_t_h_i_n_g _W_i_c_k_e_d _T_h_i_s _W_a_y _C_o_m_e_s (1983) (Disney) January looks a lot better than December for interesting cable choices. Cinemax is giving one more run January 1 to _M_a_c_k_e_n_n_a'_s _G_o_l_d. Carl Foreman, who in 1961 did the great adventure film _T_h_e _G_u_n_s _o_f _N_a_v_a_r_o_n_e, tried to outdo the adventure with this amazing white elephant of a Western. The story is pretty much solid action with the characters jumping from one death-defying scene to another without much chance to catch their breaths. There are a few clever plot twists and a lot of cliches. At the time, the critics found the pacing preposterous. Actually, by trying to make a film so solidly full of action, instead of making a concentrated _G_u_n_s _o_f _N_a_v_a_r_o_n_e Foreman made a _R_a_i_d_e_r_s _o_f _t_h_e _L_o_s_t _A_r_k about 15 years before its time. The slam-bang finale is somewhat more spectacular and less believable than _R_a_i_d_e_r_s's spirit attack. The photography is spectacular and the song "Old Turkey Buzzard" has to be heard to be believed. Not a good film, but a fun one. [Sorry I did not recommend the film sooner but I saw it for the first time December 27.] Another curiosity you may not know is _B_i_g_g_e_r _T_h_a_n _L_i_f_e, a true story somewhat exaggerated to the point that it is almost a horror story. James Mason plays a mousey grade-school teacher with a medical condition requiring him to take a new wonder drug: cortisone. Under its influence his personality changes until he becomes first tyrannical and then homicidal. The film is based on a case history reported by Berton Rouche, who writes true stories of medical detective work. The screenplay was by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum. The former wrote the screenplays for _F_o_r_b_i_d_d_e_n _P_l_a_n_e_t and its semi-sequel _T_h_e _I_n_v_i_s_i_b_l_e _B_o_y. Richard Maibaum wrote or co-authored all but three of United Artists' James Bond films and is the man most responsible for the James Bond screen persona. Cable in January December 28, 1989 Page 2 I have never heard of a published critic who liked _H_i_g_h _R_o_a_d _t_o _C_h_i_n_a and I have never found anyone I know who did not like the film. The critics keep comparing it to _R_a_i_d_e_r_s _o_f _t_h_e _L_o_s_t _A_r_k and I don't think that is what it is trying to be at all. It just works to be a good adventure film and most people I talk to seem to think it succeeds. I think any film that features a 1920s' setting, bi-planes, and Asia is hard not to like. And speaking of adventures, one of the great ones is playing this month: _T_h_e _M_a_n _W_h_o _W_o_u_l_d _B_e _K_i_n_g. This was the film that bankrupted Allied Artists--mostly because most people must have thought it was like the gung-ho-and-stiff-upper-lip adventure films of the Thirties. In fact it may well be the best film in either Michael Caine's or Sean Connery's careers. Based on the Kipling story, it has two scoundrels from the British Army setting off to make themselves kings of a region of what is now Afghanistan. A great score, beautiful cinematography, and the kind of film engrossing enough to seem much shorter than it is. The Disney Channel has two very good films that were overlooked when the Disney name was boxoffice poison. _T_h_e _J_o_u_r_n_e_y _o_f _N_a_t_t_y _G_a_n_n got critical praise but was not seen by many people. It is just a simple story, set in the Great Depression, of a young woman who has to travel across country on her own. Good performances and a good story. The performances are not quite as good in _S_o_m_e_t_h_i_n_g _W_i_c_k_e_d _T_h_i_s _W_a_y _C_o_m_e_s, at least on the part of the two main characters, but it is a haunting and poetic horror film. The two child leads are just okay, but Jonathan Pryce as Dark is a terrific force of evil. He does not prey on the kind of fears such as that somebody is going to jump out of the dark and stab you, but on deeper fears such as aging. Disney is also running an enjoyable adaptation of the Canadian children's classic _A_n_n_e _o_f _G_r_e_e_n _G_a_b_l_e_s. Anne is an orphan who is sort of a latter-day Don Quixote. Her mind is full of romantic literature and it affects everything she does. _L_a_d_y _f_o_r _a _D_a_y came early from Frank Capra's career at Columbia and is an enjoyable piece of "Capra-corn" that does not get seen very often. He later remade it as _P_o_c_k_e_t_f_u_l _o_f _M_i_r_a_c_l_e_s. Other films worth seeing include the 1933 _T_h_e _M_u_m_m_y, a fairly suspenseful B-picture _T_h_e _N_a_r_r_o_w _M_a_r_g_i_n, and the original _S_c_a_r_f_a_c_e with Paul Muni and Boris Karloff. More films worth watching if you haven't seen them include the comedy/mystery _N_o _W_a_y _t_o _T_r_e_a_t _a _L_a_d_y, based on the William Goldman novel. Also there is Sergio Leone's massive farewell to the "Old West," _O_n_c_e _U_p_o_n _a _T_i_m_e _i_n _t_h_e _W_e_s_t. Cable runs of more recent recommendations include _C_r_o_s_s_i_n_g _D_e_l_a_n_c_e_y, _D_a_n_g_e_r_o_u_s _L_i_a_i_s_o_n_s, and _T_h_e _N_a_t_u_r_a_l. Now why were there so many decent films this month and so few in December? Who knows--perhaps because they were running so much Christmas programming. Dec 27 09:20 1989 MT VOID 1989 Index Page 1 89/11/17 ABYSS (Comment by R. L. Mitchell) 89/12/01 ABYSS (Film review by E. Slade) 89/08/18 ABYSS (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/13 ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/03/17 ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/15 Alcohol (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/19 ALIEN TRACE (Book review by G. F. MacLachlan) 89/10/13 Aliens (AP Story) 89/10/13 Aliens (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/07/21 ALTERNATE EMPIRES (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/15 Anti-Dollars (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/06/09 Appearance (Comments by E. C. Slade) 89/06/09 AQUILIAD III (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/06/09 Asian Culture (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/29 BAD VOLTAGE (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/05/12 Baseball (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/06/30 BATMAN (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/25 BATMAN serial (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/13 BEACHES (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/11/03 BEAR (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/11/17 BEER DRINKER'S GUIDE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/29 BITTER GOLD HEARTS (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/10/27 BLACK RAIN (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/29 Blankets (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/22 BLAZE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/02/24 BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/29 Books for Sale (List) 89/02/17 Boskone 26 (Con report by E. C. Leeper) 89/08/04 BROTHER ESAU (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/01/27 BYWORLDER (Book review by A. Kaletzky) 89/09/29 CABAL (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/06/30 Cable in July (Film reviews by M. R. Leeper) 89/11/03 Cable in November (Film reviews by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/29 Cable in October (Film reviews by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/01 Cable in September (Film reviews by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/29 Cable in December (Film reviews by M. R. Leeper) 89/10/20 CASTLE OF OTRANTO (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/11/03 Catalogs (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/07/21 Cats (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/03/24 CHANCES ARE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/14 Charmed Life (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/07/28 CHEAP DETECTIVE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/20 CHILDREN OF THE THUNDER (Book review by N. R. Haslock) 89/01/13 Chosen People (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/21 CHU CHEM (Theatre review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/21 CITIZEN VAMPIRE (Book review by M. R. Leeper) 89/11/24 Civilization and Indicators (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/20 COLD COPPER TEARS (Book review by N. R. Haslock) 89/04/14 COMIC BOOK KILLER (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/08/18 COMMANDO CODY (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/06/30 Commercials (Comments by C. Harris) 89/06/09 COMPLETE TIME TRAVELER (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/02/24 Congressional Raises (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/26 Contraption (Convention report by E. C. Leeper) 89/02/03 COSMIC KNIGHTS (Book review by M. Lukacs) 89/10/20 CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (Film review by M. R. Leeper) Dec 27 09:20 1989 MT VOID 1989 Index Page 2 89/10/20 CRY REPUBLIC (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/08/11 CRYSTAL EMPIRE (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/12/15 CUCKOO'S EGG (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/01/06 CYBERNETIC SAMURAI (Book review by A. I. Hauser) 89/09/01 Cyberpunk (Comment by E. C. Leeper) 89/02/10 Cyberpunk Discussion Summary (Comments by E. C. Leeper) 89/04/14 CYBORG (Film review by D. L. Skran) 89/01/06 DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/06/16 DEAD POETS SOCIETY (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/25 DELUGE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/07/14 DO THE RIGHT THING (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/03/24 Dog Shows (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/15 DORIAN GRAY (Announcement by E. C. Leeper) 89/03/17 DOVER BEACH (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/01/20 DRAGON PRINCE (Book review by N. R. Haslock) 89/09/29 DREAMER IN DISCORD (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/01/20 DREAMS OF FLESH AND SAND (Book review by F. Leisti) 89/01/20 DREAMS OF FLESH AND SAND (Book review by P. Huff) 89/09/22 DYBBUK (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/26 EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/10/27 Earthquakes (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/18 Endorphins (Comment by K. A. Morrissey) 89/08/11 Exercise (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/25 Exercise (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/02/10 EXTRA(ORDINARY) PEOPLE (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/08/25 F.P.1 (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/10/27 FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/20 FANG THE GNOME (Book review by N. R. Haslock) 89/08/04 Feminism (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/05 FIELD OF DREAMS (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/07/07 Film Forum SF Film Festival Schedule 89/07/21 FIRST BORN (Telefilm review by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/01 FLUF/SLUF (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/02/17 FLY II (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/11 Flying (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/10/20 FLYING WARLORD (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/06/02 Frequency Conservation (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/29 FROM A CHANGELING STAR (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/02/24 FROM