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.

UT’s Ransom Center Gets Glenn Lord’s Robert E. Howard Manuscripts

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Robert E. Howard fans (I’m looking at you Mark Finn) will be interested to know that the estate of late REH-scholar Glenn Lord has donated “more than 15,000 pages of manuscripts, sketches and ephemera” to the University of Texas Harry … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Various Interesting Books Bought on Sale

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Unlike the Zelazny or Bradbury book acquisition posts, the only common theme among these books is who I bought them from and why. The who, in this case, is Cold Tonnage Books in the UK. The why is that they … Continue reading →

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Preview of My Story in Rayguns Over Texas

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Editor Rick Klaw has been previewing one story a day from the forthcoming Rayguns Over Texas anthology due out at LoneStarCon3, and today he’s previewing my story, “Novel Properties of Certain Complex Alkaloids.” First hit’s on me…

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Shoegazer Sunday: Highspire’s “Glacier”

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Lawrence Person

After meaning to for a while, I finally picked up Highspire’s Aquatic, which is definitely a strong Shoegaze album. Here’s “Glacier,” my favorite track off it.

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Library Additions: Three Interesting Ray Bradbury Chapbooks

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I recently picked up three Ray Bradbury chapbooks, two signed stapled chapbooks from Heritage Auctions, one bound in decorated boards from Half Price Books. One is pretty well documented as a first edition. However, the other two, being for the … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Alcian Blue’s “Carousel”

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Better late than never, here’s the now-defunct Alcian Blue with “Carousel”:

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Can’t Sleep, The Clown Will Eat Me

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Via Gardner Dozois’ Facebook comes news that it’s International Clown Week. I don’t suffer from Clownophobia, but I’ve known people who do. So let’s take this moment to remember Bart Simpson’s awesome bed: Alice Cooper even did a song: And … Continue reading →

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Ode to Joy Played on a Theremin in a Matryoshka Doll

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Lawrence Person

“The players here are using devices called Matryomins. They’re single-oscillator theremins that happen to be contained inside a matryoshka doll.” 167 of them.

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Shoegazer Sunday: Belle and Sebastian’s “Sleep Around the Clock”

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another “Is it Shoegaze or not” entry, with Belle and Sebastian’s “Sleep Around the Clock,” which is more bouncy retro low-fi pop, but there’s enough of a shoegaze tinge to it (a little like Black Tambourine) that I’m throwing … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Review: July 27, 2013: Prima Pizza Pasta

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Lawrence Person

(Here’s a restaurant review in route to its place on http://www.sdclog.net/.) Prima Pizza Pasta 6001 W Parmer Ln (the same corner as the HEB) 258-5700 Once upon a time, this space was a CiCi’s pizza. And it closed. How hard … Continue reading →

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