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| Issue | Date | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Vol. 23, No. 1 | 07/02/04 | A Filk Song (lyrics by Mark R. Leeper) I, ROBOT (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (Retro Hugo-nominated novellas) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 2 | 07/09/04 | An Induction Cooker (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Comments on I, ROBOT and Harlan Ellison's Script (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (Hugo-nominated novelettes and short stories) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 3 | 07/16/04 | The Loss of Innocence (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Those Phony Handwritten Fonts (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (Retro hugo nominees for novelette and short story) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 4 | 07/23/04 | First Principles (comments by Mark R. Leeper) A Psychological Basis for God (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (DEAD MAN'S FLOAT, SMITH OF WOOTON MAJOR & FARMER GILES OF HAM, PATRIOTIC GORE, and SCIENCE FICTION HANDBOOK, REVISED) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 5 | 07/30/04 | Correction Unsolicited Testimonials (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Second Highest Priority (comments by Mark R. Leeper) I, ROBOT (film review by Mark R. Leeper) CHILDHOOD'S END by Arthur C. Clarke (book review by Joe Karpierz) FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury (book review by Joe Karpierz) TWO BROTHERS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (MICROCOSMS, THE JIGSAW MEN, and WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: IMAGINARY HISTORY FROM TWELVE LEADING HISTORIANS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 6 | 08/06/04 | Our Own Equivalent (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Previews of Upcoming Films (film comments by Mark R. Leeper) Letter of Comment (by Joseph T. Major) CODE 46 (film review by Mark R. Leeper) MISSION OF GRAVITY by Hal Clement (book review by Joe Karpierz) DREAMER OF DUNE by Brian Herbert (book review by Joe Karpierz) THE NOTEBOOK (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE THIRD SOCIETY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (correction, "Sam Hall" introduction, COALESCENT, EYE OF THE STORM: CHANUTE CLOSES, UNUSUALLY STUPID AMERICANS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 7 | 08/13/04 | Chain of Fools (comments by Mark R. Leeper) MORE THAN HUMAN by Theodore Sturgeon (book review by Joe Karpierz) COLLATERAL (film review by Mark R. Leeper) GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL, THE FATE OF HUMAN SOCIETIES by Jared Diamond (book review by Pete Brady) This Week's Reading (REBEL, BLOOD LINES, and THE ANUBIS GATES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 8 | 08/20/04 | Trip Logs Available Just a Thought . . . (comments by Mark R. Leeper) PHASE IV in Australia (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Come the Revolution . . . (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN and THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 9 | 08/27/04 | Letters of Comment (request) Kubler-Ross (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Letter of Comment on Harlan Ellison (by Joseph T. Major) Letter of Comment on God and on the Civil War (by Mike Glyer) Letter of Comment on God (by Nick J. Sauer) Letter of Comment on the Second-Highest Priority (by George F. MacLachlan) Letter of Comment on Environmental Refugees (by Vince Guinto) This Week's Reading (NEVERWHERE, THE CAT WHO COULD READ BACKWARDS, and THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF COMIC CRIME) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 10 | 09/03/04 | ConKopelli (Westercon 57) Report (announcement) Frank Frazetta Documentary (announcement) The Warner Wolf Legacy (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Age of Targeted Warfare (comments by Mark R. Leeper) HERO (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (SNOW CRASH) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 11 | 09/10/04 | Fish Oil (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Some Thoughts on Defense (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (AMAZONIA, SWEET THURSDAY, "The Battle of York") (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 12 | 09/17/04 | In Defense of Visual Imagery and Special Effects (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (10 TALES TALL & TRUE; UNLIKELY STORIES, MOSTLY; POOR THINGS; THE VOICE OF THE CORPSE; MYSTERY MIDRASH; IBID: A LIFE / a novel in footnotes; THIS JUST IN: WHAT I COULDN'T TELL YOU ON TV, and THE MAN WHO BECAME SHERLOCK HOLMES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 13 | 09/24/04 | The Return of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Hugo Awards (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Square People (comments by Mark R. Leeper) GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (film review by Mark R. Leeper) DUNE: THE MACHINE CRUSADE (book review by Joe Karpierz) SILVER CITY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (film review by Mark R. Leeper) BANG RAJAN: THE LEGEND OF THE VILLAGE