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
Category: Books
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
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
Books Read: Alex Irvine’s Mystery Hill
Mystery Hill by Alex Irvine PS Publishing, 2009 This is a slight, amusing novella by the author of A Scattering of jades. It involves the owner of a “mystery spot” roadside attraction, little lizard men, drugs, pogoing teenagers and parallel worlds. It’s a decent work, but didn’t seem to be quite as amusing as it… Continue reading Books Read: Alex Irvine’s Mystery Hill
Books Read: Steven R. Boyett’s Elegy Beach
Steven R. Boyett Elegy Beach Ace, 2009 Way back in The Before Time, the Long-Long Ago (i.e., the mid-1980s), there was a writer named Steven R. Boyett who wrote two popular, well-respected paperback originals, The Architect of Sleep and Ariel. Ariel was a stand-alone about a boy and his unicorn wandering across an America transformed… Continue reading Books Read: Steven R. Boyett’s Elegy Beach
Alan Moore Speaks
Here’s an interesting and hefty interview with Alan Moore. An Executive Summary for the tl;dr crowd: DC offered Alan Moore a huge sum of money to sign over the rights to Watchmen Moore thinks DC are basically thieves, crooks and hacks, and told them to go fuck themselves. (I’m paraphrasing a bit here…) I’m not… Continue reading Alan Moore Speaks
Book Proofs Received: Gene Wolfe’s Home Fires
Gene Wolfe Home Fires Tor, January 2011 Seems like a time-lag war romance, ala The Forever War or Voices From a Distant Star. She goes off to war leaving him behind, she comes back, they go on a second honeymoon, and then weird things start happening. This will probably jump to the next thing on… Continue reading Book Proofs Received: Gene Wolfe’s Home Fires
The Funeral Home’s Page on Joe Domenici
You might spot a few familiar faces among the photos there. And those who knew Joe may want to sign the condolences book if they’re so inclined.
Armadillocon 32 Photos (Part 3)
Here’s Bradley Denton, urging Richard M. Nixon’s head on to victory. Doug Potter. William Browning Spencer asked that his orange visage be stricken from the Internet. Howard Waldrop. The background came out so nice I left it in. Howard setting up for his reading, where he read portions of The Moone World A. Lee Martinez.… Continue reading Armadillocon 32 Photos (Part 3)
The Lame Excuse Books August Catalog
Since I’m sick today, here’s something from the Lazy School of Bookseller Blogging: the text of my latest catalog, just dumped out on the page willy nilly, sans formatting. Greetings, and welcome to Lawrence Person’s Lame Excuse for a Book Catalog! Once again there’s lots of great stuff, including new books from Joe R. Lansdale,… Continue reading The Lame Excuse Books August Catalog