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.

Hollywood Auction Alert

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Hollywood auction house is having another big auction of film memorabilia, including a few interesting SF-related items: The fourth issue of the fanzine Imagination, which includes Ray Bradbury’s first published story. Willis O’Brien’s very shoggothian concept art for an unproduced … Continue reading →

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Alice and the Lizard People

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Lawrence Person

You’ve probably heard of Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple and the fringe SF book The Temple of My Familiar. What you may not have heard is that she’s a fan of David icke, he of the shape-shifting lizard … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Two Interesting Books

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Lawrence Person

My acquisition of new books didn’t stop while I was cataloging my big Zelazny purchase, though it did slow down. In particular, Half Price Books had one of their regular coupon sales, where the coupons start out by offering you … Continue reading →

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Shoegaze Sunday: Alcest’s “Beings of Light”

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I can’t decide whether Alcest is Shoegaze, Depressive Metal, or some offshoot of the RenFaire school of ProgRock (more long-forgotten French prog band Manticore than Jethro Tull). Here’s “Beings of Light,” which features a female lead singer rather the usual … Continue reading →

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Happy 44th Birthday, Apollo 11

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Lawrence Person

To celebrate the 4th anniversary of the moon landing, here’s footage from For All Mankind, with Brian’s Eno’s “An Ending (Ascent)” on the soundtrack. I recommend both the movie and the soundtrack.

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Sharknado 2: The Sharknadoing

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Our short national nightmare is finally over! (Or, alternately, continues.) There will be a sequel to Sharknado. Set in New York City. Since John DeNardo at SF Signal has dubbed me “The Official Sharknado News Source,” I feel that I … Continue reading →

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Major Award Announcement: Runner-Up to Awfulness

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I am proud to announce that I have “won” (if won is the proper word) the coveted Grand Panjandrum’s Special Award in the Bulwer-Lytton Contest. The Bulwer-Lytton Contest is to write the worst possible opening sentence to a non-existent novel. … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: A Major Collection of Roger Zelazny Books

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Bob Pylant is a major Roger Zelazny collector in Austin to whom I had sold the odd item to (like the NESFA Press Collected Zelazny volumes) over the years. Unfortunately, he suffered a car accident and had to sell some … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: The Meeting Places’ “Now I Know You Could Never Be The One”

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Lawrence Person

The Meetings Places are a California shoegaze band that include former member’s of Alison’s Halo (a fine pedigree). Here’s the pleasant, ethereal “Now I Know You Could Never Be The One,” which sounds a bit like some of Slowdive’s pre-Just … Continue reading →

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Interview with the Writer of Sharknado

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Three posts in two days about Sharknado? Is this ultra-crappy SyFy monster movie really worth that much attention? Yes. Yes it is. But more importantly, this interview with the writer of Sharknado is all kinds of awesome. Especially this: “As … Continue reading →

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