WARRIORS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) WHEN WILL I BE LOVED (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (TIME PATROL and FEAR GOD AND TAKE YOUR OWN PART) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 14 | 10/01/04 | Buy the Light of the Moon (URL pointer) Influenza 101 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Philip Roth's New Book and Stamps (comments by Charles S. Harris) Letters of comments (by Rudy Vener, Fred Lerner, Robert Bohrer, Norm Marion, and David Goldfarb) SHARK TALE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) SHAUN OF THE DEAD (film review by Mark R. Leeper) A CASE OF CONSCIENCE by James Blish (book review by Joe Karpierz) I (HEART) HUCKABEES (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (REVISIONS, UNCLE ABNER: MASTER OF MYSTERIES, and THE AWAKENING) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 15 | 10/08/04 | A Sign of the Times (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Influenza 102 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) PRIMER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) LES REVENANTS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (HER NAME WAS LOLA, SOMETHING ROTTEN, I RODE WITH STONEWALL) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 16 | 10/15/04 | SciAm's Science & Technology Web Awards 2004 Campaign Promises (comments by Mark R. Leeper) STAR WARS, MARK III (comments by Mark R. Leeper) DUNE: THE BATTLE OF CORRIN by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (book review by Joe Karpierz) BEING JULIA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) BLOOD (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL and WRY MARTINIS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 17 | 10/22/04 | Frank R. Paul Gallery (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Be Happy in Your Work (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Letters of Comment (Andre Kuzniarek and Joseph T. Major) THE GRUDGE (2003) (Japanese version) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) DEAD BIRDS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) SIDEWAYS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA and OPTICAL ILLUSIONS: LUCENT AND THE CRASH OF TELECOM) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 18 | 10/29/04 | Leeperhouse Film Festival: SPIRITED AWAY Universal Legacy Packs (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Happy 6000th, Whenever It Was (comments by Mark R. Leeper) RAHTREE: FLOWER OF THE NIGHT (film review by Mark R. Leeper) DOUBLE DARE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (STRANGE CARGO, REMARKABLE READS, and THE ALCHEMIST) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 19 | 11/05/04 | Correction Leeper's Rule of Thumb (comments by Mark R. Leeper) My Business Proposal (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Be Happy in Your Work (letter of comment by Michael Haynes) Letter of Comment (letter of comment by Joseph T. Major) THE LIMB SALESMAN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) TOUCH THE SOUND (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (STARDUST, INSIDE HAMMER, and AT EASE: STORIES I TELL TO FRIENDS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 20 | 11/12/04 | Number of Issues (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) The Limits of Multiculturalism (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Bishop Ussher (letters of comment) OPTICAL ILLUSIONS (letter of comment by Nathan Justus) THE INCREDIBLES (film review by Mark R. Leeper) PHIL THE ALIEN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) BRIGHT FUTURE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) A WHALE OF A TALE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading ("The Heloise Archive", "The Mystery of the Texas Twister", and THE CATCHER IN THE RYE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 21 | 11/19/04 | Turnabout Is Fair Play (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Further Thoughts on the Limits of Multiculturalism (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Half-Tracks (letters of comment) RAY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) TRILOGY: THE WEEPING MEADOW (film review by Mark R. Leeper) SALVADOR ALLENDE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (BOOKS AND READING: A BOOK OF QUOTATIONS; LETTER FROM NEW YORK; BRASS KNUCKLES; and MURDER, MY DEAR WATSON) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 22 | 11/26/04 | Film Fest: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND How Did They Get That? