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.

Books Read: Clark Ashton Smith’s Out of Space and Time

Clark Ashton Smith Out of Space and Time Original Edition: Arkham House, 1942 Current Edition: Free online at The Eldritch Dark Believe it or not, there are a few important SF/F/H first editions I don’t own (yet), and Clark Ashton Smith’s Out of Space and Time (the third book published by Arkham House) is used… Continue reading Books Read: Clark Ashton Smith’s Out of Space and Time

Gmail Phishing Spam to My Gmail Account that the Gmail Filter Didn’t Catch

Well, this is quite worrisome: A phishing scam purported to be from Google, sent to my Gmail account, that Gmail didn’t flag as spam. Warning! Reply Gmail Alert Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 The Gmail Team is working on total security on all accounts and because of this security upgrade, we… Continue reading Gmail Phishing Spam to My Gmail Account that the Gmail Filter Didn’t Catch

Timewaster: Bru

Here’s Bru, a casual online game that can waste lots of your time. (I know, just what you needed.) You flip marbles from one track to another to make them disappear, sort of like Zuma, but not timed and a lot more free-form (and thus less frustrating). Strangely addictive.

Generation Eloi Passes on the H. G. Wells Story Competition

Contest Judge: Here’s an H. G. Wells writing contest that will pay you £1,000 if you win. Writers: All right! Sign me up! Contest Judge: But there’s a catch. Writers: What? Contest Judge: You have to write your story out by hand. Writers: Pass. No way could I enter this contest; their attempts to judge… Continue reading Generation Eloi Passes on the H. G. Wells Story Competition

Preliminary Proceedings of The Institute of Excessively Dangerous Research’s Biannual Symposium on The Study of Things That Blow Up Real Good (July 4, 2010)

Abstract Proceedings of the Biannual Symposium on The Study of Things That Blow Up Real Good, including a brief history of pyrotechnics, notes toward preliminary aesthetics, comparative analysis of the pyrotechnics included in this year’s symposium, and a summation. Layman’s Abstract Fireworks are fun, so we blew lots of stuff up. Here’s a report on… Continue reading Preliminary Proceedings of The Institute of Excessively Dangerous Research’s Biannual Symposium on The Study of Things That Blow Up Real Good (July 4, 2010)

New Book Acquisition: Signed H. G. Wells

Half-Price Books was having their usual coupon sale, so I picked up their set of H. G. Wells’ The World of William Clissold. Published by Ernest Benn (UK) 1926, it’s three volumes, one of 198 copies signed by Wells on the title page, green boards and vellum spines, with gold gilt on front board, spine,… Continue reading New Book Acquisition: Signed H. G. Wells