THE MT VOID
10/27/23 -- Vol. 42, No. 17, Whole Number 2299

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Topics:

Middletown (NJ) Public Library Science Fiction Discussion
Group
Mark's Picks for Turner Classic Movies in November
(comments by Mark R. Leeper)
THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
(audio book review by Joe Karpierz)
Hugo Award Winners
The Holmdel Horn, 42, Cryptocurrency, Math and LLMs
Anything I Touch Is Mine Forever (comments
by Evelyn C. Leeper)
This Week's Reading (RAYMOND CHANDLER SPEAKING,
THE BEST OF S. J. PERELMAN) (book comments
by Evelyn C. Leeper)

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TOPIC: Middletown (NJ) Public Library Science Fiction Discussion
Group

The only local meetings left are in Middletown, and they are
in-person. The best way to get the latest information is to be on
the mailing list for it.

Nov 2, 2023: THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (1981 TV mini-series) & novel
by John Wyndham
[Note: The Nov 2 meeting will start earlier: 5:00pm.]
<https://tinyurl.com/Triffs-Wyndham>
Dec 7 SLEEPER (1973) & novel "The Sleeper Awakes" by H.G. Wells
<https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12163>

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TOPIC: Mark's Picks for Turner Classic Movies in November (comments
by Mark R. Leeper)

There are quite a number of films that catch me unaware of what a
strong impact on me they will have by the last scene. OF MICE AND
MEN is the story of two field workers who travel the dusty
Depression-era roads and why they stay together. You would have to
look a long way to find such a powerful statement of humanism in so
compact a form. John Steinbeck is one of the greatest American
writers and this is one of his very best. Several film versions
have been made of this classic. The 1939 film version, which
Turner Classic Movies is showing in November, stars Burgess
Meredith and Lon Chaney, Jr.; the 1992 version stars Gary Sinise
and John Malkovich. The latter is available on several streaming
services, including Hoopla and Kanopy, which may be offered free
through your public library. There are also two
made-for-television versions, one from 1968 (George Segal and Nicol
Williamson) and one from 1981 (Robert Blake and Randy Quaid) that
don't show up at all these days, though they are sometimes
available on eBay. And there are several versions made in other
countries as well. [-mrl]

[OF MICE AND MEN (1939), Monday, November 27, 4:30 PM]

And some comments on some other films:

THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER (1968); WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967);
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING (1966) ;
POPI (1969); THE IN-LAWS (1979): For all you Alan Arkin fans,
TCM is celebrating his career on November 6 into November 7.

HAIRSPRAY (1988), POLYESTER (1981), CRY BABY (1990): A John Waters
festival on November 9, followed by ...

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960), A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959),
CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961): ...a Roger Corman festival
early November 10.

A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS (1956): A film based in a Jewish
neighborhood about a goat with one horn that a young child believes
to be a magical unicorn.

Suspense and mystery films from the 1920s through 1940s: Nine films
from that classic era (see below) on November 15.

Ghost stories from the 1930s through 1950s: Nine ghost stories from
that era (see below) on November 24.

IL BIDONE (1955): A little-seen Fellini film.

Ten Tarzan films: Swing with Turner and Johnny Weissmuller on
November 28.

[-ecl]

Other films of interest include:

WEDNESDAY, November 1:
6:15 AM Eye of the Devil (1966)

FRIDAY, November 3
10:00 AM Forbidden Planet (1956)
8:00 PM Duck Soup (1933)
9:15 PM The Fearless Vampire Killers; or, Pardon Me But Your
Teeth Are in My Neck (1966)

SUNDAY, November 5
6:00 AM From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
8:00 AM Things to Come (1936)

MONDAY, November 6
8:00 PM The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
10:15 PM Wait Until Dark (1967)

TUESDAY, November 7
12:15 AM The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966)
2:30 AM Popi (1969)
4:30 AM The In-Laws (1979)

WEDNESDAY, November 8
9:15 AM Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
11:00 AM Trog (1970)
12:45 PM Indestructible Man (1956)
2:00 PM The Power (1968)
4:00 PM The Illustrated Man (1969)
6:00 PM The Terminal Man (1974)