A SURGEON'S DIARY (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/04/28 FULL SPECTRUM (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/06/23 GAMEARTH (Book review by G. W. Ryan) 89/09/29 GATE TO WOMEN'S COUNTRY (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/12/15 Genes (Comment by A. Kaletsky) 89/12/15 Genes (Comment by anonymous) 89/12/15 Genes (Comment by E. Slade) 89/11/10 Genes (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/08 Genes (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/08 Genes (Comment by P. S> R. Chisholm) 89/02/03 GOR (Film review by J. Shadow) 89/04/28 GRAY VICTORY (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/07/14 GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/19 Guest of Honor Speech (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/03/17 HALBERD, DREAM WARRIOR (Book review by P. Huff) 89/03/10 HALBERD, DREAM WRARIOR (Book review by F. R. Leisti) 89/03/03 Health Foods (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/12 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (Comments by M. R. Leeper) Dec 27 09:20 1989 MT VOID 1989 Index Page 3 89/05/26 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/19 Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (Comments by N. J. Sauer) 89/02/10 HER ALIBI (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/06/09 HIGH-TECH KNIGHT (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/08/04 HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/21 Honors (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/08 Hugo Awards 1989 89/04/14 Hugo Nominees 1989 89/04/21 Hugos (Comments) 89/09/29 HUYSMAN'S PETS (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/04/14 I'LL CRY WHEN I KILL YOU (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/01/27 I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/10/06 IN COUNTRY (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/29 Index for 1989 MT VOID 89/06/02 INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/28 Ingredients (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/28 IVORY (Book review by M. R. Leeper) 89/06/09 JAGUARS RIPPED MY FLESH (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/10/13 JEHOVAH CONTRACT (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/29 JIAN (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/10/06 JOHNNY HANDSOME (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/03/17 Kasha (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/27 KING & JOKER (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/12/29 Kirinyaga Stories (Comment by E. C. Leeper) 89/07/28 LADY IN WHITE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/02/24 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (Film comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/05 Lem, Stanislaw (Comments) 89/04/28 LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Theatre review by M. R. Leeper) 89/07/14 Libraries (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/01 Library Acquisition 89/01/13 Library Acquisitions 89/01/20 Library Acquisitions 89/03/03 Library Acquisitions 89/03/24 Library Acquisitions 89/05/05 Library Acquisitions 89/05/12 Library Acquisitions 89/06/30 Library Acquisitions 89/09/22 Library Acquisitions 89/07/21 LICENSE TO KILL (Film review by +m 89/08/04 LILLIPUT LEGION (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/12/15 LITTLE MERMAID (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/22 Lotteries (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/29 LURKER AT THE THRESHHOLD (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/09/29 MACHIAVELLI INTERFACE (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/09/29 MAN WHO PULLED DOWN THE SKY (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/10/27 Masquerade Winners (Noreascon3 List) 89/09/29 MASTER OF THE FIVE MAGICS (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/11/17 Master Strategies (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/29 MASTERPLAY (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/02/10 Mediocrity (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/18 MEDUSA FREQUENCY (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/29 MEMORIES OF THE SPACE AGE (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/29 METACONCERT (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/04/28 METROPOLIS (Theatre review by M. R. Leeper) 89/03/03 MIGHTY QUINN (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/01 MILENNIUM (Film review by D. L. Skran) Dec 27 09:20 1989 MT VOID 1989 Index Page 4 89/09/01 MILENNIUM (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/21 MIRRORSHADES (Book review by A. Castineiras) 89/01/20 MISSISSIPPI BURNING (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/19 MUMMY (Book review by M. R. Leeper) 89/02/03 MYTHICAL BEASTIES (Book review by M. Lukacs) 89/07/28 NAVIGATOR (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/27 NEANDERTHALS (Book review by A. Kaletzky) 89/02/24 Nebula Finalists 89/04/28 Nebula Winners (1989) 89/09/29 NEVERNESS (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/03/17 NEW YORK STORIES (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/06/16 Non sequiturs (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/15 Noreascon 3 (Part 1) (Con Report by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/22 Noreascon 3 (Part 2) (Con Report by E. C. Leeper) 89/04/21 OASIS 2 (Announcement) 89/04/14 Offer To Be in a Book (Comment) 89/09/29 OLD TIN SORROWS (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/08/04 Ontology (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/01 Opera (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/25 ORPHAN OF CREATION (Book review by