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.

Zardoz as 8-Bit Video Game

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Though I’ve been running this blog for a while, I only recently installed a page-hit tracking module. One of the biggest surprises is what the most consistently popular posts are: My piece on Denver airport conspiracy theories and…my review of … Continue reading →

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OK, that’s going too far

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Lawrence Person

“Skyline: The Most Inept Alien Invasion Film Since ‘Plan 9 from Outer Space”. Sir! You have gone TOO FAR! Plan 9 came out in 1958. But Monster-a-Go-Go came out in 1965. The Creeping Terror (featuring killer carpet samples from outer … Continue reading →

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Massawyrm Chimes in on Skyline

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Ain’t It Cool News movie reviewer Massawym also reviewed Skyline. He was even less impressed than Howard and I: The Brothers Strauss are perhaps the single most inept filmmaking duo working in the studio system today. There isn’t a moment … Continue reading →

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Howard Waldrop and I Review Skyline

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Over at Locus Online. We were not impressed. Sadly, Skyline 2 is already in development. As the first post put it in this Fark thread: Skyline was a bigger budgeted SyFy movie of the week. I am waiting for the … Continue reading →

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Library Additions, July 12 to November 14, 2010

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Lawrence Person

The period right around Halloween and the election was particularly busy, so I took a break from blogging here. To get back in the skiffy swing of things, here’s the latest list of books I’ve added to my library. Books … Continue reading →

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Lots of Science Fiction Showing Up in the Public Domain

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Take a look at this list of new science fiction put up at Project Gutenberg. Lots of familiar (and fairly recent) names there: Philip K. Dick, Mark Clifton, Leigh Brackett, Poul Anderson, Norman Spinrad, Frederik Pohl, and Jack Vance. And … Continue reading →

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Not Going to the Austin Comic Con

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Lawrence Person

As I’m going to be busy watching Skyline (another movie Howard and I are reviewing) and they didn’t have any literary SF guests, I won’t be going to The Austin Comic Con (though I have friends who are going). But … Continue reading →

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Not Dead, Playing Starcraft II

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Lawrence Person

I was so busy during Halloween weekend and the election that I haven’t been blogging much here. Instead I’ve been unwinding playing some StarCraft II. I finished the Terran Campaign on medium, and have been playing some AI matches to … Continue reading →

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Howard and I Rave About Monsters

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Over at Locus Online. Read the review, but the short version is that we really liked it. Here’s the short trailer: The problem with that trailer is that it makers you think the movie is something from the “BOO shock” … Continue reading →

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It’s Halloween. Ready for Some Scary Stories?

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Lawrence Person

So it’s time for the one of my favorite traditions: the annual Fark Scary Stories thread. Here’s this year’s thread, and here are some of the threads from years past: 2009 2008 2007

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