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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