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| Vol. 15 No. 42-52 | 04/18/97 06/27/97 |
Volume 15 Archive |
| Vol. 16 No. 1-52 | 07/04/97 06/26/98 |
Volume 16 Archive |
| Vol. 17 No. 1-52 | 07/03/98 06/25/99 |
Volume 17 Archive |
| Vol. 18 No. 1-53 | 07/02/99 06/30/00 |
Volume 18 Archive |
| Vol. 19 No. 1-52 | 07/07/00 06/29/01 |
Volume 19 Archive |
| Vol. 20 No. 1-52 | 07/06/01 06/28/02 |
Volume 20 Archive |
| Vol. 21 No. 1-52 | 07/05/02 06/27/03 |
Volume 21 Archive |
| Vol. 22 No. 1-52 | 07/04/03 06/25/04 |
Volume 22 Archive |
| Vol. 23 No. 1-52 | 07/02/04 06/24/05 |
Volume 23 Archive |
| Vol. 24 No. 1-53 | 07/01/05 06/30/06 |
Volume 24 Archive |
| Vol. 25 No. 1-52 | 07/07/06 06/29/07 |
Volume 25 Archive |
| Vol. 26 No. 1-52 | 07/06/07 06/27/08 |
Volume 26 Archive |
| Vol. 27 No. 1-52 | 07/04/08 06/26/09 |
Volume 27 Archive |
| Vol. 28, No. 1 | 07/03/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Musical Parallel (comments by Mark R. Leeper) NUMB3RS: TEHRAN (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Vanishing Money Trick (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) OFF JACKSON AVENUE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE BROTHERS BLOOM (film review by Mark R. Leeper) 3-D Films (letters of comment by Lee Beaumont, Steve Milton, and Taras Wolansky) THE RISING: BALLAD OF MANGAL PANDEY (letters of comment by Steve Milton and Taras Wolansky) This Week's Reading (MIDDLEMARCH) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 3 | 07/17/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Science Fiction Discussion Groups Charles N. Brown (1937-2009) Another Theory Shot to Heck (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Thus I Refute Buzz (comments by Mark R. Leeper) A DOG OF FLANDERS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Unassociated Thoughts about Time Travel (comments by Hugh McGuinness) This Week's Reading (THE AFFINITY BRIDGE and A YEAR WITHOUT MADE IN CHINA) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 4 | 07/24/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Turning on a Dime--Or Getting Your Dollar Playing with Units in Physics (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Mangal Pandey (Letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) A DOG OF FLANDERS (letter of comment by James E. LaBarre) Time Travel (letter of comment by Wendy) This Week's Reading (BORGES ANTES EL ESPEJO) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 6 | 08/07/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Song Lyric (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Thoughts On Issues of Exo-Biology (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Sex and Birds (letter of comment by John Purcell) Birds (letter of comment by Steve Milton) This Week's Reading (The Connectivity of the Library of Babel [Part 2]) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 7 | 08/14/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Science Fiction Discussion Groups Enceladus Calamity (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Ants and the Holy Grail (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Hypothesis VV and Hydrothermal Vents (letter of comment by Lee Beaumont) This Week's Reading (THE GREATEST MINDS AND IDEAS OF ALL TIME and the Vinland sagas) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 8 | 08/21/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Retro T-Shirts (and Art) Not To Be Confused With... (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Halifax Explosion (comments by Mark R. Leeper) University of Massachusetts Science Fiction Society (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) FISSURE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) DISTRICT 9 (film review by Mark R. Leeper) I SELL THE DEAD (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Perpetual Motion Machine? (letter of comment by David G. Leeper) Reason and Dinosaurs (letter of comment by Pete Rubinstein] Novels (letter of comment by David Goldfarb) Genetic Diversity (letter of comment by Mike Lukacs) Vanishing Money (letter of comment by Morris Keesan) 3-D Television (letter of comment by Kip Williams) This Week's Reading (MERTON OF THE MOVIES, PATHFINDER) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 9 | 08/28/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Puzzle Painting Science Visualizations (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Lessons of Prehistory (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Trailer Park, 2009 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon (Part 1) (convention report by Evelyn C. Leeper) IN THE LOOP (film review by Mark R. Leeper) COLD SOULS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) ANATHEM by Neal Stephenson (book review by Joe Karpierz) BROKE: THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Zombies and Mathematics (comments by Paul S. R. Chisholm) Halifax Explosion (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) Vanishing Money (letter