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.

Another Emanation of the Giant Weirdness Magnet

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Call me cynical, but I think the appearance of a 30-foot high golem trudging along a freeway would attract plenty more attention than a single letter to a website serving the Weirdo American community. Even in Florida.

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March Death Anniversaries I Missed

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Lawrence Person

John Belushi’s 30th on March 5. H. P. Lovecraft’s 75th on March 15. I think it’s safe to say that the names of those two have seldom been linked together…

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Books Read: Henry Kuttner’s The Dark World

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Henry Kuttner’s

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Cyborg Karate RobotBeast vs. Future Ninja Cop

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Cracked offers up a list of 7 words only bad movies have in the title. It’s not bad as far as it goes, but: The seven words (which may be gleaned from the title of this post) are 100% from … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a live version of Japanese threesome Lemon’s Chair song “Sonar.” It starts off as some very pleasant noodling, and then more than halfway in transforms into a sonic wall of sound that never quite loses the central groove. They … Continue reading →

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New Prometheus Trailer

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Lawrence Person

The second trailer for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is out: When this was first announced, it was disclosed that it was set in the Alien universe, but it wasn’t clear whether the xenomorphs themselves would make an appearance. After this trailer, … Continue reading →

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New Frontiers in Garlic Peeling

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Lawrence Person

So I saw this video on Fark on how to peel garlic in ten seconds by shaking the cloves between two steel bowls a while back: I make fresh salsa from time to (and have won some honorable mentions at … Continue reading →

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Happy Ides of March!

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Try to avoid getting stabbed today. In celebration, here’s an extremely abbreviated version of Julius Caesar, performed at a Little Caesar’s: Never let it be said that my blog is short on highfalutin culture…

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Dear Google: Thanks Ever So Much for Breaking Attachments in Gmail for Firefox

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Yesterday Google managed to break uploading attachments in Firefox, so that it doesn’t do anything when you click the Attack a File Link, and it’s still broken as I write this. I am not the only one having the problem. … Continue reading →

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Old School Book Scouting

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Lawrence Person

From The New Yorker comes this tale of an old fashioned book scout beating the scanner guys at their own game.

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