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| Vol. 30, No. 1 | 07/01/11 | • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • Why Does the MT VOID Volume Number Change on July 1? (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Food for Thought (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Natural Disasters (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for July (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • ROMEO AND JULIET IN YIDDISH (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Detritus and GREEN LANTERN (letter of comment • by John Purcell) • Closed Captions (letter of comment by Pete Brady) • This Week's Reading (THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2009) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 2 | 07/08/11 | • Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Returning... Online... Free (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Short Film (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Quantitative Generosity (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Disney Princesses and Why We Already Have Enough (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Norman Rockwell Museum (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • FEED by Mira Grant (book review by Joe Karpierz) • MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Tuna, International Space Development Conference, SUPER 8, GREEN LANTERN, THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2009, and Birthers (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) • This Week's Reading (Hugo-nominated novellas) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 3 | 07/15/11 | • A Rose by Any Other Name Would be Scottish (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Five-Year-Old Discovers Relativity (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • ALPHAS (television review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • DEEP FUTURE by Curt Stager (book review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • Disney Princesses (letters of comment by Rick Kleffel, Andre Kuzniarek, and Taras Wolansky) • Museum of Mathematics and Pi/Tau Controversy (letter of comment by Dave Anolick) • Hugo-Nominated Novellas and MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) • This Week's Reading (Hugo-nominated novelettes and short stories) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 4 | 07/22/11 | • Soothhearers Beware (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • 3D Printer (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (Part 1) (retrospective by Mark R. Leeper) • ALL CLEAR by Connie Willis (book review by Joe Karpierz) • A Culinary Wasteland (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Submarines and Worldcon Book Discussions (letter of comment by John Hertz) • Pi/Tau Controversy (letter of comment by Dave Anolick) • Princesses (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • This Week's Reading (WHEN ANGELS WEPT: A WHAT-IF HISTORY OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS and GOD IS NOT ONE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 5 | 07/29/11 | • Impressions • Appropriate (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (Part 2) (retrospective by Mark R. Leeper) • TEST PILOT PIRX (film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper) • 3D Printers (letter of comment by Richie Bielak) • Pi Day and Pi Approximation Day (letter of comment by Jo Paltin) • A Culinary Wasteland (letters of comment by Pete Brady and Kip Williams) • BLACKOUT/ALL CLEAR (letters of comment by Kip Williams, Paul Dormer, Kevin J. Maroney, Tim McDaniel, and Keith F. Lynch) • COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (letters of comment by Philip Chee and Kip Williams) • This Week's Reading (DOOMSDAY BOOK and THE RIDDLE OF THE COMPASS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 6 | 08/05/11 | • Announcement • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • What Does Lightning Look Like in Slow Motion? • Inter-Discipline Question (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for August (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Films as Fables (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2 (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • WEST OF ZANZIBAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • THE HANDS OF ORLAC (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (letter of comment by Daniel Kimmel) • This Week's Reading (THE 101 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE WHO NEVER LIVED) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 7 | 08/12/11 | • Inter-Discipline Answer (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • No Dolce Vita per Gatti (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Animation Errors (letter of comment by Jerry Ryan) • HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLLY HALLOWS, PART 2 (letter of comment by Dan Kimmel) • This Week's Reading (FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 8 | 08/19/11 | • Excerpt from "Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil Travelog" (Part 1) (by Mark R. Leeper) • Seven Things We Assume Without Even Thinking about Them (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Inter-Discipline Answer (letter of comments by David Goldfarb) • This Week's Reading (THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY and WAR OF THE WORLDS) (book and film comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 9 | 08/26/11 | • Jimmy Sangster, R.I.P. • Hugo Awards • Excerpt from "Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil Travelog" (Part 2) (by Mark R. Leeper) • THE DERVISH HOUSE by Ian McDonald (book review by Joe Karpierz) • Reversibility (letter of comment by Sam Long) • RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (letter of comment by Art Stadlin) • This Week's Reading (THE WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANET) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 10 | 09/02/11 | • Excuses, Excuses (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Tweeting the Void (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • A Hurricane Is *Not* an Ill Wind (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Analogy (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Earth at One Billion (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for September (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Presumed Neutrality