of comment by John Sloan) Perpetual Motion Machine? (letter of comment by Rob Stampfli) This Week's Reading (TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 10 | 09/04/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Safe Bet (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Seven Essential Fantasy Reads (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Change the Past? No Problem! (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon (Part 2) (convention report by Evelyn C. Leeper) PONYO (film review by Mark R. Leeper) WWW:WAKE, by Robert J. Sawyer (book review by Joe Karpierz) INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Stereoscopic Effects (letter of comment by Morris Keesan) This Week's Reading (THE BEST OF FREDERIK POHL) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 11 | 09/11/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Correction (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2013 (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) The Internet (comments by Tom Brokaw and Tom Friedman) The Viking Way (comments by Mark R. Leeper) TCM Halloween Horror Line-Up (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Magnetic Monopoles Found??? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon (Part 3) (convention report by Evelyn C. Leeper) FRAGMENT by Warren Fahy (copyright 2009) (book review by Tom Russell) Anticipation Art Show (letter of comment by Jo Paltin) Christmas(tm) (letter of comment by Dan Kimmel) Overtaking Technology (letter of comment by David Goldfarb) Multiverses (letter of comment by Steve Milton) This Week's Reading (PLASTIC FANTASTIC and A GREAT IDEA AT THE TIME) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 12 | 09/18/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Correction: Christmas(tm) (letter of comment by Dan Cox) Science Fiction Discussion Groups Display of Fantastic Art Younger and More Efficient (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The MT VOID Asks Its Readers (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Mirror Neurons May Explain Common Decency (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Free Will Versus Determinism (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon (Part 4) (convention report by Evelyn C. Leeper) Corkage (letter of comment by Charles Harris) Playing with Units in Physics (letter of comment by Ian Gahan) This Week's Reading (WHY YOU SHOULD READ KAFKA BEFORE YOU WASTE YOUR LIFE and EAT MY GLOBE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 13 | 09/25/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Political Question (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Little Bitty, Simple Numbers (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Great Books of the Western World (letter of comment by Kip Williams) Anticipation Con Suite (letters of comment by Dan Kimmel, David Goldfarb, and Morris Keesan) Anticipation Masquerade (letter of comment by Jo Paltin) Speed of Light (letter of comment by Paul S. R. Chisholm) Thunderstorms on Saturn (letters of comment by Sam Long and Morris Keesan) Genes and Altruism (letter of comment by Morris Keesan) This Week's Reading (READING THE OED, MAD PROFESSOR, and alphabetical order) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 14 | 10/02/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Announcement The New American Prayer (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Strategic Vision (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Water and Space ... Stories Come in Threes (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE INFORMANT! (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Alphabetical Order (letter of comment by David Shallcross) Mirror Neurons (letter of comment by Andre Kuzniarek) The Oxford English Dictionary (letter of comment by Joseph T. Major) Digits of Pi (letter of comment by David Goldfarb) This Week's Reading (THE CITY & THE CITY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 15 | 10/09/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Convention Reports (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Puzzle (puzzle by Evelyn C. Leeper) True Story (comments by Mark R. Leeper) My First Science Fiction (comments by Mark R. Leeper) A New Theory of Diabetes (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE INFORMANT! (letter of comment by Sherry Glotzer) This Week's Reading (RED PLANET) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 16 | 10/16/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Science Fiction Discussion Groups Puzzle Answer (puzzle answer by Evelyn C. Leeper) Internet in 2012? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) I Saw It Coming (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Future of Horror May be True Horror (comments by Mark R. Leeper) MARY AND MAX (film review by Mark R. Leeper) GUNS ON THE CLACKAMAS: A DOCUMENTARY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (ANCHORWICK and THE CITY OF DREAMING BOOKS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 17 | 10/23/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Easy Mistake to Make (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Prime-Time Westerns (comments by Mark R. Leeper) WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE STONING OF SORAYA M (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Digital Science Fiction Conventions (letter of comment by James E. LaBarre) Water on Mars and the Moon (letter of comment by Greg Frederick) This Week's Reading (Edgar Allan Poe) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 18 | 10/30/09 | Acknowledgement (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Sleep Just 4 Hours a Day (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Does Germany Have a Better Class of Rich People? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Radio Drama: Frankenstein (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Disassembly Day (comments by Mark R. Leeper) WORLD'S GREATEST DAD (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (BEYOND RICE AND BEANS: THE CARIBBEAN LATINO GUIDE TO EATING HEALTHY WITH DIABETES, JULIAN COMSTOCK, and SUDDEN FICTION: AMERICAN SHORT SHORT STORIES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 19 | 11/06/09 | Linda Buckley-Archer's Top 10 Time-Traveling Stories Science Fiction and Philosophy Culture (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Belated Happy 50th, TZ (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (WONDERFUL ALEXANDER AND THE CATWINGS and MONSTER, 1959) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 20 | 11/13/09 | Correction 1 (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Correction 2 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Science Fiction Discussion Groups Who Me? Celebrity of the Month? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Was I Too Subtle? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Impossible Dream (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Roquefort Files (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Time-Travel Books (letter of comment by Dan Kimmel) Digital Conventions (letter of comment by Morris Keesan) The Twilight Zone (letter of comment by Kip Williams) This Week's Reading (GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 21 | 11/20/09 | Heinlein Timelines (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Wired Magazine's Readers' Favorite Science Fiction Films (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Simple Math Problem (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Sad Joke (comments by Mark R. Leeper) 42! Excellent, Excellent! (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Belated Happy 50th Birthday, TZ (letter of comment by Pete Brady) The Continental Op (letters of comment by Kip Williams, Alan Winston, and Tim McDaniel) This Week's Reading (THE WAY OF CHUANG TZU, THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL SOCIETY, SCAT, and THE HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 22 | 11/27/09 | An Explanation Is Ode (comments by Mark R. Leeper) An Open Letter to an India-born Friend (comments by Mark R. Leeper) WHIPPING STAR by Frank Herbert (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) OUTRAGE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) A Simple Mathematics Problem (letter of comment by Tim Bateman) This Week's Reading (FOUNDATION) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 23 | 12/04/09 | Atlantic Provinces Trip Logs Sad News (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Protests Over Australia Banning Steeplechases (comments by Mark R. Leeper) A Brief History of the MT VOID and the Mt. Holz Science Fiction Society (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE SECOND BEST SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE EVER MADE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) PAUL OF DUNE by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (book review by Joe Karpierz) Kiva (letter of comment by Tim McDaniel) Ravens (letter of comment by Pete Rubinstein) Ode to Joy (letters of comment by Kip Williams, Paul Dormer, and Doug Wickstrom) This Week's Reading (THE MARRIAGE BUREAU FOR RICH PEOPLE and THE MOTEL OF THE MYSTERIES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 24 | 12/11/09 | Potato Paradox (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Casio and the Fabulous Logarithm (comments by Mark R. Leeper) FANTASTIC MR. FOX (film review by Mark R. Leeper) BRIGHT STAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper) The MT VOID and Mt. Holz (letters of comment by Dan Kimmel, Jerry Ryan, Rob Mitchell, and Rick Koehler) Steeplechases (letter of comment by Kathy Robinson) Motel of the Mysteries (letters of comment by David vun Kannon and Kip Williams) This Week's Reading (THE MANUAL OF DETECTION) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 25 | 12/18/09 | Science Fiction Vs. Reality (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Lake