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Music of the Spheres (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Letters of Comment on THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BEYOND INFINITY by Gregory Benford (book review by Joe Karpierz) SAVED! (film review by Mark R. Leeper) DE-LOVELY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (LIBRARY WORLD RECORDS, YEAR ZERO, and THE CAT'S PAJAMAS & OTHER STORIES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 23 | 12/03/04 | The Lessons of KILL BILL 2 (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Year of the Biopic (film comments by Mark R. Leeper) ALEXANDER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) NOTRE MUSIQUE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE SHADOWS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, COUNT DRACULA GOES TO THE MOVIES, THE GOLEM'S MIGHTY SWING) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 24 | 12/10/04 | A Simple Question (comments by Mark R. Leeper) A Simple Plan (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Letter of Comment on SALAVADOR ALLENDE (by Hugh McGuinness) RED DUST (film review by Mark R. Leeper) 9 SONGS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) BOLLYWOOD AND VINE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE APPARITION TRAIL; UNTANGLING MY CHOPSTICKS; THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF EGYPTIAN WHODUNNITS; EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES; and REVELATIONS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 25 | 12/17/04 | Ted Chiang's "Understand" on the BBC Noreascon 4 Con Report Available The Trouble with Old Movies (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Teach Your Children Well (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Philosophical Counseling (letter of comment by Charles S. Harris) IMAGINARY HEROES (film review by Mark R. Leeper) BEYOND THE SEA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE ANNOTATED LOVECRAFT, THE SWEET AND SOUR TONGUE, and GOLDBERG STREET: SHORT PLAYS AND MONOLOGUES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 26 | 12/24/04 | Children's Games and the Universe (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Letter of Comment on Canada and Clarification (letter of comment by Fred Leisti) Letter of Comment on ALEXANDER (by Fred Lerner) HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (audio book review by Joe Karpierz) HOTEL RWANDA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE OVERTURE (HOM RONG) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (A MATHEMATICIAN PLAYS THE STOCK MARKET, THE TRIAL, and CRIMINAL KABALLAH) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 27 | 12/31/04 | Correction The Sharper Image (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Letters of Comment (by various people) A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) OPTICAL ILLUSIONS by Lisa Endlich (book review by Joe Karpierz) MONEYBALL by Michael Lewis (audio book review by Joe Karpierz) This Week's Reading (THE HORUS KILLINGS; OUT OF THE FLAMES; and SHALOM, JAPAN) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 28 | 01/07/05 | Frank Kelly Freas (1922-2005) (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (letter of comment by Daniel Kimmel and response by Mark R. Leeper and further response by Daniel Kimmel) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE AVIATOR (film review by Mark R. Leeper) KUNG FU HUSTLE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) MODIGLIANI (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE REEL CIVIL, Ruth Rendell's COLLECTED STORIES, THE DA VINCI CODE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 29 | 01/14/05 | Disneyworld Grows Up (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Seductive World of the Obsessive-Compulsive (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE DA VINCI CODE and THE AVIATOR (letter of comment by Joseph T. Major) On-Line Film Critics Society Awards DOWNFALL (film review by Mark R. Leeper) TRAVELLERS AND MAGICIANS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (LONGITUDES & ATTITUDES, ANARQUIA, and LORD PETER) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 30 | 01/21/05 | For Whom the Gong Tolls (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Numb3rs (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Obsessive-Compulsiveness (letter of comment by David Kemp) DARWIN'S CHILDREN by Greg Bear (book review by Joe Karpierz) DRACULA by Bram Stoker (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) KEANE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) MALE FANTASY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE ORIENTAL CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, OUTWITTING HISTORY, and CHRISTOPHER LEE FILMOGRAPHY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 31 | 01/28/05 | Timing (comment by Mark R. Leeper) Mark Leeper's Top Ten Films of 2004 Response on THE SWEET AND SOUR TONGUE (by Leslie What) Response on MALE FANTASY BREAKING NEWS (DAI SI GEIN) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) WRITER OF O (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, THE STRANGE SCHEMES OF RANDOLPH MASON, and AS TIMELESS AS INFINITY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 32 | 02/04/05 | The Universal Language (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Strange and Amazing Facts All About Computer and Internet Security (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Comment on DARWIN'S CHILDREN (by Tom Russell) THE MURDER ARTIST by John Case (book review by Tom Russell) IN GOOD COMPANY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) AN ITALIAN ROMANCE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE DIAMOND AGE, GRANT COMES EAST, and THE RELIGIONS NEXT DOOR) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 33 | 02/11/05 | Chemlawn (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Machine Wars (comments