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.

The Wire Edition of Monopoly

I can’t believe I linked this before Dwight. Sadly, it appears to be a parody. Then again, I suspect that a board-game version of The Wire might sell really well. Hell, for all I know, it already exists…

Library Curiosities: The Space Squid Cuneiform Clay Tablet

You may have heard about science fiction fanzine Space Squid printing one of their issues on the ultimate form of Dead Media: inscribed in cuneiform on a baked clay tablet. Of these, I think they auctioned off five at Armadillocon. Being one of the few people in the world with a complete collection of Space… Continue reading Library Curiosities: The Space Squid Cuneiform Clay Tablet

Books Read: The Collected Stories of Phillip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety

The Collected Stories of Phillip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety Underwood/Miller, 1987 People think I’ve read every damn SF book in the world, but this isn’t even remotely true. For example, I’m still trying to catch up to the works the previous generation of SF readers read when they were growing up. So while… Continue reading Books Read: The Collected Stories of Phillip K. Dick, Volume 2: Second Variety

The Usual Idiots at Wikipedia are Trying to Delete Don Webb’s Entry

This entry, here. Evidently publishing some dozen-odd books doesn’t make you “notable” enough. The deletion discussion page is here. At this point I would rant about the deletion of my own entry from Wikipedia a year ago by some wrestling fan who objected to the review Howard Waldrop and I did of the Watchmen movie,… Continue reading The Usual Idiots at Wikipedia are Trying to Delete Don Webb’s Entry

A Quick Tour Around the Hollow Earth

I can’t believe I missed this Jess Nevins piece over on No Fear of the Future talking about 19th century SF writer and astronomer Camille Flammarion (I have a couple of first English-language translations of his work) scheme to avert war by having all the armies of Europe dig a giant hole in the ground.… Continue reading A Quick Tour Around the Hollow Earth

Behind the Scenes at the Texas A&M Cushing Library

Over on No fear of the Future, Matthew Bey takes a break from Space Squid and Zombie Lapdance-related activities to take a behind the scenes tour of the Texas A&M Cushing Library Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection. I donated some Nova Express proofs to them back when Hal Hall was running the library, but… Continue reading Behind the Scenes at the Texas A&M Cushing Library

Random Observations on the Texans beating Oakland

The Texans beat the Oakland Raiders 31-24. I didn’t watch the entire game, so here are a few random observations: Yeah, it’s only the Raiders, but: A.) Any road victory in the NFL is worth celebrating, B.) The Raiders have improved under Tom Cable, and C.) They did it without Andre Johnson. Is there any… Continue reading Random Observations on the Texans beating Oakland

Time-Waster: El Emigrante

Here’s a nice time-waster for a slow Sunday afternoon: El Emigrante. You play an illegal alien on a bicycle running away from the police, and you get points for how long you can elude them, and how many police cars you can get to crash while chasing you. Disclaimer: illegally entering a country and crashing… Continue reading Time-Waster: El Emigrante