Peigneur Disaster (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Who Goes to College (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) INVICTUS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Logarithms (letter of comment by Dave Anolick) Steeplechases (letter of comment by Kathy Robinson) This Week's Reading (WASHINGTON AND HIS COLLEAGUES, TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, and film design) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 26 | 12/25/09 | That Time of Year (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Erasing Memory (comments by Mark R. Leeper) AVATAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper) 9 (film review by Mark R. Leeper) CRAZY HEART (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE YOUNG VICTORIA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN and LAND OF THE DEAD) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 27 | 01/01/10 | I'll See Your SHANE (And Raise You a GORGO) (comments by Mark R. Leeper) From My Mailbox: AVATAR (comments by Mark R. Leeper) BETWEEN THE FOLDS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE ACCIDENTAL TIME MACHINE by Joe Haldeman (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) NEWTON AND THE COUNTERFEITER by Thomas Levenson (book review by Pete Brady) Myrrh and AVATAR (letter of comment by Dan Kimmel) AVATAR (letter of comment by Richie Bielak) Myrrh (letter of comment by Jay Morris) Memory and Propranolol (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) FANTASTIC MR. FOX (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) This Week's Reading (THE MATRIX AND PHILOSOPHY and 2009 recap) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 28 | 01/08/10 | The Things (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Linguistic Problem (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Writing Memory (comments by Mark R. Leeper) PONTYPOOL (film review by Mark R. Leeper) UP IN THE AIR (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (QUESTIONING THE MILLENNIUM) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 29 | 01/15/10 | Science Fiction Discussion Groups Meta-Problem (comments by Mark R. Leeper) My Top Ten Films of 2009 (film comment by Mark R. Leeper) Top Ten Films of the Decade THE NEW SPACE OPERA edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan (book review by Joe Karpierz) More on the Linguistic Problem (letter of comment by Sam Long) This Week's Reading (CHEAP: THE HIGH COST OF DISCOUNT CULTURE, AND LESS THAN KIND, and EYE OF THE CROW) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 30 | 01/22/10 | Bad Starts (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Chopsticks or Knife and Fork? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Meta-Problem (letters of comments by Pete Rubinstein and Pete Brady) Yet More on the Linguistic Problem (letters of comments by Michael Haynes and Pete Brady) This Week's Reading (LINGER AWHILE, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS/THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 31 | 01/29/10 | Program Item Cancelled (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Eating Utensils Outside the Box (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE LOVELY BONES (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE HURT LOCKER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) A SINGLE MAN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Mayans and AVATAR (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) This Week's Reading (THE DRUNKARD'S WALK, ARCADIA, SERIAL) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 32 | 02/05/10 | A Mathematical Conflict (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Two Great Thrillers and Some Not So Great (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Chopsticks (letters of comment by Jay E. Morris, Philip Chee, David Friedman, Lowell Gilbert, Keith Lynch, David Reitman, Kip Williams, and Wendy Sheridan) Bad Starts (letters of comment by Kip Williams and Steve Goldsmith) THE HURT LOCKER (letter of comment by Jerry Ryan) AVATAR (letter of comment by Wendy Sheridan) This Week's Reading (GALILEO'S DREAM, ACRES OF DIAMONDS, and nitpicking) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 33 | 02/12/10 | Science Fiction Discussion Groups Good News and Bad News (comments by Mark R. Leeper) William Tenn (1920-2010) (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Back to PONTYPOOL (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Why the Wolf Man Returns (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE CLAN CORPORATE by Charles Stross (book review by Joe Karpierz) PHYLLIS AND HAROLD (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Bears and THE BEAR (letter of comment by Al Stoops) Thrillers and POCAHONTAS (letter of comment by Kip Williams) This Week's Reading (REPLAY, GROUNDHOG DAY, and "Shadow Play") (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 34 | 02/19/10 | Beautiful Pulp Art (comments by Mark R. Leeper) News