THURSDAY, November 9
6:15 AM The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
10:15 AM Hold That Hypnotist (1957)
12:45 PM The Disembodied (1957)
2:00 PM The Devil's Own (1966)
3:45 PM Bewitched (1945)
6:30 PM I Married a Witch (1942)
8:00 PM Hairspray (1988)
10:00 PM Cry Baby (1990)
11:45 PM Polyester (1981)

FRIDAY, November 10
1:30 AM The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
3:00 AM A Bucket of Blood (1959)
4:15 AM Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961)

SATURDAY, November 11
2:00 AM Night on Earth (1991)

SUNDAY, November 12
5:45 PM Being There (1979)

MONDAY, November 13
3:15 AM A Kid for Two Farthings (1956)

WEDNESDAY, November 15
6:00 AM Before Dawn (1933)
7:15 AM The Unholy Night (1929)
9:00 AM The Monster (1925)
10:30 AM Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
12:00 PM The Phantom of Crestwood (1933)
1:30 PM You'll Find Out (1940)
3:15 PM The Hidden Hand (1942)
4:30 PM Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)
5:45 PM Mystery House (1938)

THURSDAY, November 16
8:00 PM Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
9:40 PM The Blob (1958)
11:00 PM Gojira (1954)

FRIDAY, November 17
1:00 AM It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
2:30 AM The Wolf Man (1941)
4:00 AM King Kong (1933)

SATURDAY, November 18
6:00 AM Green Mansions (1959)
1:45 PM Westworld (1973)
6:30 PM The Invisible Man (1933)

SUNDAY, November 19
1:45 AM Dressed To Kill (1980)
4:00 AM Sisters (1972)
10:00 PM The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)

MONDAY, November 20
6:15 AM Queen of Outer Space (1958)

TUESDAY, November 21
6:15 PM Slither (1973)

WEDNESDAY, November 22
2:00 PM Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
12:00 AM Being There (1979)

THURSDAY, November 23
6:00 AM Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
7:30 AM Tom Thumb (1958)
9:15 AM The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
11:45 AM The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
5:15 PM Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

FRIDAY, November 24
6:00 AM Their Big Moment (1934)
7:15 AM Ghost Chasers (1951)
8:30 AM Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)
9:45 AM The Canterville Ghost (1944)
11:30 AM A Guy Named Joe (1943)
1:45 PM On Borrowed Time (1939)
3:30 PM The Ghost Goes West (1935)
5:00 PM Outward Bound (1930)
6:30 PM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
8:00 PM Wait Until Dark (1967)

SATURDAY, November 25
2:00 AM Night of the Living Dead (1968)
4:00 AM House on Haunted Hill (1958)
2:30 PM Mighty Joe Young (1949)

SUNDAY, November 26
1:45 PM The Glass Slipper (1955)
8:00 PM Friedkin Uncut (2018)
10:00 PM The Exorcist (1973)

MONDAY, November 27
11:15 AM Il bidone (1955)
6:30 PM The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

TUESDAY, November 28
6:00 AM Tarzan Escapes (1936)
7:30 AM Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
9:15 AM Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
10:45 AM Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
12:00 PM Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
1:30 PM Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
2:45 PM Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
4:15 PM Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
5:30 PM Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
6:45 PM Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)

WEDNESDAY, November 29
8:00 PM For All Mankind (1989)
9:25 PM A Trip to the Moon (1902)
10:00 PM Marooned (1969)

THURSDAY, November 30
12:15 AM Destination Moon (1950)
2:00 AM Solaris (1972)

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TOPIC: THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
(copyright 2022, Random House Audio, 11 hours and 39 minutes, ASIN:
B09QXWTT5N, narrated by Gisela Chipe) (audio book review by Joe
Karpierz)

While I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, up until THE DAUGHTER OF
DOCTOR MOREAU I have not read anything she has written. While I
know of H.G. Wells' THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU, I have neither
read the novel nor seen any of the film adaptations of it. I think
this last fact was an advantage for me as I read THE DAUGHTER OF
DOCTOR MOREAU. Too often a reader can be influenced by source
material that was used as a basis for the novel that is being read.
In fact, I've only read two of Wells' novels: THE TIME MACHINE
and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. That last fact is probably irrelevant
here, but I note it because now I'm thinking that I might like to
read more of his work, including THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU.