Any year is a good year to read Gene Wolfe, but it seems that right now we’re in a Gene Wolfe Year, or even a Gene Wolfe Sesquiennial, which started with his induction into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame and continued with him being named Nebula Grandmaster. Then Michael Andre-Driussi (the author of Lexicon… Continue reading It’s Raining Gene Wolfe Review Copies!
Category: Books
For the Lovecraft Collector Who Has Everything
For a mere $3,000, the passport of H.P. Lovecraft’s ex-wife Sonia Haft Greene Lovecraft can be yours! As a one-of-a-kind item, that’s actually cheaper than many of Lovecraft’s rarer books…
Library Additions: Three Clark Ashton Smith Items
I managed to pick up three relatively uncommon Clark Ashton Smith items from Heritage Auction’s weekly book auction: Smith, Clark Ashton. The Tartarus of the Suns. Roy A. Squires, 1970. First edition thread-bound chapbook, a Fine copy in envelope. The Fugitive Poems, First Fascicle, Zothique Edition. This is copy 105. Donald Sydney-Fryer, Emperor of Dreams:… Continue reading Library Additions: Three Clark Ashton Smith Items
Steven Utley, RIP: 1948—2013
I just received word from Jessica Reisman: Molly let me know that Steve passed last night at about 10:40 pm, eastern. His family was with him. I’ll miss him. As will we all. Utley announced to his friends that he had been diagnosed with Type 4 cancer in his intestines, liver, and lungs, and a… Continue reading Steven Utley, RIP: 1948—2013
Steven Utley in a Coma
Jessica Reisman sent this out with permission to pass it on, so I’m putting it here: Hi all, I’m passing on this news somewhat piecemeal, but trying to let enough people know who I think would want to know. Please pass it on as you feel appropriate. Steve was fairly recently diagnosed with stage four… Continue reading Steven Utley in a Coma
Rayguns Over Texas Contents Set
The final contents of Rick Klaw’s Rayguns Over Texas has been announced: “Pet Rock” by Sanford Allen “Defenders of Beeman County” by Aaron Allston “TimeOut” by Neal Barret, Jr. “Babylon Moon” by Matthew Bey “Sovereign Wealth” by Chris N. Brown “La Bamba Boulevard” by Bradley Denton “The Atmosphere Man” by Nicky Drayden “Operators Are Standing… Continue reading Rayguns Over Texas Contents Set
Lame Excuse Books December 2012 Catalog
OK, so I’m running a little behind. I’ve been busy. Here’s another edition of “I’m just going to dump my latest book catalog out as a big old block of text.” All the books listed below in this post are for sale, first come, first serve. Greetings, and welcome to Lawrence Person’s Lame Excuse for… Continue reading Lame Excuse Books December 2012 Catalog
Book Acquisitions: July 1—December 31, 2012
Time for another roundup of what additions I’ve made to my library of science fiction first editions. This is what I’ve picked up in the last six months. All are Fine/Fine hardback first editions unless otherwise noted. Adams, Douglas. Mostly Harmless. Harmony Books, 1992. First U.S. edition, a Fine hardback in a Fine- dust jacket… Continue reading Book Acquisitions: July 1—December 31, 2012
Sold a Story to Rayguns Over Texas
My story “Novel Properties of Certain Complex Alkaloids” will be appearing in the Rayguns Over Texas anthology edited by Rick Klaw that’s to be published for LonestarCon 3, the 2013 San Antonio Worldcon. It’s sort of a Greg Egan story by way of Timothy Leary and H. P. Lovecraft…
Galadriel As You’ve Never Seen Her Him Before
Earlier this year, science fiction writer and North Carolina State University professor John Kessel declared that “I know the world does not care, but nobody could pay me enough money to go see The Hobbit. Well, maybe someone could, but nobody is going to.” The Internet knows how to respond to such statements. Soon a… Continue reading Galadriel As You’ve Never Seen Her Him Before