MTPLsf: MIDDLETOWN [NJ] PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE-FICTION BOOK & FILM GROUP
(1st Thursday, 5:30-8:30)
(further info: xchar2@gmail.com)
MTPLsf: MOVIES SEEN & related readings 2008-2025
[movies by date of meeting here]
10th Victim, The (1965): Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley
12 Monkeys (1995): By His Bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein
12:01 PM (1990) & 12:01 (1993): Richard Lupoff
1984 (1984): George Orwell
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954): Jules Verne
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Arthur C. Clarke
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964): Charles G. Finney
7th Voyage of Egon Tichy, The (2020): Stanislaw Lem
A Boy and His Dog (1975): Harlan Ellison
A Scanner Darkly (2006): Philip K. Dick
A Wrinkle in Time (2018): Madeleine L'Engle
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001): Supertoys... by Brian Aldiss
Abyss, The (1989): Sphere by Michael Crichton
Adjustment Bureau, The (2010): Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick
Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924): Alexei Tolstoy
Alphaville (1965): You'd Be Surprised by Peter Cheyney (not sf)
Altered States (1980): Paddy Chayefsky
Andromeda Strain, The (1971): Michael Crichton
Annihilation (2018): Jeff VanderMeer
Arrival (2016): Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The (1953): The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury
Between Time and Timbuktu (1972 tv): Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2021)
Blade Runner (1982): Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
Blindness (2008): Jose Saramago
Boys from Brazil, The (1978): Ira Levin
Bride of Frankenstein (1935): Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Cat People (1942): The Bagheeta by Val Lewton
Charly (1968): Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Children of Men (2006): P.D. James
Christmas Invasion, The [Dr Who] (2005): The Star: Arthur C. Clarke & Rebuttal by Betsy Curtis
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970): Dennis Feltham Jones
Congress, The (2013): The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem
Contact (1997): Carl Sagan
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008): F. Scott Fitzgerald
Curse of the Demon (1957): Casting the Runes by M.R. James
Cypher (2002): UBIK by Philip K. Dick
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951): Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates
Day of the Triffids, The (1981): John Wyndham
Destination Moon (1950): The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein
District 9 (2009): Embassytown by China Mieville
Dr. Cyclops (1940): Henry Kuttner
Dr. Strangelove (1964): Red Alert by Peter George (Peter Bryant) r98 c:10
Edge of Tomorrow (2014): All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
El Incidente (2014): Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick
Ender's Game (2013): Orson Scott Card
Enemy Mine (1985): Barry B. Longyear
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): The Memory Clearing House by Israel Zangwill
Europa Report (2013): Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Ex Machina (2015): Helen O'Loy by Lester del Rey
eXistenZ (1999): Christopher Priest
Fahrenheit 451 (1966): Ray Bradbury
Fantastic Planet (1973): Stefan Wul
Fantastic Voyage (1966): Isaac Asimov
Fermat's Last Tango (2001): The Last Theorem by Clarke & Pohl
Fifth Element, The (1997): Terry Bisson
First Men in the Moon (1964): H.G. Wells
Fissure (2009): And He Built a Crooked House by Robert A. Heinlein
Five (1951): The Creation by James Weldon Johnson
Flatland, the Film (2007): Edwin A. Abbott
Fly, The (1958): George Langelaan
Fly, The (1986): George Langelaan
Forbidden Planet (1956): The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Frankenstein (1994): Mary Shelley
Frankenstein (1931): Mary Shelley
Galaxy Quest (1999): Terry Bisson
GATTACA (1997): Frameshift by Robert Sawyer
Groundhog Day (1993): Doubled and Redoubled by Malcolm Jameson
Handmaid's Tale, The (1990): Margaret Atwood
Haunting, The (1963): The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Hidden, The (1987): Needle by Hal Clement
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (2005): Douglas Adams
Hogfather (2007): Terry Pratchett
Hunger Games, The (2012): Susan Collins
Illustrated Man, The (1969): Ray Bradbury
Inception (2010): The Circular Ruins by Jorge Luis Borges
Innocents, The (1961): The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956): Jack Finney
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978): The Father-Thing by Philip K. Dick
Invisible Man, The (1933): H.G. Wells
Iron Giant, The (1999): The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
Island of Lost Souls (1932): The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
John Carter (2012): A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959): Jules Verne
