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.

Howard Waldrop and I Review John Carter

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Over at Locus Online. I liked it more than Howard did…

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Shoegazer Sunday: Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You”

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You” is the music Bruce Sterling would put on at the end of the party after every Turkey City Writer’s Workshop held at his house, mainly so people would leave. It worked too, not because it … Continue reading →

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The Eye of Sauron (Stavanger Division)

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Lawrence Person

While the weird herons were far and away the most interesting art I saw in Stavanger, I did find the installation in my hotel (the Radisson Blu Royal) of a large tapestry I called “The Eye of Sauron” sort of … Continue reading →

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Philip K. Dick -30-

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Philip K. Dick died 30 years ago, on March 2, 1982. Dick was already a major science fiction writer before he died, but since his death he has come to loom over popular culture in a way that other near … Continue reading →

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Skynet Now Has Its Own Band

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Flying robot quadrotors perform the James Bond theme: This was done at Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science‘s Vijay Kumar, Daniel Melligner and Alex Kushleyev. The quadrotors are under computer control. It’s not a particularly good version, but I’m … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Machine Gun”

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I’m not nearly as big a fan of Slowdive’s Souvlaki as I am of their debut album Just For A Day, but “Machine Gun” is my favorite off of Souvlaki.

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Random Monkey Gorilla Business

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Lawrence Person

First up, from the world of auctioning, comes the offering of the exceedingly rare issue of June 1926 Zeppelin Stories pulp containing Gil Brewer’s “The Gorilla of the Gas Bags,” a holy grail for gorilla and zeppelin fans everywhere. This … Continue reading →

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A List of the Top 25 Noir Films

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Haven’t seen a lot of these, but the ones I have are all worth watching. Though I still think Sunset Boulevard is a bit of a stretch as Noir. It’s sui generis..

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Shoegazer Sunday: Soliness’ “Skygaze”

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Lawrence Person

This piece has a lot going for it, even beyond the alteration, though I could do without the bit of black metal growling in the middle. Solines evidently hails from Denmark. It reminds me a bit of the half of … Continue reading →

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The Piper Alpha Disaster

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Although I usually let Dwight cover the catastrophic failure front, my visit to the Norwegian Petroleum Museum made me want to discuss something that wasn’t covered there (only mentioned in passing): the Piper Alpha disaster. Piper Alpha was not only … Continue reading →

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