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 Additions: The Signed, Limited Edition of Isaac Asimov’s Nemesis

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Picked up another book for my collection: Asimov, Isaac. Nemesis. Doubleday, 1989. First edition hardback, number 485 out of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, sans dust jacket, as issued. This was a serendipitous find. … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Velveteen’s “Poster Boy”

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Velveteen is a band from Germany most famous (for certain values of “famous”) for having their album hoaxed as a Death Cab for Cutie album. (Disclaimer: I couldn’t recognize a Death Cab for Cutie song with a gun to my … Continue reading →

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Bum Phillips, RIP

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Former Houston Oilers football coach Oail Andrew “Bum” Phillips Jr. has died at age 90. It’s pretty much impossible for anyone who didn’t grow up in Houston during the “Luv Ya Blue” era of of the Earl Campbell Oilers to … Continue reading →

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Creepy Online GIFs and Their Origins: The Thing In the Bed

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Another post for the Halloween season. I’ve always thought this was one of your creepier online GIFs: And actually, it’s from a very short horror film called “Bedfellows,” available online: The guy’s evidently done a whole series of them. Sweet … Continue reading →

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Another Heritage Book Auction Today

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Heritage Auctions is having another of their signature book auctions today. It’s mostly non-science fiction offerings, but among the items up for auction: A Secker and Warburg first of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. An inscribed first of Isaac Asimov’s I, … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Dimensions of My Bibliomania

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Lawrence Person

You’re probably aware that I have a pretty large library. What you might not be aware of is that, by word count, my library is larger in word count than Wikipedia. According to the calculations today, Wikipedia has “1925 volumes … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Ride’s “OX4”

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another dose of classic UK Shoegaze band Ride with “OX4.” Hard to understand how this never charted, as it has a perfect, catchy pop melody underpinning it. It reminds me a little of Brain Eno’s early solo work…

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Texas 36, Oklahoma 20

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Well, no need to torment myself watching the UT/OU game, I thought. No chance the Longhorns win playing the way they have this year, I thought. Texas 36, Oklahoma 20 The only sure thing about this UT team is that … Continue reading →

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Maybe You Shouldn’t Read This Post If You’re Depressed

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Ever now and then you come across something interesting, but you wonder “What the hell do I say about this?” I was looking for some scary gifs when I came across this. There are a few in the, but it … Continue reading →

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The Cheet Sheet for Guillermo Del Toro Simpsons‘ Couch Gag

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Lawrence Person

A German film website has gone through and labeled every one of Del Toro’s SF/F/H references from The Simpsons couch gag. Caveat: I think the video is Brightcove, which I have blocked in my main browser. Also, unless Del Toro’s … Continue reading →

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