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.

All Glory [ ]

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Random Google auto-completes that amuse me: All glory… …is fleeting …to the Hypnotoad

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Unreleased Peter Gabriel Demo Album: Before the Flood

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Lawrence Person

In mentioning the unreleased Peter Gabriel tracks I had put up here to a couple of other bloggers, I suddenly realized that it had been a year since I put one up. Well, that’s too long? How about an entire … Continue reading →

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Forged Book Signatures in the UK?

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Lawrence Person

One problem book collectors face in assembling a collection is the possibility that some books sold as signed by the author actually have forged signatures. (This is why I won’t buy a book with a Philip K. Dick or Robert … Continue reading →

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Monster Monday: Attack of the Monster From the Id in Forbidden Planet

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Today I heard that some people are participating in “Monster Monday,” where they talk about some of the their favorite monsters. So here’s a quick glimpse of one of my favorite monsters in one of my favorite movies, the attack … Continue reading →

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Halloween Horror Movies: The Sentinel

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The Sentinel Directed by Michael Winner Written by Jeffrey Konvitz and Michael Winner (based on Konvitz’s novel) Starring Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Burgess Meredith, Arthur Kennedy, John Carradine, Ava Gardner, Deborah Raffin, Eli Wallach, Martin Balsam, José Ferrer, Sylvia Miles, … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: The End Of The Ocean’s “Worth Everything Ever Wished For”

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The End of the Ocean labels themselves post-rock, and some of their work is a bit noodly for my taste, but this one hits a nice melodic shoegaze sweet spot.

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The Sound of Cylons

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The only reason this isn’t perfect is that no one has the pure upper tenor Art Garfunkel has. But right now it’s only a 360 hits. By the end of the month I bet it’s over a million.

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Halloween Horrors: Aphex’s Twin’s Creepy Video for “Come to Daddy”

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Lawrence Person

With it’s decayed council estates, menaced pensioner and eerie gang of identically-faced children, Aphex Twin’s “Come To Daddy” surely has to rank among the creepiest music videos ever made.

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Halloween Horrors: Self-Mummifying Japanese Monks

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Next on our Halloween tour of scary and/or creepy phenomena: Mummies. Yawn. Bad Universal monster movies. How banal. OK. How about Japanese mummies? Meh. Maybe worthy of a slightly-arched eyebrow. OK. How about Japanese monks who mummified themselves while they … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Malory’s “Falling Shine”

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I picked up Malory’s album Outerbeats and I’m enjoying it quite a bit. It’s about halfway between ambient and shoegaze, with a tiny bit of lounge jazz thrown in every now and then. Great end-of-the-day music. Here’s “Falling Shine.”

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