Author: 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.

Library Addition: Joe R. Lansdale’s Tarzan and the Land That Time Forgot

Here’s a book that might drive many a Lansdale completist crazy. Lansdale, Joe R. Tarzan and the Land That Time Forgot. TimeShifter Press, 2018. First edition chapbook original, #22 of 75 numbered copies signed by the book designer and cover illustrator (but not Lansdale), a Fine copy. Published for an annual gathering of “the Edgar… Continue reading Library Addition: Joe R. Lansdale’s Tarzan and the Land That Time Forgot

Library Additions: Brunner, Lee, Niven PBOs

Three more paperback originals added to the library, all from DFW used book stores. Brunner, John. Wear the Butcher’s Medal. Pocket Books, 1965. First edition paperback original (“First printing……..May, 1965,” as Per Currey), a Very Good copy with spine creasing, foxing to inside covers, and slight wear at points, one crease and a few small… Continue reading Library Additions: Brunner, Lee, Niven PBOs

Library Addition: Association Copy of Mike Resnick’s Walpurgis III Inscribed to Bob Adams

Another DFW Half Price Books purchase. Resnick, Mike. Walpurgis III. Signet, 1982. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with slight edgewear, inscribed on the insider cover by Resnick to Horseclans author Robert Adams: “For Bob Adams/From Mike/Resnick.” Bought for $8. This is the second associational PBO I have inscribed to Roberts by another writer.

Library Additions: Five Hardback Firsts

Five more hardback first editions bought at Half Price Books in the DFW metroplex. Fraser, George MacDonald. Flashman and the Mountain of Light. Knopf, 1990. First American edition, hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bumping at head and heel in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bumping at head and heel and age-darkening to top… Continue reading Library Additions: Five Hardback Firsts

Library Additions: Bradbury, Heinlein Reference Works

Two more Half Price Books purchases from the Metroplex, these being science fiction reference works. (Bradbury, Ray) Jonathan R. Eller and William F. Touponce. Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction. Ken State, 2004. First edition hardback (“08 07 06 05 04 5 4 3 2 1” numberline), a Fine- copy with a small binding flaw… Continue reading Library Additions: Bradbury, Heinlein Reference Works

Library Additions: Five Signed Hardback Firsts

Now that I’ve sent out the latest Lame Excuse Books catalog, I finally have time to list additions to my own library that I found in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. This post includes all the signed hardbacks, and all were bought at various DFW-area Half Price Books. Allston, Aaron. Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi:… Continue reading Library Additions: Five Signed Hardback Firsts

Don’t Cook Your Turkey With Molten Glass

If you’re looking for a terribly dangerous and really stupid way to cook a Thanksgiving Turkey, have you considered encasing it in molten glass? If so, Alton Brown has you covered. The worst thing about this, apart from the real possibility of horrifying maiming and potential death, is the fact that the skin is the… Continue reading Don’t Cook Your Turkey With Molten Glass