G. W. Ryan) 89/09/15 PACKAGE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/11 PARENTHOOD (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/07 PBS (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/07 PERCHANCE (Book review by F. R. Leisti) 89/11/10 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/08 Power Companies (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/29 PRINCE OF MERCENARIES (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/10/06 Publicity (Comment by E. C. Leeper) 89/10/06 Publicity (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/07/21 RADIANT WARRIOR (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/10/13 Radio Stations (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/02/17 RAINBOW CADENZA (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/12/29 RASPUTIN'S REVENGE (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/06/09 RED LIMIT (Book review by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/18 REMEMBER THE ALAMO! (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/10/06 Reminiscences (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/03/10 REVENGE OF AL CAPONE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/19 Reviewers (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/21 RICHARD II (Theatre review by M. R. Leeper) 89/10/20 ROAD TO AVALON (Book review by F. R. Leisti) 89/03/24 SAMURAI (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/21 SAY ANYTHING (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/05 SCANDAL (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/22 SEA OF LOVE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/14 SECRET OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Theatre review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/28 SEE YOU IN THE MORNING (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/04 SEVEN NIGHTS (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/29 SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (Film review by D. L. Skran) 89/09/08 SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/29 SHADOW GAMES (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/12/29 SHE-DEVIL (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/22 SHERLOCK & THISTLE OF SCOTLAND (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/02/24 SHERLOCK HOLMES & CASE OF SABINA HALL (Book review by E. Leeper) 89/01/27 SHERLOCK HOLMES ON ROOF OF WORLD (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/29 SHIRLEY VALENTINE (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/02/10 SHOCKWAVE RIDER (Book review by G. Ryan) Dec 27 09:20 1989 MT VOID 1989 Index Page 5 89/06/23 Short Fiction (Reviews by K. Tipton) 89/04/21 SINGLE SPIES (Theatre review by M. R. Leeper) 89/10/13 SNAKE OIL WARS (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/03/17 SOMA (Book review by A. Kaletzky) 89/04/07 SORCEROR'S SON (Book review by F. R. Leisti) 89/10/20 SORCERY AND CECELIA (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/06/02 Sortori (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/20 Space Colonies (Comments by E. C. Leeper) 89/03/10 Space Colonies Followup (Comments by E. C. Leeper) 89/02/03 SPELLS (Book review by M. Lukacs) 89/07/14 St. Francis (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/22 Stalinism (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/26 STAR TREK V (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/06/16 STAR TREK V (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/22 STEEL MAGNOLIAS (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/08 STORY OF THE STONE (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/02/24 STRANGE SCHEMES OF RANDOLPH MASON (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/07/21 STUDY IN SORCERY (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/02/03 Sun Workstations (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/29 SURVEILLANCE (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/12/01 SWORD OF DOOM (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/09/01 Technology and Repression (Comment by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/27 THERE WILL BE TIME (Book review by A. Kaletzky) 89/08/18 THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/29 THOSE WHO HUNT THE NIGHT (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/03/17 TIDES OF GOD (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/05/19 TIME TWISTER (Book review by G. F. MacLachlan) 89/03/24 TIMEPIVOT (Book review by F. R. Leisti) 89/03/24 TO THE RESURRECTION STATION (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/09/29 TOOLMAKER KOAN (Book review by D. L. Skran) 89/01/20 Top Ten Films of 1988 (Film comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/27 TORCH SONG TRILOGY (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/02/24 TRUE BELIEVER (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/05/05 VERNE MILLER (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/08/25 VIKRAM & THE VAMPIE (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/04/07 VISITORS (Book review by K. W. Howard) 89/08/18 WAITING FOR THE GALACTIC BUS (Book review by E. C. Leeper) 89/04/28 WALK IN THE WOODS (Theatre review by M. R. Leeper) 89/12/22 WAR OF THE ROSES (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/04/28 WATCHERS (Book review by M. R. Leeper) 89/07/28 WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (Film review by M. R. Leeper) 89/02/10 WINE OF THE DREAMERS (Book review by F. Leisti) 89/06/23 Wooden Sheep (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/06/30 Wooden Sheep (Comments by M. R. Leeper) 89/01/06 WORKING GIRL (Film review by M. R. Leeper) THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT ALMOST BLANK