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.

Library Addition: Shakespeare Unleashed

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Another Kickstarter item that came in: Aquilone, James, editor. Shakespeare Unleashed. Monstrous Books, 2023. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued, with Monstrous Books card laid in. Original anthology of Shakespeare-related horror stories, … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: H. P. Lovecraft’s Miskatonic Missives

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a Kickstarter project that was a long time in coming that finally shipped earlier this year. Lovecraft, H. P. Miskatonic Missives. Helios House, 2022 (actually 2023). First edition hardback, one of 521 Limited Collector’s Edition sets (given the number … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Three Signed PS Publishing Titles

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Lawrence Person

All signed, slipcased PS Publishing firsts: Baxter, Stephen. Xeelee: Endurance. PS Publishing, 2017. First edition hardback, letter D of 26 lettered copies, a Fine copy in a decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket and a Fine decorated slipcase. I … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: VIE First of Jack Vance’s The Languages of Pao and The Dragon Masters

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Lawrence Person

I have finally tracked down the last Vance Integral Edition volume I didn’t already own. This is the “Science Fiction Volume” produced as a preview test-of-concept. Vance, Jack. The Languages of Pao and The Dragon Masters. The Vance Integral Edition, … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Skin in the Game”

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another song off Slowdive’s forthcoming Everything is Alive album, due out September 1st.

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40 Years Ago Today: Genesis Releases “Mama”

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Forty years ago today, August 19, 1983, Genesis released their self-titled album (their twelfth), and “Mama” was the first single released off that. As a fairly new convert to classic Prog Rock Genesis at the time, I wasn’t a fan … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: Richard Connell’s A Little Gray Book of Grisly Tales

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Another Borderlands Little Book. Connell, Richard (Ted Connair, editor). A Little Gray Book of Grisly Tales. Borderlands Press, 2023. First edition hardback, #462 of 500 copies signed by Connair, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Connell is most … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Two Gift Books

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Lawrence Person

These two books were received as gifts from friends: Hample, Stuart. Non-Being and Something-ness: Selections from the Comic Strip Inside Woody Allen. Random House, 1974. First edition trade paperback original (numberline beginning with “2”, Random House’s deeply irritating method of … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Three Jack Vance Fanzines

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Lawrence Person

The final items from that Jack Vance lot. (Vance, Jack) George L. Mina, editor. Cosmopolis: a nexus for the admirers of of the works of Jack Vance. George L. Mina, 1988. First edition comb-bound with clear plastic covers fanzine original, … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Two Jack Vance-Related Program Books

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Still more items from that Jack Vance lot. I never aspired to own a V-Con 7 Program Book, but since it’s signed by Vance, I do now! (Vance, Jack) V-Con [7] Program Book. V-Con 7, 1979. First edition program chapbook … Continue reading →

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