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.

In Which Your Host is Vaguely Irritated By Generic Sportswriter Pablum

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I was reading this John McClain piece in the Houston Chronicle on Matt Leinart starting at quarterback for the Texans when I ran into this line: “Leinart believes he’s ready for the challenge and doesn’t plan to let down his … Continue reading →

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Neil Gaiman to be on The Simpsons this Sunday

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Neil Gaiman will be appearing on The Simpsons this Sunday. Neil has been mentioning it for a while, but this week is when it actually airs. And here he is on Craig Ferguson talking about the episode:

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Spinal Tap: Unwigged and Unplugged

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The men behind Tap decided they’d like to go out and perform without the having to get into character. Here’s the result: Strangely enough, unwigged.com now seems to be some sort of language learning site. On why they did it: … Continue reading →

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Nigel Tufnel on Stonehenge

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Nigel Tufnel Day may have passed, but the Spinal Tap madness continues! National Geographic did an interview with him regarding the origins of Stonehenge. He turns out to have many fascinating insights as to how it was actually built, some … Continue reading →

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Recent Acquisitions: Orson Scott Card’s Doorways

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I’m not a huge Orson Scott Card fan. I thought Ender’s Game was an effective Heinlein juvenile homage, but little more. (I also thought Speaker for the Dead was actually a better, more ambitious novel.) I also thought that Seventh … Continue reading →

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“My Forehead Feels Like D-Day”

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Lawrence Person

If you watched last week’s Texans game against the Cleveland Browns, you might have wondered why he was bleeding so copiously. Well, that happens when an opposing player headbutts you when you’re not wearing your helmet. Go to the linked … Continue reading →

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Happy Nigel Tufnel Day!

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I hope you’re celebrating both Veterans Day and Nigel Tufnel Day (11/11/11) today. Tonight I will be celebrating by viewing the historical documents. It was slightly difficult to find an embeddable version: And now the obligatory video of “Stonehenge”:

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A New Google Irritation

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

1. Search for something in Google. 2. At the top of the search results page, click on “News.” 3. Instead of showing the news results on your search term, as it did every single day up until now, it blanks … Continue reading →

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Scary Bunnies: Missed a Couple

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

When I did my my scary bunny roundup, I managed to miss these gems from this Ghost Theory page on creepy old photos: Other creepy images on that page include this jolly old Santa Claus who only wants to EAT … Continue reading →

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A Frozen Pizza Home Run

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I don’t tend to buy frozen pizza (for a lot of reasons), but I did recently pick up a Home Run Inn Meat Lovers Pizza at Central Market when I went there for salsa fixing. Though it does cost more … Continue reading →

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