of the Week (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Subversive Activities Registration Act (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE WOLFMAN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Thrillers (letter of comment by Tim Bateman) This Week's Reading (TRUE NAMES, DUST BOWL DIARY, HIDING THE ELEPHANT, and AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 35 | 02/26/10 | Correction (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Somehow I Am Not Convinced (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Overcoming Failure to Communicate (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Pi Is the Jesse James of Numbers (comments by Mark R. Leeper) PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (film review by Mark R. Leeper) SHUTTER ISLAND (film review by Mark R. Leeper) STARSHIP: MUTINY by Mike Resnick (book review by Joe Karpierz) Football (letter of comment by Pete Rubinstein) Subversive Activities Registration Act (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) Animal Calls (letter of comment by Tim Bateman) This Week's Reading (LONE STAR, THE INVENTION OF LYING, CITY OF TRUTH) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 36 | 03/05/10 | Enigma Within a Mystery Within a Shopping Mall (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Pi and Powers of 10 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Mythology (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (EL AMOR Y EL ESPANTO) (film and book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 37 | 03/12/10 | Science Fiction Discussion Groups Color Diet (comments by Mark R. Leeper) End of the Line (comments by Mark R. Leeper) AFGHAN STAR (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Pi and Powers of 10 (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) This Week's Reading (THE MARCH OF FOLLY, THE FRODO FRANCHISE, and "Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations") (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 38 | 03/19/10 | Improved Transfer of the 1910 FRANKENSTEIN (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Stranger Than Science? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) A Defense of (Some) Remakes (comments by Mark R. Leeper) ATTACK OF THE VEGAN ZOMBIES! (film review by Mark R. Leeper) FIRSTBORN by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter (book review by Joe Karpierz) COASTING (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Pi and Powers of Ten (comments by Keith F. Lynch) Monty Hall Redux (letter of comment by Pete Brady) This Week's Reading (LITERARY HOAXES, "Jewish Narnia") (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 39 | 03/26/10 | Squirrel!... (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Philip K. Dick on BLADE RUNNER (pointer by Richie Bielak) What You Don't Know You Can't Do (comments by Mark R. Leeper) MUTANTS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Remakes (letter of comment by Dave Anolick) Zeugma and Syllepsis (letter of comment by David Goldfarb) This Week's Reading (THE DECHRONIZATION OF SAM MAGRUDER and THE GREAT TAOS BANK ROBBERY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 40 | 04/02/10 | How it Happens (comments by Mark R. Leeper) No Mistake--Case Closed (comments by Mark R. Leeper) PANDORA'S STAR by Peter F. Hamilton (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Edison's FRANKENSTEIN, Remakes, and Pi (letter of comment by Kip Williams) Zeugma (letter of comment by Tim Bateman) What You Don't Know You Can't Do (letter of comment by Jack Weaver) This Week's Reading (STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 41 | 04/09/10 | Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups Talk Is Cheap (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Why Religion Was Invented (with Some Thought to Witchcraft) (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Sentence Structure (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) Television (letter of comment by Sam Long) Television, Beethoven, Remakes, and Jet Packs (letter of comment by Kip Williams) This Week's Reading (AN AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE, THE CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICES, CYBERABAD DAYS, and THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 42 | 04/16/10 | Do Your Bit (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Brigadoon (comments by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE SHADOW ON THE DOORSTEP by James P. Blaylock (book review by Joe Karpierz) Army Transportation Museum (letters of comment by Jay E. Morris and Kip Williams) This Week's Reading (BORGES Y LA MATHEMATICA and THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 43 | 04/23/10 | Counter-Offer (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS (comments by Mark R. Leeper) CITY ISLAND (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE GHOST WRITER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) FINAL