by Mark R. Leeper) RELATIVITY by Robert J. Sawyer (book review by Joe Karpierz) THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE FAMILY TRADE, WEAPONS OF CHOICE, KINDLING, and ME & SHAKESPEARE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 34 | 02/18/05 | Puppy Starter Kit (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Those Eyes That Follow You Around (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Computer Auctioning (letter of comment by Frank R. Leisti) Computer and Internet Security (letter of comment by Bill Higgins) KINDLING by Mike Farren (letter of comment by Joseph T. Major) The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (letter of comment by Kenn Barry) ZEBRAMAN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) IMAGINARY HEROES (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading ("THE THINKING MACHINE", CANNERY ROW, PERICLES, and CORIOLANUS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 35 | 02/25/05 | Bookmobile Day (comments by Mark R. Leeper) No Eye in the Sky (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Puppy Starter Kit and Wild Parrots (letter of comment by Frank J. Nagy) THE MESSIAH CODE (a.k.a.THE MIRACLE STRAIN) by Michael Cordy (book review by Tom Russell) TRAUMA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (DOUBLE FEATURE CREATURE ATTACK, RETURN OF THE B SCIENCE FICTION AND HORROR HEROES, and SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE RUNNING NOOSE) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 36 | 03/04/05 | La plus ca change, la plus c'est la meme chose (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Thought for the Week (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Bookmobiles and Children's Books (letters of comment) 10 ON TEN (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, CAPTAIN STORMFIELD'S VISIT TO HEAVEN, and LETTERS FROM THE EARTH) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 37 | 03/11/05 | The Weather Problem (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER (letters of comment) Bookmobile and Children's Books (letter of comment by Carl Aveyard) Troy (Lletter of comment by Guy Ferraiolo) IRON SUNRISE by Charles Stross (book review by Joe Karpierz) FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (film review by Mark R. Leeper) OPEN WATER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS, BOOKNOTES: STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY, BRIDE & PREJUDICE, and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE) (book and film comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 38 | 03/18/05 | Andre Norton Dies (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Hush Your Mouth (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Voynich Manuscript (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Weather Forecasting (letters of comment by Dan Cox and David Shallcross) FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (letter of comment by Dan Cox) STEAMBOY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) ROBOTS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE SECOND FAVORITE SON, THE KNOW-IT-ALL, and THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 39 | 03/25/05 | Loving Care for the MT VOID (comments by Mark R. Leeper) High Energy on the Cheap: And a Little Shrimp Shall Lead Them (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Olympics and Jumps (letter of comment by David Goldfarb) SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (INTRODUCING EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY and THE SIGN AND THE SEAL) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 40 | 04/01/05 | Hugo Nominations Announced (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) 99 Years on the Hard Book Pile (comments by Mark R. Leeper) What Venue for Native American Art? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) FINAL CUT (film review by Mark R. Leeper) MAY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE CHINESE JUNK AFFAIR, THE GAMESMAN, THE NEW WORLD ORDER, and movies about books) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 41 | 04/08/05 | My Take on America (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Farbling (letter of comment by Carl Aveyard) Native Americans (letter of comment) Movies about Books (letter of comment) SIN CITY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) KUNG FU HUSTLE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) MINDSCAN by Robert J. Sawyer (book review by Joe Karpierz) This Week's Reading (THE NAME OF THE ROSE, George Eliot's LIFE AND LETTERS, and THE OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH DETECTIVE STORIES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 42 | 04/15/05 | Hugo Nominees Star Trekkin' Across the Universe... (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Magic Numbers of the Universe (comments by Mark R. Leeper) MAN ON FIRE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) THE LIBERTINE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE WILD PARTY and INTRODUCING ANTHROPOLOGY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 43 | 04/22/05 | Pulgasari Is the Talk of New York (comments by Mark R. Leeper) This Year's Nebula Award Nominees (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Geeks and Brevity (letter of comment by John Hertz) Movies about Books and Bookstores (letters of comment by Barbara Cormack and by Jerry Ryan) Star Trekkin' (letters of comment by Dan Kimmel and by Charles Harris) MELINDA AND MELINDA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION, and THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 44 | 04/29/05 | Heard in Passing (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE MERCHANT OF VENICE: Pro-Jewish or Anti-Jewish? (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Pulgasari and a Hard Road to the Stars (letters of comment by George MacLachlan and Paul Chisholm) WRITER OF O (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY, COLLAPSE: HOW SOCIETIES CHOOSE TO FAIL OR SUCCEED, and INTRODUCING ANTHROPOLOGY) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 45 | 05/06/05 | The Next Phase of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Nebula Awards Fortune Cookie (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Do the Math (comments by Mark R. Leeper) THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (film review by Mark R. Leeper) JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL by Susanna Clarke (book review by Joe Karpierz) SF: EPISODE I (SAMURAI FICTION) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (TUNNEL IN THE SKY, CITY OF GOD, and WHAT JUST HAPPENED) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 46 | 05/13/05 | Ideas (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Science Fiction for Socialists I Did the Math (or The Universe Seen as a Waffle) (comments by Mark R. Leeper) SHORT CUT TO NIRVANA: KUMBH MELA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (EALING STUDIOS, MURDER IS NO MITZVAH, and CLASSIC HORROR WRITERS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 47 | 05/20/05 | Travel at (Close to) the Speed of Light Cars (comments by Mark R. Leeper) A Time of Endings: Star Trek (comments by Mark R. Leeper) STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (NEVER LET ME GO, A FIELD GUIDE TO MONSTERS, and "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street") (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 48 | 05/27/05 | Phantoms of the Opera (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Neverland (comments by Mark R. Leeper) A Time of Endings: Star Wars (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Ideas (letters of comment by Steve Milton and Rob Mitchell) MURDER IS NO MITZVAH (letters of comment by Charles Harris and Denise Moy) STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (letter of comment by Charles Harris) Star Trek (letters of comment by Dan Kimmel) IL FANTASMA DELL'OPERA (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) (1998) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE; ENTER DR. NIKOLA!; DON JUAN IN HELL/MAN AND SUPERMAN) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 49 | 06/03/05 | Separated at Birth? No, Can't Be. (comments by Mark R. Leeper) A Time of Endings: Godzilla (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Godzilla (letter of comment by Daniel Kimmel) THE ALGEBRAIST by Iain M. Banks (book review by Joe Karpierz) MILWAUKEE, MINNESOTA (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (A SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND, THE ITALIAN SECRETARY, CITY OF GOD) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 50 | 06/10/05 | What the Worst-Dressed Superheroes Wear (comments by Mark R. Leeper) The Lucas Loophole (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Typo [with SPOILER] (letter of comment by Bill Higgins) Timelines (letter of comment by Fred Lerner) Hugo Nominees (part 1) (comments/reviews by Evelyn C. Leeper) LAYER CAKE (film review by Mark R. Leeper) On the Finding (and Buying) of Books (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) HIGH TENSION (HAUTE TENSION) (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (another movie about books, and GORGON) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 51 | 06/17/05 | Lose Weight While Sleeping (comments by Mark R. Leeper) From Merlot to Cockfosters (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Bookstores (letter of comment by Dan Kimmel) Hugo Nominees (part 2) (comments/reviews by Evelyn C. Leeper) THE GREAT WATER (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (BOOK ROW, FANTASTIC FABLES, and WISE MEN AND THEIR TALES) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
| Vol. 23, No. 52 | 06/24/05 | Increasing Interest in Science Fiction Sailing Starry Seas (comments by Mark R. Leeper) Censorship (letter of comment by Taras Wolansky) Hugo Nominees (letter of comment by Joe Karpierz) Merlot (letter of comment by Pete Brady) H. G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) BATMAN BEGINS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) RIVER OF GODS by Ian McDonald (book review by Joe Karpierz) MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (film review by Mark R. Leeper) This Week's Reading (THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF NEW JULES VERNE ADVENTURES, MAMMOTH, and MEN OF MATHEMATICS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) |
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