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.

Yugoslavian Communist Monuments from the Future

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Dwight sent me this link to Yugoslavian communist monuments. Almost all of them look to be taken from a book by Belgian photographer Jan Kempenaers called Spomenik (“Monument”). While some are awful crap, others have this cool science fictional “decaying … Continue reading →

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Roger Ebert Wasn’t Wild About Thor Either

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Lawrence Person

“Thor is failure as a movie, but a success as marketing.” It’s comforting to know that Howard and I weren’t the only ones disappointed in it.

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Library Additions: January 16—May 24, 2011

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Time for another roundup on my serious mental illness the latest acquisitions for my professional science fiction library since the last time I listed them. All these are first edition hardbacks in Fine condition, with Fine dust jackets, unless otherwise … Continue reading →

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Digital Camera Bleg

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So I have a Kodak Easyshare V803 camera that’s given up the ghost; the telescoping lens no longer retracts. I like the quality of the photos it took; it was what I used to take convention photos (such as those … Continue reading →

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Supper’s Ready (or, Music for an Apocalypse)

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Everyone else is doing it, might as well hop aboard the “I Don’t Believe In the Rapture, But Here Are Some Snarky Blog Posts” bandwagon. Which brings up the question of what music is best for an apocalypse. Putting aside … Continue reading →

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Crappy TV Movie Validated by Science

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Lawrence Person

From Slashdot comes news that the local atmosphere heated up right before the Sendai earthquake, and that such heating can be detected (and presumably photographed) via infrared. What struck me about this story was that it validates the deeply unlikely … Continue reading →

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Now If They Could Only Make Them Talk

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour will be carrying baby squids into space. I’m sure that both Margaret Atwood and the staff of Space Squid are delighted at the news.

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Man 1, Nature 0

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Lawrence Person

At lot of people, faced with record floods, would leave. Then there’s this guy. He built a sandbag wall, then expanded it to a moat and a berm, with pump in the moat, all the way around his house and … Continue reading →

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Water Falling From the Sky

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Attention Austinites: That wet stuff falling from the sky is called “rain.” I know you may not have seen these in some time, but it’s a naturally occurring phenomena. It should also help ease our extreme drought. In celebration, here’s … Continue reading →

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“Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says”

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

This is pretty much pitch-perfect. For the cherry on top, page through the hundreds of comments… (Hat tip: Instapundit. )

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