GIFTS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Brigadoon (letter of comment by Tim Yao) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (letter of comment by Morris M. Keesan) Brigadoon, Finian's Rainbow, Mathematical Science Fiction, and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (letter of comment by Sam Long) This Week's Reading (THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE WRITING 2001) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 44 | 04/30/10 | The Case of the Gay Dog (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Counter-Offer (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Choice of Location (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Question That Shouldn't Have Been Asked (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) SKYFALL by Catherine Asaro (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) Don't Read This Book (book reviews by Tom Russell) W. B. Yeats (letter of comment by Sam Long) Financial Science Fiction (letter of comment by David Goldfarb) Roman Polanski (comments by Susan de Guardiola) This Week's Reading (STRANGE MAPS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 45 | 05/07/10 | Personal Interest (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Hugo Nominees in the Dramatic Long-Form Category (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Financial Science Fiction (letters of comment by Peter Rubinstein and Rick Kleffel) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON and the Rosenbergs (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) This Week's Reading (STEAL ACROSS THE SKY, KAFKA'S SOUP, and PAPER TIGERS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 46 | 05/14/10 | History Repeats (comments by Mark R. Leeper) High-Fructose Corn Syrup (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) The Passing of a Great (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Upcoming TCM Films (comments by Mark R. Leeper) BONESHAKER by Cherie Priest (book review by Joe Karpierz) THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Short Reviews (THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY, OSS 117: CAIRO--NEST OF SPIES, and CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB) (film reviews by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading ("Origins of Ancient Civilizations") (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 47 | 05/21/10 | You Never Know (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Moon Zoo (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Frank Frazetta, Old Movies, and BONESHAKER (letter of comment by John Purcell) This Week's Reading (EGYPT, CANAAN, AND ISRAEL IN ANCIENT TIMES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 48 | 05/28/10 | 50 Beautiful Posters Mathematics Department All-Nighter (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Short Reviews of the First Five (comments by Mark R. Leeper) WHIZ KIDS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST and HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 49 | 06/04/10 | The Wrong Split (comments by Mark R. Leeper) You Can't Make This Stuff Up (comments by Mark R. Leeper) CRACK IN THE WORLD: Sudden Relevance? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) June Movies on Turner Classic Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper) EXAM (film review by Mark R. Leeper) VALHALLA RISING (film review by Mark R. Leeper) CAMOUFLAGE by Joe Haldeman (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) This Week's Reading ("April March" and THE SECRET HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 50 | 06/11/10 | R. U. R. Performance in a Podcast (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) Roger Ebert Remembers (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Political Fallout (comments by Mark R. Leeper) VulCON Spock Days Galaxyfest (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Einstein's Equation (comments by Mark R. Leeper) SPLICE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi (book review by Joe Karpierz) THE MINI (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Wavicles and Alternate Pasts (letter of comment by Peter Rubinstein) This Week's Reading (THE CIRCUS OF DR. LAO, CRO-MAGNON, and THE POWER OF BABEL) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 51 | 06/18/10 | LIFE Magazine Looks at B-Movies (Nov, 1957) (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Portable Electronics (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Failure Will Always Be an Option (comments by Mark R. Leeper) CYPHER (2002) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) NOTHING (2003) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) Neanderthals (letter of comment by Peter Rubinstein) Einstein's Equation (letter of comment by Robert Bohrer) THE CIRCUS OF DR. LAO (letters of comment by Charles Garofalo and Sam Long) This Week's Reading (FOOD RULES, MOSES AND MONOTHEISM, "Ken Burns's The Civil War", Arthur C. Clarke's