of Technology (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • THE WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANET (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) • This Week's Reading (HEAVENLY DATE AND OTHER FLIRTATIONS, ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING, and THE WHOLE FIVE FEET) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 10 | 09/02/11 | • Excuses, Excuses (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Tweeting the Void (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • A Hurricane Is *Not* an Ill Wind (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Analogy (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Earth at One Billion (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for September (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Presumed Neutrality of Technology (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • THE WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANET (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) • This Week's Reading (HEAVENLY DATE AND OTHER FLIRTATIONS, ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING, and THE WHOLE FIVE FEET) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 11 | 09/09/11 | • Eucre=MC^2 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Trailer Breaks (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Turner Classic Movies Halloween Schedule (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2015 (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • This Week's Reading (THE BEST SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2009 and THE WORD OF GOD, OR, HOLY WRIT REWRITTEN) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 12 | 09/16/11 | • Bargaining God Down (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Surprise! Giant Ants Are Possible After All! (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • CONTAGION (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Virtual Iraq (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) • Shakespeare Authorship (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) • This Week's Reading (MEMORY BOOK and COMING UP FOR AIR) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 13 | 09/23/11 | • The Birth of Film: Eleven Firsts in Cinema (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Trillion Puzzles (puzzle by Tom Russell) • There Is Nothing Like the Second Time (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Alphas Redux (television review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • Giant Ants--And Not Just Ants (letters of comment by Andre Kuzniarek and Pete Rubinstein) • Shakespeare's Authorship and Undecidablility (letter of comment by Gregory Benford) • Turner Classic Movies (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • This Week's Reading (THE LAST UNICORN and A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 14 | 09/30/11 | • Orwell/Kneale/Cushing/Cartier Nineteen Eighty-Four on YouTube (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Blame it on Entropy (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for October (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • LITTLE SENEGAL (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • EVERYDAY SUNSHINE: THE STORY OF FISHBONE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Alphas (letters of comment by Taras Wolansky and Pete Rubinstein) • Nozzles (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) • WAR OF THE WORLDS and Other 1950s Media, Faster-Than-Light Travel, and Nozzles (letter of comment by Sam Long) • THE BAD SEED (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • Heckle and Jekyll, Movie Availability, and Agatha Christie (letter of comment by Tim Bateman) • This Week's Reading (CRAZY U and THE ANNOTATED SENSE AND SENSIBILITY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 15 | 10/07/11 | • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • NPR's Top Hundred Science Fiction and Fantasy Books • Tales of Tomorrow--Downloadable (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Superthunderstingcar (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • PONTYPOOL (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Pepper Mill (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Trailer Breaks for October and November (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • TROLLHUNTER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • SPACE PRECINCT (television review by Nick Sauer) • DRIVE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos (letter of comment by Rob Mitchell) • Patty Duke (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • This Week's Reading (THE HACKER AND THE ANTS and FROM HERE TO ECONOMY: A SHORTCUT TO ECONOMIC LITERACY) book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 16 | 10/14/11 | • SCIENCE FICTION ENCYCLOPEDIA Available On-Line • Socrates (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • A Few Minutes Break (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • 50/50 (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Superthunderstingcar (letters of comment by Kip Williams and Paul Dormer) • This Week's Reading (DEATH OF A SALESMAN) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 17 | 10/21/11 | • Western United States Trip Logs Available • Look Up. Look Down. Look Right. Look Left. (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Horror Audio Drama Archive (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Optimism (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Predator-Prey (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Socrates (letter of comment by Pete Rubinstein) • 50/50 (letter of comment by Wendy Sheridan) • This Week's Reading (AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN: VOLUME 1) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 18 | 10/28/11 | • The Victorian Hugos • COSMIC VOYAGE (comments by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper) • The Number Shortage (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for November (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • MONEYBALL (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • SEEING FURTHER edited By Bill Bryson (book review by Gregory Frederick) • IMAGINE IT! (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Mark Twain's Autobiography (letters of comment by Kip Williams and Keith F. Lynch) • This Week's Reading (SO MANY