Author: 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 H. Beam Piper’s Four-Day Planet

In collecting science fiction, there are signature that are difficult and expensive, and others that are virtually unobtainable. Signatures from H. G. Wells, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick,. and Clark Ashton Smith are readily attainable, and I have multiple signed first editions from each. I even have H. P.… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed First of H. Beam Piper’s Four-Day Planet

Shoegazer Sunday: Sleep Party People’s “The Dwarf And The Horse”

It’s been over seven years since I posted a video featuring the spooky rabbit people, so here they are with “The Dwarf And The Horse.” I think it’s even from the same performance. No, I don’t know what they’re singing. And no, I’m not a 100% sure this counts as Shoegaze, but I’m not sure… Continue reading Shoegazer Sunday: Sleep Party People’s “The Dwarf And The Horse”

Library Addition: Signed First of Rosenbach’s Books and Bidders

This was a pleasant and unexpected addition to my reference library. Rosenbach, A. S. W. Books and Bidders. Little Brown and Company, 1927. First edition hardback (“Published November, 1927), a Fine-copy with a faint 1″ groove at head near rear join and slight bend at head and heel, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed First of Rosenbach’s Books and Bidders

Library Additions: Signed Sturgeon, Wagner, Wellman PBOs

Three more signed PBOs from that same eBay seller: Sturgeon, Theodore. More Than Human. Farrar. Straus & Young and Ballantine Books, 1953. First edition paperback original (Currey state B, simultaneous with the hardback issue), a Good+ copy only with significant waviness to book and moisture spotting to edges, a touch of edgewear to covers, and… Continue reading Library Additions: Signed Sturgeon, Wagner, Wellman PBOs

Library Addition: Robert E. Howard’s Early Adventures of El Borak

Another purchase from that estate sale: Howard, Robert E. The Early Adventures of El Borak. The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010. First edition hardback, #26 of 150 copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. All the Francis X. Gordon, Lal Singh and Yar Ali Khan stories. Although not signed when I purchased,… Continue reading Library Addition: Robert E. Howard’s Early Adventures of El Borak

Library Addition: John Crowley’s Great Work of Time (PB)

I came across this in a Half Price Books store, and was either unaware it existed or had forgotten about it. Crowley, John. Great Work of Time. Bantam, 1991. First edition paperback original thus and first separate edition, originally published as one of four novellas in Novelty two years before, a Fine- copy with edgewear.… Continue reading Library Addition: John Crowley’s Great Work of Time (PB)

Library Addition: Lachman’s A Reader’s Guide to The American Novel of Detection

Another pickup for my extended library of bibliographic reference works. Lachman, Marvin. A Reader’s Guide to the American Novel of Detection. G. K. Hall & Co., 1993. First edition hardback, an Ex-Library copy with most of the usual flaws (though UT Law Library rather than APL, so it doesn’t have the hideous APL band glued… Continue reading Library Addition: Lachman’s A Reader’s Guide to The American Novel of Detection

Library Additions: Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard I-III

This was another purchase from that Facebook estate seller I bought the Howard chapbooks from. Howard, Robert E. (Rob Roehm, editor). The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume One: 1923 – 1929. Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2007. First edition hardback, #267 of 300 copies, a Fine- copy with slight bumping at heel in… Continue reading Library Additions: Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard I-III