stories) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 28, No. 52 | 06/25/10 | Self-Knowledge (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Why We Probably Won't See You At the Next Convention (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (Hugo short fiction--novellas) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 29, No. 1 | 07/02/10 | Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) The Story of My Life (comments by Mark R. Leeper) July B-Movie Recommendations for Turner Classic Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper) TOY STORY 3 (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE CITY & THE CITY, by China MiÚville (book review by Joe Karpierz) This Week's Reading (Hugo short fiction--novelettes and short stories) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 29, No. 2 | 07/09/10 | Dome (comments by Mark R. Leeper) 3D: Fad or the Future of Cinema (comments by Mark R. Leeper) INFERNO by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) THE CITY & THE CITY (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) This Week's Reading (CIVIL WAR CURIOSITIES, BABEL-17, and "AverroÙs' Search") (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 29, No. 3 | 07/16/10 | And Thereby Hangs a Tail (comments by Mark R. Leeper) James P. Hogan, RIP (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Comments on A WEDNESDAY (comments by Mark R. Leeper) DESPICABLE ME (film review by Mark R. Leeper) 3D (letters of comment by Dan Kimmel and Andre Kuznariak) THE CITY & THE CITY (letter of comment by Joe Karpierz) This Week's Reading (THE RADIOACTIVE BOY SCOUT and "Richard III") (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 29, No. 4 | 07/23/10 | Counter-Proposal (comments by Mark R. Leeper) History Channel (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Fritz Leiber and the Oil Spill (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Pupsicles (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Warring on Weekends--Civil War Style (comments by Mark R. Leeper) INCEPTION (film review by Mark R. Leeper) PALIMPSEST by Catherynne M. Valente (book review by Joe Karpierz) Richard III (comments by Kip Williams) This Week's Reading (GLOBISH and NOTHING TO ENVY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 29, No. 5 | 07/30/10 | Instant Communication? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Connecting the Dots (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The IRS and Non-Profit Organizations (public service announcement) THE STONE TAPE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) COLIN FITZ LIVES! (film review by Mark R. Leeper) The Worst Excuse for a Book I've Ever Seen (link to blog entry by Bill Higgins) NOTHING TO ENVY (letter of comment by Kip Williams) This Week's Reading (CIVIL WAR POETRY: AN ANTHOLOGY and OLD-NEW LAND (ALTNEULAND)) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 29, No. 6 | 08/06/10 | Science Fiction (and Other) Discussion Groups (NJ) The Natural Irony (comments by Mark R. Leeper) We Almost Lost Triceratops (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (film review by Mark R. Leeper) SOUL KITCHEN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) OLD-NEW LAND (ALTNEULAND) (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) Mel Gibson, Connecting the Dots, Non-Profits, Scanning Books, and Civil War poetry (letter of comment by John Purcell) Scanned Books (letter of comment by Kip Williams) This Week's Reading (THE CUBS AND THE KABBALIST) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 29, No. 7 | 08/13/10 | The Return of William Castle (film schedule) A Question to Be Asked Again and Again and Again (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Picks for Turner Classic Movies for August (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Six Items or Less (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) JULIAN COMSTOCK: A STORY OF 22ND CENTURY AMERICA by Robert Charles Wilson (book review by Joe Karpierz) Hugo Voting (letter of comment by John Hertz) Mel Gibson, Triceratops, and THE CUBS AND THE KABBALIST (letter of comment by John Purcell) Housing Developments (letters of comment by Kip Williams, Tim Bateman, and Paul Dormer) Triceratops, Pluto, and Mnemonics (letters of comment by Tim Bateman, Cryptoengineer, and Keith Lynch) This Week's Reading (THE CHERRY ORCHARD and MAMMOTHS OF THE GREAT PLAINS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 29, No. 8 | 08/20/10 | Near Escape (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Baagh! Baagh! Baagh! (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Very Hard Math Problems (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Housing Developments (letter of comment by Evelyn C. Leeper) Mnemonics (letters of comment by Kip Williams and Keith F. Lynch) This Week's Reading (THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY and 7 WOMEN) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
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