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: Stanley G. Weinbaum’s Dawn of Flame

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I’m still recovering from the 2013 Worldcon, LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio. Given how often I blog about additions to my science fiction library, you might be surprised at how parsimonious I am paying for those additions. From about 1985 … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: The Sunshine Factory’s “My Sugar Cane”

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Lawrence Person

For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here’s Mobile, Alabama-based The Sunshine Factory, with the bright, distortion-drenched “My Sugar Cane.” Really, more regular blogging will resume Any Day Now…

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Shoegaze Sunday: The Telewire’s “Feels Like Fire”

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Another Austin Shoegaze band (“band” in this case evidently being one guy, Stephen Thurman) shows up. “Feels Like Fire” sounds like Shoegaze by way of psychadelia with a little Devo thrown in for good measure.

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Interesting Interview With Gene Wilder

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Lawrence Person

It’s the day after Worldcon, and I’m more than a little toasty, so expect slow blogging while I get up to speed. So here’s a long interview with Gene Wilder about his career, working with Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Gilda … Continue reading →

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Hugo Congrats

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Congrats to Pat Cadigan, John DeNardo, and John Picacio on their Hugo wins!

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Shoegazer Sunday: The Great Wilderness’ “Dark Horse”

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Lawrence Person

The Great Wilderness is an all-girl post-punk band from Costa Rica, and “Dark House” has a nice gaze sound to the guitars.

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Lame Excuse Books July Catalog

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Time once again for Lawrence Just Plops the Latest Book Catalog on the Blog. I should be taking all these books (and many more besides) to Worldcon. Greetings, and welcome to Lawrence Person’s Lame Excuse for a Book Catalog! Before … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: 93MillionMilesFromTheSun’s “Waiting There”

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Here’s UK nugaze band 93MillionMilesFromTheSun (yes, they jam the letters all up together like that; probably works well for Twitter) with “Waiting There.”

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An Overview of Gene Wolfe’s Time at Plant Engineering Magazine

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Nigel Price alerted me to his short but interesting piece on Gene Wolfe’s time at Plant Engineerring magazine, where he got to write on a number of interesting engineering subjects, including robotics. (And there are a number of other pieces … Continue reading →

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Oversized Arachnid Cinema

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Looks like I’ve been falling down on my Giant Spider reporting duties. A retro black-and-white giant spider film has been released called, oddly enough, The Giant Spider. There’s an IMDB listing for it as well.

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