MT VOID Back Issues


29 Jun 2026

The MT VOID is a publication of the Mt. Holz science fiction club.

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MT VOID Science Fiction Newsletter Back Issues Available: News, reviews, witty commentary, and quote of the week:

  • 06/19/26, Vol. 44, No. 51: Correction; film review of "Fiddler on the Moon"; report of panel on Jewish mitzvoth in space; comments on Magnifica Humanitas; list of astronaut Mark Kelly's three favorite space films; letters of comment on The Silver Stallion, and on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films; book comments on AI-written stories.
  • 06/12/26, Vol. 44, No. 50: Film reviews of The Goodbye Girl (1980), Hanukkah on the Rocks, The Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003); comments on the Pope and Gandalf, on bees, on The Alien Autopsy Scandal, and on Starbucks marketing; book review of The Incandescent; book and film comments on Young Frankenstein.
  • 06/05/26, Vol. 44, No. 49: Announcement of mini-reviews change; film reviews of Mission: Impossible III, Ladies in Lavender, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969); comments on the rest of June on TCM; book review of "The Foundling Fathers" by Meg Elison; letters of comment on Quatermass and the Pit; book comments on Richard III--His Life & Character and Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III.
  • 05/29/26, Vol. 44, No. 48: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in June; comments on Nicholas Cage and Quatermass; book comments on Justinian's Flea and Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine.
  • 05/22/26, Vol. 44, No. 47: Film reviews of Companion, Eden, Jezebel; book review of Palaces of the Crow; series review of One Piece; comments on Becky Chambers, on the 100 Best Novels of All Time, and on proof we are living in the 21st century; letters of comment on apes, fish, and jumping spiders, and on "Uncleftish Beholding"; book comments on Pepys's Diary and The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Diary.
  • 05/15/26, Vol. 44, No. 46: Film reviews of Anaconda (2025), Hot Spring Shark Attack, Gravity, The Martian; comments on apes, and on the Hugo Voters Packet; book review of Halcyon Years; letter of comment on Ambrose Bierce, onWho?, and on Nineteen Eighty-Four; book comments on "How Far Back in Time Can You Understand English?" and "Uncleftish Beholding".
  • 05/08/26, Vol. 44, No. 45: Film reviews of Jurassic World Rebirth, Parallel (2018), Never Let Me Go); comments on the science fiction moon, and on hippopotamuses; book review of Ignore All Previous Instructions; letters of comment on Hal Clement, and on the optimist/pessimist quote; book comments on The Norman Conquest: A Very Short Introduction.
  • 05/01/26, Vol. 44, No. 44: Film reviews of Edward the King, The Edwardians, The Letter; where to gte the Hugo finalists; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in May; Hal Clement trivia; book review of Shroud; webcomic review of A Girl and Her Fed; letters of comment on South Pacific, and on Them!; book comments on Physics in Your Life and The Pilgrim Project.
  • 04/24/26, Vol. 44, No. 43: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in May; comments on Roger Corman, Piranha, Piranha 3D, and Mega Piranha; letters of comment on The Subjects, on Clu Galager, on There is No Antimemetic Division, and on Outland, Cast a Deadly Spell, and The Hidden; book comments on Brotherhood of the Revolution and Physics in Your Life.
  • 04/17/26, Vol. 44, No. 42: Apology; film reviews of Outland, Cast a Deadly Spell, The Hidden; comments on the magazine "Space Junk"; film review of The Subjects; letters of comment on Pluto, on There is No Antimemetic Division, and on The True Believer; book comments on The Night Attila Died.
  • 04/10/26, Vol. 44, No. 41: Comments on Pluto, and on Second Time Books; film reviews of One Million Years B.C.; book review of There Is No Antimemetic Division; letter of comment on Stories You Never Heard Of; book comments on Federalist Paper No. 10.
  • 04/03/26, Vol. 44, No. 40: Film reviews of It Happened in Brooklyn, the Marx Brothers films, The TV Set, The Animal World, The Strange World of Planet X); book reviews of Rabbit Test and Other Stories and Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos; letters of comment on Dune Messiah; book comments on George Orwell's essays ("Review of TOLSTOY: HIS LIFE AND WORK by Derrick Leon" [but really a discussion of book prices over the years], and "Are Books Too Dear?").
  • 03/27/26, Vol. 44, No. 39: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in April; film reviews of Mighty Joe Young (1949), The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms; comments on If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, and on dancing robots; book review of Dune Messiah; letters of comment on Moulin Rouge (1952), and on gravity; book comments on George Orwell's essays "As I Please 10" (on the re-writing of history) and "The English People".