BOOKS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 19 | 11/04/11 | • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • Spike Jonze Presents a Stop Motion Film for Book Lovers • An Interactive Guide To NPR's Top 100 SF&F • Animation Checklist (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Same Story, Different Contexts (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • COSMIC VOYAGE (1935) (film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper) • TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY (television review by Nick Sauer) • THE FINAL KEY by Catherine Asaro (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) • EINSTEIN'S HEROES by Robyn Arianrhod (book review by Gregory Frederick) • Predator vs. Prey (letter of comment by Frank R. Leisti) • Number Shortage and IP Addresses (letter of comment by Peter Rubinstein) • Mark Twain's Autobiography (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • Science Museums (letter of comment by Tim Bateman) • This Week's Reading (existentialism) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 20 | 11/11/11 | • Costco (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Game of Decimal Patterns (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Spanish Words We Need in English (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • THE WINDS OF DUNE by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (book review by Joe Karpierz) • THE WAY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Naked Mole Rats (letter of comment by Andre Kuzniarek) • MONEYBALL and Sabermetrics (letter of comment by Jerry Ryan) • This Week's Reading (HENRY IV and THE STORY OF ONE HUNDRED GREAT COMPOSERS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 21 | 11/18/11 | • More Number Fun Related to 11/11/11 • Caveat (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Answers to Last Week's Puzzle (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Steven Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Anti-Psychic Friends Network (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • TREE OF LIFE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • PROJECT NIM (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Words (letters of comment by Charles S. Harris, Gregory Benford, and Tim Bateman) • THE WINDS OF DUNE (letter of comment by Todd V. Ehrenfels) • Regression Analysis and Cheap Ballplayers (letter of comment by Jerry Ryan) • THE STORY OF ONE HUNDRED GREAT COMPOSERS (letter of comment by Tim Bateman) • This Week's Reading (HOW TO LIVE SAFELY IN A SCIENCE FICTIONAL UNIVERSE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 22 | 11/25/11 | • Corrections • Comments on the Psychic Discussion (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Google's Tribute to Stanislaw Lem • Saran Wrap in Space (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Another Mathematics Puzzle (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Thanksgiving Tradition (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Comments on the Psychic Discussion (letters of comment by Tom Russell and John Purcell and comments by Mark R. Leeper) • THE FLOODED EARTH by Peter D. Ward (book review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • THE DESCENDANTS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Words (letters of comment by Morris Keesan and Kip Williams) • THE WINDS OF DUNE (letter of comment by Joe Karpierz) • PROJECT NIM (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • THE STORY OF ONE HUNDRED COMPOSERS (letters of comment by Kip Williams and Tim Bateman) • Mathematics, TREE OF LIFE, THE WINDS OF DUNE (letter of comment by John Purcell) • This Week's Reading (CORIOLANUS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 23 | 12/02/11 | • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • The Law • Math in the Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Answer to Last Week's Puzzle (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Inconstant Constant (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • THE LAST CIRCUS (BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • J. EDGAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • FORCE OF NATURE: THE DAVID SUZUKI MOVIE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • This Week's Reading (WHO IS MARK TWAIN?) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 23 | 12/02/11 | • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • The Law • Math in the Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Answer to Last Week's Puzzle (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Inconstant Constant (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • THE LAST CIRCUS (BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • J. EDGAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • FORCE OF NATURE: THE DAVID SUZUKI MOVIE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • This Week's Reading (WHO IS MARK TWAIN?) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 23 | 12/02/11 | • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • The Law • Math in the Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Answer to Last Week's Puzzle (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Inconstant Constant (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • THE LAST CIRCUS (BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • J. EDGAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • FORCE OF NATURE: THE DAVID SUZUKI MOVIE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • This Week's Reading (WHO IS MARK TWAIN?) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 24 | 12/09/11 | • Hammer and Nail (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Bradbury vs. Bradbury (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • QUANTUM by Manjit Kumar (book review by Gregory Frederick) • NOW & LATER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • This Week's Reading (THE FIFTIES and Pushkin) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 25 | 12/16/11 | • No Longer Science Fiction • Trailer Breaks (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • HUGO (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • "Falling Skies" (Season 1) (television review by Nick Sauer) • Armed Services Editions (letter of comment by Kip Killiams) • Gannibal and Hannibal (letter of comment by Steve Milton) • Young People and Books (letter of comment by Daniel M. Kimmel) • This Week's Reading ("All about Emily" and THE CLOCKWORK ROCKET) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 26 | 12/23/11 | • Identity Crisis (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Holiday Music (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Seedpod Intelligence? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • THE ARTIST (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • BURKE AND HARE (2011) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • MISS MINOES (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • THE DREAMING VOID by Peter F. Hamilton (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) • "Secret Histories" Series by Simon R. Green (book reviews by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Manoel de Oliveira and Eliot Carter (letters of comment by Paul Dormer and Keith F. Lynch) • Polymaths (letter of comment by Daniel M. Kimmel) • HUGO (letter of comment by Bill Higgins) • TINTIN and HUGO (letter of comment by Morris Keesan) • HENRY IV, PART 2 (letter of comment by John Hertz) • This Week's Reading (THE HIDDEN LIFE OF DOGS and A HISTORY OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 27 | 12/30/11 | • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • Anticipation (Worldcon 2009) Convention Report Available (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Charitable Appeal (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for January 2012 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • New Year's Resolutions (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Suppose They Had a Singularity and Nobody Noticed? (comments by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (film review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • Top Movies (letter of comment by Art Stadlin) • This Week's Reading (Mundane SF) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 28 | 01/06/12 | • Low Overhead (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Top Ten Films of 2011 (film comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Tunnel in the Sky (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • TERRA NOVA--The Heinlein Juvenile Re-imagined (television review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • THE CHILDREN OF THE SKY by Vernor Vinge (book review by Joe Karpierz) • SLEEPING BEAUTY (2011) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Singularities (letter of comment by Rob Mitchell) • Automata, TINTIN, and the Mundane Manifesto (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • This Week's Reading (SELECTED STORIES OF THEODORE STURGEON) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 29 | 01/13/12 | • Publishing Schedule (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Friday the 13th (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Free PKD Stories, the BBC Adaptation of THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY and More (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • On the Brink of Understanding (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Impossibilities (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • THREE INCHES (television review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • THE FORGOTTEN BOMB (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • WAR MADE NEW by Max Boot (book review by Greg Frederick) • Top Ten Lists (letter of comment by Dan Kimmel) • HUGO and TINTIN (letter of comment by Morris Keesan) • This Week's Reading (LABYRINTHS OF REASON) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 30 | 01/20/12 | • Philcon 2011 Convention Mini-Report (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Old TV Horror and SF Shows (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Omnipotence (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • UNHAPPY FEET (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • WAR MADE NEW and Book Reviews (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) • This Week's Reading (IS THAT A FISH IN YOUR EAR? and translations) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 31 | 01/27/12 | • THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE on YouTube (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Bad Science in Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Whither Romance (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Return of Pan and Scan? (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for February 2012 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Free Will (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Translations (letters of comment by Fred Lerner and Kip Williams) • Subtitling Versus Dubbing (letter of comment by Gregory Benford) • Omnipotence (letter of comment by Tom Russell) • This Week's Reading (EMBASSYTOWN and AN URCHIN IN THE STORM) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 32 | 02/03/12 | • Neither Rain Nor Sleet ... (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • Where Does He Find Them? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Zombie Q & A (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Free Will and FORBIDDEN PLANET (letter of comment by Dr. Clinton H. Holder, Jr.) • This Week's Reading (THE MIND OF SOUTH AFRICA, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, SOUTH AFRICA BELONGS TO US: A HISTORY OF THE ANC, and MY TRAITOR'S HEART) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 33 | 02/10/12 | • Dinos Having Babies (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Amazement of Slime Molds??? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Passwords (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Christopher Lee as Jinnah (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • BLAKE'S 7 (Series 1) (television review by Nick Sauer) • ABSOLUTION GAP by Alastair Reynolds (book review by Joe Karpierz) • ETHOS: A TIME FOR CHANGE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Serial Killers (letters of comment by Dan Kimmel and Phil de Parto) • Afrikaners and Western Pioneers (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) • Subtitling and Dubbing (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Bad Science (letter of comment by Morris Keesan) • This Week's Reading (CROSSING THE LINE: A YEAR IN THE LAND OF APARTHEID, THE WASHING OF THE SPEARS, and SHAKA KING OF THE ZULUS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 34 | 02/17/12 | • For Best Results (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • You Control the Powers of Ten (comments by Greg Frederick) • Lost in the Dark (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Globalization of Electrical Adapters (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • THE WOMAN IN BLACK (2011 film and London stage play) (film and theater reviews by Mark R. Leeper) • PHYSICS OF THE FUTURE by Michio Kaku (book review by Greg Frederick) • Slime Molds, the Reset Button, and Subtitles and Dubbing (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • THE WASHING OF THE SPEARS and Sid Coleman (letters of comment by Guy Ferraiolo and Gregory Benford) • Passwords (letters of comment by Jay E. Morris, Keith F. Lynch, and David Dyer-Bennet) • Gestalt Creatures (letter of comment by Steve Milton) • This Week's Reading (Trollope's SOUTH AFRICA, "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, BEETHOVEN WAS ONE-SIXTEENTH BLACK AND OTHER STORIES, LOOT AND OTHER STORIES, and southern African films) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 35 | 02/24/12 | • A Sign of the Times (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for March (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • HIDDEN EMPIRE by Orson Scott Card (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) • Freshness Dates and Adapters (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • Michio Kaku, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, and South Africa (letter of comment by Gregory Benford) • This Week's Reading (CITY OF TINY LIGHTS and THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 36 | 03/02/12 | • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • Identification 1 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Leap Year Conundrum (comments by Tom Russell) • Inside Joke (comments by Dan Cox) • Science Fiction Aliens and International Politics (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Another One Bites the Dust (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • A Few TV Reviews More (SyFy, BEING HUMAN, and LOST GIRL) (television reviews by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • A SEPARATION (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO & VILMOS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • THE WRONG BOX (letter of comment by Peter Rubinstein) • This Week's Reading (JOURNEYS BEYOND ADVICE and THE AFRIKA REICH) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 37 | 03/09/12 | • Correction • Identification 2 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Test Tube Meat (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • New Info on Old Relatives (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Three Retro Films to Look For (H. G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE CALL OF CTHULHU, and THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS) (film reviews by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Yet Another Batch of Movie Reviews (THE X FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE, THE BOOK OF ELI, RED RIDING HOOD) (film reviews by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • YOUR FLYING CAR AWAITS by Paul Milo (2009) (book review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • SHADOW OF AFGHANISTAN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • LONDON RIVER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Many Names (letter of comment by Bill Higgins) • HUGO and the Academy Awards (letter of comment by Jerry Ryan) • BEING HUMAN and LOST GIRL (letter of comment by Paul Dormer) • This Week's Reading (A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT and THE END OF ETERNITY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 38 | 03/16/12 | • Southern Africa Trip Logs Available • Michael Chabon Defends Science Fiction • Orpheus and Russell (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Pi Day (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • JOHN CARTER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • JOHN CARTER (film review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • MOEBIUS (1996) (film review by Evelyn C. Leeper) • PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL (television review by Mark R. Leeper) • RULE 34 by Charles Stross (book review by Joe Karpierz) • AMC Best Picture Marathon (letter of comment by Jerry Ryan) • Murray Hill (letter of comment by Charles Harris) • Translation (letter of comment by Denise Moy) • This Week's Reading (11/22/63) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 39 | 03/23/12 | • Correction • Edison Studios' A TRIP TO MARS (1910) (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • In Your Dreams... (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Khan Academy (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Packing for a Trip (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Black Jelly Beans: A Tale for Jelly-Bean Season (comments by Tom Russell) • JOHN CARTER Post Re-Read Review (film review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • THE END OF ETERNITY and PALIMPSEST (letter of comment by Keith F. Lynch) • JOHN CARTER (letters of comment by Lax Madapaty, Paul Dormer, Morris Keesan, Philip Chee, David Friedman, Jette Goldie, and James Nicoll) • Pi Day (letters of comment by Paul S. R. Chisholm and Paul Dormer) • This Week's Reading (THE BED OF PROCRUSTES, IN THE BASEMENT OF THE IVORY TOWER, DISCONNECTED, and KIM) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 40 | 03/30/12 | • With Deep Regret (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for April (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Counting Countries (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • FROM TIME TO TIME (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • THE LAST HAWK by Catherine Asaro (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) • Hypnotized by THE MENTALIST (television review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • This Week's Reading (THE MIRACLE OF FREEDOM: 7 TIPPING POINTS THAT SAVED THE WORLD, THE REVISIONISTS, THE COMPANY MAN, and THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE CLOCKWORK MAN) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 41 | 04/06/12 | • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • Global Warming (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Not Even Fair Weather Friends (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Movies and Quicksand (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Plastic Bags (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • TEEN A GO GO (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Sid Coleman, A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT and THE END OF ETERNITY (letter of comment by John Hertz) • Counting Countries (letters of comment by Lax Madapaty, Fred Lerner, Tim Bateman, Jette Goldie, and Keith F. Lynch) • THE MENTALIST (letter of comment by Andre Kuzniark) • This Week's Reading (THE TRAGEDY OF ARTHUR, THE SCHOPENHAUER CURE, and A THEORY OF JUSTICE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 42 | 04/13/12 | • Quite? