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.

Nothing Says “Punk” Quite Like Huey Lewis

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I know that when I think “punk,” Huey Lewis and Toni Basil are the first names that come to mind: I can hardly wait for their forthcoming Heavy Metal collection with Simon & Garfunkel and The Bee Gees. (To be … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: The Folio Edition of Neil Gaiman’s The Rhyme Maidens Broadsheet

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I recently got in the Folio edition of Neil Gaiman’s Rhyme Maidens broadsheet just published by Biting Dog Press. It’s unbelievably huge; in fact, it’s slightly taller than the Centipede Press A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H. P. L. … Continue reading →

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Best. Fark. Profile. Image. EVER.

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Today I was at Dwight’s graduation party, and thanks to Dwight’s sister’s son’s wood-working project, and Andrew’s camera, I now have The Most Awesome Fark Profile Image Ever: That’s Mr TrollFace to you, pinko.

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Shoegazer Sunday: Sleep Dealer’s “The Tenth Planet”

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Lawrence Person

We’ve had Shoegazer bands from the UK, the USA, Japan, and France, so why not one from Russia? Named after a Mexican SF movie I really need to track down, here’s Sleep Dealer with “The Tenth Planet”:

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Random Thoughts on Dark Shadows

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I almost missed the news that Jonathan Frid, who starred as vampire Baranabas Collins in the original Dark Shadows, died April 13 (Friday the 13th). It’s tempting to say that he died after seeing the trailer for the Tim Burton … Continue reading →

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Ogre KickStarter Update

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The funding period ending for the designer edition of Ogre I previously mentioned. The total amount raised: I would imagine that Steve is a very happy camper right now, especially considering that the original goal was $20,000…

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Attack of the Zune Spam Zombies

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Microsoft discontinued the Zune (i.e., their unpopular iPod clone that, despite coming in brown and being able to “squirt” songs at other people) back in October of 2001. So why am I still getting the same braindead Zune-related comments spam … Continue reading →

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Howard Waldrop and I Review The Avengers

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Lawrence Person

In a new land speed record, Mark Kelly had our review up at Locus Online about thirty minutes after I mailed it to him. And anything that pushes The Hasslehoff Recursion further down the page is a blessing for the … Continue reading →

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David Hasselhoff IS Nick Fury

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Oh. My. God. I’m finishing Howard and I’s review of The Avengers, and I stumbled across this: a TV movie starring The Hoff as Nick Fury. How bad is? IMDB gives it a 3.5. And the footage looks even worse: … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Sway’s “Fall”

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Here’s the California Shoegazer band Sway with “Fall” (which is available on iTunes): Not only are there six bands named Sway, there’s another Shoegazer band named Sway out of New South Wales, Australia!

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