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.

It’s Raining Gene Wolfe Review Copies!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Any year is a good year to read Gene Wolfe, but it seems that right now we’re in a Gene Wolfe Year, or even a Gene Wolfe Sesquiennial, which started with his induction into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Skywave’s “Nothing Left to Say”

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I don’t know much about Skywave beyond what’s on their MySpace page, which mentioned they’re from Fredericksburg, Virginia. With that deeply uninformative introduction out of the way, here’s the deeply reverb-drenched “Nothing Left to Say” off their album Synthstatic.

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The Science Fictional Ruin of the Bulgarian Communist Party Headquarters

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Missed this when it came out last year, but this Daily Mail piece on the ruin of the Bulgarian Communist Party headquarters has some awesome pictures of very science fictional ruins. Reminds me of those equally science fictional Yugoslavian Communist … Continue reading →

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For the Lovecraft Collector Who Has Everything

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Lawrence Person

For a mere $3,000, the passport of H.P. Lovecraft’s ex-wife Sonia Haft Greene Lovecraft can be yours! As a one-of-a-kind item, that’s actually cheaper than many of Lovecraft’s rarer books…

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Library Additions: Three Clark Ashton Smith Items

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I managed to pick up three relatively uncommon Clark Ashton Smith items from Heritage Auction’s weekly book auction: Smith, Clark Ashton. The Tartarus of the Suns. Roy A. Squires, 1970. First edition thread-bound chapbook, a Fine copy in envelope. The … Continue reading →

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“Movie 43 is the Citizen Kane of awful.”

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Lawrence Person

So sayeth Roger Ebert about the latest movie from Peter Farrelly. When Ebert says a movie is worse than Freddy Got Fingered, you know that all lower bounds of the barrel have been breached. More nuggets: Farrelly was going for … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Echodrone’s “Time”

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Here’s Echodrone’s cover of The Alan Parsons’ Project’s “Time” from their Mixtape for Duckie covers album. The video has less than a hundred views as I type this, so I’m happy to showcase something that actually qualifies as new! Most … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Django Unchained

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Django Unchained Directed by Quentin Tarantino Written by Quentin Tarantino Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, David Steen, Laura Cayouette, Don Johnson, Ato Essandoh Django Unchained may not … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Whipped Cream’s “Observatory Crest”

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Lawrence Person

A Swedish shoegazer cover of a Captain Beefheart sing? Check.

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This Is My Shocked Face

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Whenever the topic of performance enhancing drugs come up, I’ve always half-seriously said that my working assumption is that all professional athletes are doping, a position that renders me immune to disappointment when someone tests positive for a PED However, … Continue reading →

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