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                        Mt. Batten Science Fiction Society
                    Club Notice - 04/01/93 -- Vol. 11, No. 39a


       MEETINGS UPCOMING:

       Unless otherwise stated, all meetings are in Agony 4N-509
            Wednesdays at noon and seem to go on forever.

         _D_A_T_E                    _T_O_P_I_C

       04/21  ARISTWATCH by Walter Jon Cameron Swayze (The Nature of Time)
       05/12  THOMAS THE RHYMER by Ellen Ellen Bo-bellen (Literary Fantasy)
       06/02  STEEL TEETH by Jacob Varley (Near-Future Prosthetics)
       06/23  CONSIDER PHLEBAGS by Iain "Piggy" Banks (Interstellar travel
                 companion)

       Outside events:
       Mars is in conjunction with Jupiter.

       HO Chair:     Johnny Jet        HO 1E-525  908-555-1563 hocpb!jetzt
       LZ Chair:     Rob De Rich       HO 1C-523  908-555-1267 hocpb!jrrt
       MT Chair:     Hy Leeper         MT 3D-441  908-555-5619 mtgzfs3!leeper
       HO Librarian: Whisky Sauer      HO 4F-427  908-555-7076 homxc!11366ns
       LZ Librarian: Lance Larseni     LZ 3L-312  908-555-3346 quartet!lfl
       MT Librarian: Noah Zark         MT 3D-441  908-555-5619 mtgzfs3!leeper
       Factotum:     Rosetta Stone     MT 1F-329  908-555-2070 mtgpfs1!ecl
       All material copyright by author unless otherwise noted.

       1.  Summer is coming.  As a service to our readers, here is a  list
       of films announced for this summer.

       _N_a_t_u_r_e _W_a_r _I: In a dying world following an ecological disaster the
       key to saving the world is held by marauding aliens on  motorcycles.
       Jean Claude Van Damme stars.

       _G_o_d_z_i_l_l_a _A_g_a_i_n_s_t _R_o_d_a_n: In the new series of "Godzilla"  movies,  a
       Godzilla  angered by man's destruction of the environment goes on a
       rampage that brings him in direct conflict with Rodan.

       _G_e_t_t_i_n_g _D_o_w_n _t_o _B_u_s_i_n_e_s_s: A racist and sexist corporation is  saved
       when  a  black  woman  from  the  mail  room guesses the computer's
       password and discovers that she can run the company better than the
       chairman of the board.












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       _C_a_m_p _S_k_i-_N_i-_D_i_p_p: The new batch of counselors at  Camp  Ski-Ni-Dipp
       have more on their minds than teaching handicrafts.

       _M_a_n _v_s. _M_a_c_h_i_n_e: Ten years ago a military experiment to connect all
       computers  via  microwaves destroyed nearly all the world.  Now the
       key to saving the world may be held by an enigmatic  robot  (Steven
       Segal) from the future armed with a shotgun and riding a motorcycle.

       _H_o_w_a_r_d'_s _O_t_h_e_r _E_n_d: In this long-awaited sequel to  the  novel  and
       film,  stodgy  businessman  Henry  Willcox (Sean Penn) is forced to
       admit his crimes to his wife Margaret (Winona Ryder), thanks  to  a
       wily plan by Margaret's sister Helen (Madonna).

       _W_a_r_r_i_o_r_s _o_f _t_h_e _D_a_w_n _W_o_r_l_d: In the post-biological war  world,  the
       balance  of  power is upset as the key for world domination is held
       by kickboxers  on  motorcycles.   Featuring  the  skills  of  Dolph
       Lundgren.

       _T_h_e _P_a_t_h_f_i_n_d_e_r: _L_a_s_t _o_f  _t_h_e  _M_o_h_i_c_a_n_s  _I_I:  Nathaniel  Poe  (Keanu
       Reaves)  and Chingachgook (Lou Diamond Phillips) return to the wild
       to defend the Delawares from dangerous Iroquois.

       _S_t_a_r _T_r_e_k: _T_h_e _N_e_x_t _G_e_n_e_r_a_t_i_o_n: _T_h_e _M_o_t_i_o_n _P_i_c_t_u_r_e: Wesley  Crusher
       (Wil  Wheaton)  and  Spock  (Leonard  Nimoy)  have just twenty-four
       hours to find a killer and avert war between the Federation and the
       Romulan Empire.

       _P_s_y_c_h_o: George  Romero's  remake  of  Alfred  Hitchcock's  original
       masterpiece   brings   Technicolor  and  "gallons  and  gallons  of
       realistic-looking blood" to  the  classic  story.   An  anti-sexism
       theme will also be added.

       _N_u_c_l_e_a_r _C_h_a_i_n_s_a_w _B_a_r_b_a_r_i_a_n_s: In the  post-nuclear  war  world,  the
       balance  of  power is upset as the key for world domination is held
       by   chainsaw-wielding  marauders  on  motorcycles.   Rutger  Hauer
       top-lines.

       _S_i_l_v_e_r _S_u_r_f_e_r: A $70 million budget  will  use  _T_e_r_m_i_n_a_t_o_r  _I_I-like
       effects  to bring the enigmatic super-hero to the screen.  Michelle
       Pfeiffer has already signed to appear.

       _S_o_l_a_r _C_o_m_m_a_n_d_o: After a solar flare has killed off all but a  small
       number of humans, the key to survival of the rest of the human race
       may be held by hot-rodding mutants.  Featuring Hulk Hogan.

       _B_r_o_t_h_e_r _B_r_o_t_h_e_r: Robert Townsend wrote, directed, and stars in this
       comedy about a black man who has aspirations of becoming a monk.

                                          Mark Leeper
                                          MT 3D-441 908-957-5619
                                           ...mtgzfs3!leeper

            What a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind.
            How true it is.
                                          -- J. Danforth Quayle