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.

Pictures of Sandy Flooding off Twitter

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I was looking at pictures of the flooding off Twitter, thinking “somebody should put these on a web page somewhere.” Now, if I only knew someone who had a blog… Underground parking garage flooding, from Jon Passantino (@passantino): Ground Zero … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Lemon’s Chair’s “Swallowtail”

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another beautiful song from Japan’s Lemon’s Chair. However, “Swallowtail,” unlike most of their songs, is available in the U.S. on iTunes, and I think it’s my favorite of their work. This is the fourth Lemon’s Chair song I’ve put … Continue reading →

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Book Signature Faker Allan Formhals Found Guilty

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Lawrence Person

An antiques dealer accused of selling books signed with fake signatures of famous figures on eBay has been found guilty of some of the charges he faced. Allan Formhals, 66, of Milford on Sea in Hampshire, was found guilty of … Continue reading →

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Pringles White Chocolate Peppermint

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Lawrence Person

“I understand what all those word mean individually, but together in the same sentence they don’t make any sense!” Sometimes you buy something just so that later you can prove to people it exists. This is one of those times. … Continue reading →

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Halloween Horrors: That’s Just How I Monster Roll

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Enjoy the teaser trailer for Monster Roll, an indy film about sushi chefs vs. sea monsters that’s about to do a Kickstarter.

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Halloween Horrors: Revolting Cakes

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

To satisfy your grisly sweet tooth, take a gander at these revolting cakes from a cake shop about to open at London’s Pathology Museum. Sometimes you just get the kind of hunger that only hands can satisfy: More information here.

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Book Auction Watch: Graham Greene’s Inscribed First Edition of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Bloomsbury Auctions is offering up several notable modern first editions on Thursday, October 25th. Among the items offered: Graham Greene’s inscribed first edition of Lord of the Flies. That’s not quite in the same league as Lord Byron’s inscribed copy … Continue reading →

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Halloween Horrors: Brian Visits Hell

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I checked out of Family Guy when it stopped being funny, which was shortly after the OJ Simpson episode. But I must admit, this shroomed-out Brian visiting his own personal hell is nicely creepy. The moral: Drugs are bad, M’kay?

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Shoegazer Sunday: SummerMay’s “Radiance”

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Get’s a little mopey in the middle, but otherwise a nice solid, slow-tempo Shoegazer song. SummerMay hails from Zurich, which, judging from the video, seems to be colored entirely in pastels.

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Fun With Warning Labels

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The following warning label was found on the garden hose nozzle I bought: So evidently the grip on my nozzle is made with Thalidomide. Good to know.

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