Jurassic Park (1993): Michael Crichton
K-Pax (2001): Gene Brewer
Last Man on Earth, The (1964): I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Last Mimzy, The (2007): Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett
Last Unicorn, The (1982): Peter S. Beagle
Lathe of Heaven, The (1980): Ursula K. Le Guin
Limitless (2011): The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn
Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960): Flowering of the Strange
Orchid by H.G. Wells & The Reluctant Orchid by Arthur C. Clarke
Lost Horizon (1937): James Hilton
Lost World, The (1925): Arthur Conan Doyle
Man from Earth, The (2007): It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby
Man in the High Castle, The (2015): Philip K. Dick
Man Who Fell to Earth, The (1976): Walter Tevis
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962): Richard Condon
Marooned (1969): Martin Caidin
Martian, The (2015): Andy Weir
Matrix, The (1999): Neuromancer by William Gibson
Metamorphosis, The (2024): Franz Kafka
Millennium (1989): Air Raid & Millennium by John Varley
Mimic (1997): Donald Wollheim
Minority Report (2002): Philip K. Dick
Moon (2009): Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
Never Let Me Go (2010): Kazuo Ishiguro
Nosferatu (1922): Dracula by Bram Stoker
Oblivion (2013): The White Mountains by John Christopher
On the Beach (1959): Nevil Shute
Orlando (1992): Virginia Woolf
Panic in the Year Zero (1962): Lot & Lot's Daughter by Ward Moore
Paycheck (2003): Philip K. Dick
Phase IV (1974): Leiningen Versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson
Pi (1998): The Gimatria of Pi by Lavie Tidhar
Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979): The Inquest by Stanislaw Lem
Planet of the Apes (1968): Pierre Boulle
Postman, The (1997): David Brin
Predestination (2015): All You Zombies by Robert A. Heinlein
Prestige, The (2006): Christopher Priest
Princess Bride, The (1987): William Goldman
Puppet Masters, The (1994): Robert A. Heinlein
Quatermass and the Pit (1967): Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Quatermass and the Pit (1967): Aficionado by David Brin
Quatermass Conclusion, The (1979): Nigel Kneale
Quest for Love (1971): Random Quest by John Wyndham
Quiet Earth, The (1985): Craig Harrison
Ray Bradbury Centennial (3 short films)
Ray Bradbury Theater (1985-1992 tv): 6 episodes
Richard III (1995): William Shakespeare c:10
Road, The (2009): Cormac McCarthy
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964): Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Robocop (1987): Brillo by Ben Bova & Harlan Ellison
Rollerball (1975): Roller Ball Murder by William Harrison
Seconds (1966): David Ely
Seven Days in May (1964): Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
Shadow on the Land (1968): It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
Silent Running (1972): The Word For World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
S1m0ne (2002): Remake by Connie Willis
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972): Kurt Vonnegut
Sleep Dealer (2008): Waldo by Robert A. Heinlein
Sleeper (1973): The Sleeper Awakes by H.G. Wells
Solaris (1972): Stanislaw Lem
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983): Ray Bradbury
Somewhere in Time (1988): Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson
Soylent Green (1973): Make Room, Make Room by Harry Harrison
Stalker (1979): Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Star, The (1985): Arthur C. Clarke & Rebuttal by Betsy Curtis
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982): Vonda N. McIntyre
Star Wars--A New Hope (1977): Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily,
A New Hope by Ian Doescher
Starship Troopers (1997): Robert Heinlein
Stepford Wives, The (1975): Ira Levin
Thing, The (1982): Who goes there? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Thing From Another World, The (1951): Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Thirteenth Floor, The (1999): Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye
This Island Earth (1955): Raymond F. Jones
Time After Time (1979): Karl Alexander
Timescape (1992): Vintage Season by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore
To Serve Man (1962 tv): Damon Knight
Total Recall (1990): We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick
Under the Skin (2014): Michel Faber
Village of the Damned (1960): The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
WALL-E (2008): The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster
War of the Worlds, The (1953): H.G. Wells
War of the Worlds (2005): The Martian War by Kevin J. Anderson
When Worlds Collide (1951): Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer
Whisperer in Darkness, The (2011): H. P. Lovecraft
Who? (1974): short story & novel by Algis Budrys
Whole Wide World, The (1996): Pigeons from Hell & Red Nails by Robert E. Howard
Wir (1982): We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Wyrd Sisters (1997): Terry Pratchett