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.

For Halloween: Creepiest Music Ever?

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Lawrence Person

According to this list, Nurse With Wound’s “I’ve Plummed This Whole Neighborhood” is the Creepiest Song Ever. Having listened to it, I do think it’s contender, though a bit repetitive and trying too hard. (The video is a bit NSFW.)

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Friends of Ed Bryant eBay Auction

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Ends TODAY! (October 23) To help out with Ed’s medical bills (as mentioned here).

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A Nice, Spooky Haunted Building Story

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Humper Monkey’s Ghost Story has just about everything you could ask for in a haunted building story. Inexplicable occurrences, dead bodies, a Nazi past, and lots of general creepiness. Oh, and it’s theoretically true. It seems to have originally been … Continue reading →

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Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Trailer

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Although I was a tiny bit disappointed by Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (I didn’t think the “Versus A.I.” single-player maps were as interesting as those in Brood War, and I was pissed that not all of the units were … Continue reading →

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Halloween Scares: The Goatman

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So if scary bunnies aren’t your thing, how about Goatmen? The story, which I have not been able to confirm, is that black goat farmer Oscar Washburn and his family near Denton, Texas were killed by the Klan in August … Continue reading →

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Halloween Gallary: Scary Bunnies

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I know I should save this for Easter, but here are a few bunnyrific cases of nightmare fuel for the Halloween season. First up, I think any roundup of scary bunnies would be incomplete without Donnie Darko‘ Frank: Some classic … Continue reading →

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Cartoons for the Halloween Season: “Hittin’ The Trail For Hallelujah Land”

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

With Halloween almost upon us, and ten days before the annual Fark scary story thread, I thought it would be a good time to put up some posts for the season, no matter how vaguely related. First up is “Hittin’ … Continue reading →

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More on Quantum Levitation

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another video that goes into more detail about how the locking works.

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Quantum Levitation

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I don’t usually post videos that have already been on Fark, but this one was too cool not to: I’d seen superconducting magnet demonstrations before, but never with the adjustable “locking” they demonstrate here.

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Shoegazer Sunday: Midsummer’s “Where the Waves”

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Back in the late 1990s, as I was looking around for some non-Slowdive Shoegazer music to listen to, I started looking through the late, lamented MP3.com. (It’s still around, but not nearly as good or important as it used to … Continue reading →

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