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Found in My Inbox (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Free Audio Science Fiction Sorted by Author (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • THE ATLANTIC (1929) and TITANIC (1943) (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Culprit Found? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) LOSING CONTROL (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • THE WALKING DEAD (Season 1) (television review by Nick Sauer) • WASTE LAND (film review by Evelyn C. Leeper) • DOWNTOWN EXPRESS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • CITY OF FORTUNE: HOW VENICE RULED THE SEAS by Roger Crowley (book review by Greg Frederick) • Last Issue (comment by Mike Glyer, extracted from FILE 770) • THE END OF ETERNITY (letter of comment by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Quicksand and TEEN A GO GO (letter of comment by John Purcell) • Hugo Award Nominations (and comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • This Week's Reading (EXPEDITION TO EARTH and THE SILENT CASE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 43 | 04/20/12 | • Chinese Cresteds (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Parallel Realities (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Language Creep (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Friends of the Library (and Others) Book Sales (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration (museum review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • FROM THE OTHER SIDE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • Counting Countries (letter of comment by Tim Bateman) • This Week's Reading (THE ERASERS and DEBT-FREE U) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 44 | 04/27/12 | • Triangle Question (puzzle by Mark R. Leeper) • Hundred Best Horror Films (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Hugo Nominees Available On-Line • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for May (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • WORLD ON A WIRE (WELT AM DRAHT) (1973) (film comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE (1958) (film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper) • Counting Countries (letter of comment by Gregory Benford) • Language Creep (letter of comment by Tom Russell) • This Week's Reading (TWENTY THIRTY, ON CONAN DOYLE, HEARTS OF IRON, CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, and THE TIME SELLER) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 45 | 05/04/12 | • Milleceptcentenary (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Triangle Answer (puzzle by Mark R. Leeper) • Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) • Film Podcasts (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Prospects and Expectations for Summer Films (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Film Titles (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Michael Dirda and Readercon (letter of comment by Bob Devney) • The Hollywood Blacklist and the Hays Code, and TWENTY THIRTY (letter of comment by Gregory Benford) • TWENTY THIRTY (letter of comment by Dan Kimmel) • Anniversary Issues, Triangle Puzzle, Hugo Nominees On-Line, and Turner Classic Movies (letter of comment by John Purcell) • This Week's Reading (ECONOMICS WITHOUT ILLUSIONS, 1984, and HISTORY'S TRICKIEST QUESTIONS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 46 | 05/11/12 | • Okay, I Did See It (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Having to Go It Alone (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • MIT NEWS Features MITSFS (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Dead Dream of the Dirigible (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Kermit's Secret Past (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Logical Error (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • How Does One Convert a 2D Film to 3D? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • THE AVENGERS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • THE AVENGERS (film review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • The Hollywood Blacklist (letter of comment by Dan Kimmel) • Triangle Puzzle (letters of comment by Lee Beaumont and Dan Cox) • Queuing Theory (letter of comment by David Shallcross) • THE AVENGERS and Advertising in Science Fiction (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • This Week's Reading (SILICON VALLEY SNAKE OIL and CONFABULARIO AND OTHER INVENTIONS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 47 | 05/18/12 | • Good News (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • Angry Men (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Pop Culture and Classical Music (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • How Accurate Are Holocaust Films? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • The Measure of A Man--The Mentalist Revisited (television review by Dale L. Skran, Jr.) • EMBASSYTOWN by China Mieville (book review by Joe Karpierz) • NORMAN MAILER THE AMERICAN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) • A UNIVERSE FROM NOTHING by Lawrence Krauss (book review by Greg Frederick) • 3D, THE AVENGERS, and 1701 (letter of comment by Kip Williams) • This Week's Reading (WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM and MURDER IN THE PLACE OF ANUBIS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 30, No. 48 | 05/25/12 | • Mark Leeper's Top Ten Lists • Statistical Titanic (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • My Picks for Turner Classic Movies for June (comments by Mark R. Leeper) • Free College Courses (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) • This Week's Reading (SCHLIEMANN OF TROY, THE AENEID, Teaching Company course on THE AENEID, Stanford University course on THE AENEID, and THE SEVEN SISTERS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
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