  • 03/20/26, Vol. 44, No. 38: Film reviews of To the Devil a Daughter, The Last Wave, Dragonslayer, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Clash of the Titans; book review of The Faith of Beasts; comments on Artemis 2; letters of comment on Moulin Rouge (1952), and on gravity; book comments on the Bryn Mawr book sale.
  • 03/13/26, Vol. 44, No. 36: Film reviews of A Complete Unknown, Walk the Line, Moulin Rouge (1952), The Valley of Gwangi, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad; comments on a recently found Georges Méliès film, and on saving things unnecessarily; book review of Slow Gods; letters of comment on First Men in the Moon, and on gravity; book comments on Mailman.
  • 03/06/26, Vol. 44, No. 35: Late-breaking TV news; film reviews of Murder in Three Acts (1986), Three Act Tragedy (2010), Agatha Christie's Seven Dials, Jason and the Argonauts, First Men in the Moon; comments on Herbert Hoover as author; book review of "Through Gates of Garnet and Gold"; letters of comment on Mysterious Island, on Star of the Unborn, on Who?, on One Battle After Another, on Ken Burns' American Revolution, on Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, on conventions, on cli-fi, on Aztec alternate history, on Nineteen Eighty-Four, on Oedipus and Jocasta, and on Homo sapiens and Neanderthals; book comments on Heart of a Dog.
  • 02/27/26, Vol. 44, No. 34: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in MONTH; film reviews of The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, The Mysterious Island; book review of Battle of the Big Bang; comments on smear campaigns; letters of comment on Orwell and socialism; book comments on Proof: The Art of Science of Certainty.
  • 02/20/26, Vol. 44, No. 33: Film reviews of Sinners, Guns and Moses, Problemista, 20 Million Miles to Earth, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad; links to articles about Little Women going Goth, and China's dancing robots; comments on a trip to a bookbinder, and on taxation; letters of comment on One Battle After Another, on Cautionary Tales for Children, and on hard science and hard science fiction, glossaries, and a typo; book comments on George Orwell's essays "Can Socialists Be Happy?", and "As I Please 5" (war and war crimes).
  • 02/13/26, Vol. 44, No. 32: Film reviews of One Battle After Another, The Stringer, Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers; links to articles about Musk prioritizing Luna, bookstores around the world, and the end of the massmarket paperback; fun space facts; book review of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies; letters of comment on Never Say Never Again, on Presidential writings, and on Media Mail; book comments on Cautionary Tales for Children.
  • 02/06/26, Vol. 44, No. 31: Announcement of obscure science fiction film; film reviews of Phase IV, The Big Bus, Who?; answer to riddle; comments on another A.I. fail, and on audiobooks; letter of comment on Never Say Never Again; book comments on Author-in-Chief.
  • 01/30/26, Vol. 44, No. 30: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; comments on picks for Turner Classic Movies in February; comments on Netflix's James Bond festival; another riddle; book review of Where the Axe Is Buried; pointer and comments on audiobooks; letters of comment on George Orwell's essays, on the Agfa process, and on audiobooks; book comments on The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction and Atheism: A Very Short Introduction.
  • 01/23/26, Vol. 44, No. 29: Film reviews of The Silent Star, Nouvelle Vague, Breathless; riddle answer; pointer and comments on audiobooks; letters of comment on The Princess Bride and Psycho; book comments on George Orwell's essays "Boys' Weeklies", "The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius", and his review of The Sword and the Sickle.
  • 01/16/26, Vol. 44, No. 28: Film reviews of Thale, A Hard Problem, Dean Martin: King of Cool, Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan; riddle answer and new riddle; pointer and comments on science fiction as a predictor; letters of comment on Your Behavior Will Be Monitored, and on hard science fiction; book comments on The Princess Bride.
  • 01/09/26, Vol. 44, No. 28: Film reviews of Amelia, Persuasion (1995), Mansfield Park (1999)); book review of Your Behavior Will Be Monitored; review/essay of 2025: Scenarios of US and Global Society Reshaped by Science and Technology (chapter "Putting Space to Work") letters of comment on riddles, on A Sound of Thunder, and on Journey to the Far Side of the Sun; book comments on Julian the Apostate and Athelstan.
  • 01/02/26, Vol. 44, No. 27: Correction; change to Middletown (NJ) science fiction discussion group; film reviews of A Sound of Thunder, The Atomic Man, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun; comments on how Iceland celebrates Christmas; book review of The Shattering Peace; letter of comment on Avalon; book comments on Orwell's Essays.

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