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.

New Lame Excuse Books Catalog This Week

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Lawrence Person

I intend to send out my latest Lame Excuse for a Book Catalog to regular customers via email this week. Lots of new small press books by the likes of Joe R. Lansdale, Jay Lake, Ted Chiang, Peter Straub, Joe … Continue reading →

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Awesome Photography: Kawah Ijen by Night

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Dwight saw this amazing gallery of photos and drew them to my attention. You look at them and go: “What is that, a picture of someone in World of Warcraft raiding Molten Core?” And the answer is: “No, those are … Continue reading →

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Sherry Black Murder Follow-Up #2

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Lawrence Person

This story by Paul Koepp of the Deseret News, unlike the one I linked to yesterday, seems competently written, and sheds light on a few items that were previously unclear, namely: Suspect Lorin Nielsen pleaded guilty in April 2009 to … Continue reading →

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Follow-Up on the Murder of Bookstore Owner Sherry Black: Books and Mormons and Juggalos, Oh My

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Lawrence Person

You may remember the post on the murder of bookseller Sherry Black I did last week. You may also remember the piece I did on Insane Clown Posse and their Juggalo followers a month or so ago. I never imagined … Continue reading →

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From the Bottom Shelf of the Direct-to-DVD Bin I Stab At Thee

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Lawrence Person

And speaking of cheesy movies about oceanic killing machines, they’ve made another film version of Moby Dick, only instead of a 19th century whaling ship, it’s a 21st century nuclear sub. Barry Bostwick plays Ahab. (Brad’s had a pretty good … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Kelly Masterson Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Michael Shannon This is a “heist gone wrong” film that had gotten lots of great reviews, including from … Continue reading →

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Books Read: Zoran Zivkovic’s Impossible Encounters

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Impossible Encounters By Zoran Zivkovic Polaris, 2000 This is a short book of six stories by Yugoslavian Serbian writer Zoran Zivkovic, each dealing with an impossivle situation (post-mortem, a conversation with God, a writer visited by his own character, etc.), … Continue reading →

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Public Service Announcement

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Just for the record, I would like to note that I am not a 53-year old homeless Florida would-be bank robber. I am also distinctly paler of hue. Also, while I have never robbed a bank in the past, and … Continue reading →

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MST3K Gamera Films Coming to DVD

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Lawrence Person

According to this, a box set of all the MST3K Gamera films is in the works. In celebration, here’s the Gamera Theme Song:

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A Cavalcade of Craptacular Shark Cinema

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Lawrence Person

News that Venice is flooding (no, really), reminded me of something I sent around to all my friends before I put this blog up: The trailer for the totally cheestacular Sharks in Venice: A movie that combines a bad Jaws … Continue reading →

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