Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.

Library Addition: Signed First of Brain Aldiss’ Billion Year Spree

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Lawrence Person

This is one of those books I thought I already had, but didn’t. Aldiss, Brain W. Billion Year Spree. Wiedenfield & Nicolson, 1978. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a touch of edgewear at … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Blankenberge’s “Somewhere Between”

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Lawrence Person

We did some Blankenberge back in February, so here’s another shot off their new album Radiogaze.

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Shoegazer Sunday: Tashaki Miyaki’s “Girls on T.V.”

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Despite the name, this Shoegaze outfit hails from Los Angeles. Hope you like practical lights and glowing, superimposed lyrics. “Directed by James Franco.” Really?

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Library Additons: Two Signed Lettered Hardbacks of Postscripts

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Lawrence Person

In addition to having stories there, I used to have a subsciption to the signed hardback version of Postscripts magazine Back In The Day. Now I pick up individual issues to round out my collection when I find them cheap. … Continue reading →

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Sad News: Bill Crider Enters Hospice Care

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Well this plain sucks. Bill Crider’s cancer has stopped responding to treatment: Things could change, but I suspect this will be my final post on the blog. I met with some doctors at M. D. Anderson today, and they suggested … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Several Hippocampus Press Books

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Lawrence Person

These actually came in several months ago, I’ve just been too busy to catalog them. Most of these are still available through Lame Excuse Books. Lovecraft, H.P. (edited by David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi). Letters to C.L. Moore … Continue reading →

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Every MST3K Intro Song, Line by Line

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Including the KTMA intro, which I had never seen before. It’s a chance to see and hear just how the intro has changed over the years.

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MST3K Renewed For 12th Season

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Lawrence Person

This news just broke via MST3K Kickstarter mailing list: They’ve been reviewed for a 12th season by Netflix!

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Deadpool 2 Trailer Channels Bob Ross

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Lawrence Person

Very silly and very Not Safe For Work (which the word “Deadpool” should imply anyway).

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Library Additions: Random Interesting SF First Editions

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Lawrence Person

The only theme here is that all these books were at the same Half Price Books I previously found notable Chad Oliver and Frederik Pohl first editions at, and that I bought all the books below for less than $10: … Continue reading →

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