Monthly Archives: August 2026

Library Addition: Centipede Press Limited Edition of Roger Zelazny’s Roadmarks

Posted on August 31, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Centipede Press’ latest book is pitched firmly at my Zelazny collection: Zelazny, Roger. Roadmarks. Centipede Press, 2026. First limited edition, #358 of 400 numbered copies signed by introduction and glossary author (and Zelazny bibliographer) Christopher Kovacs and artist Pascal Blanche, … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: Mark V. Ziesing Bibliography 1982-1993

Posted on August 26, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a bibliography of a publisher I collect that I never picked up when it came out because I was already aware of every book in it because I was on the Ziesing mailing list for the last half of … Continue reading →

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DVD Library Addition: Signed Fahrenheit 451

Posted on August 17, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Every now and then I come across something that’s not a book signed by an author I collect. (Bradbury, Ray). Fahrenheit 451. Universal Studios, 2003. DVD of the 1966 Francois Truffaut film, let’s call it Fine, with only the seal … Continue reading →

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John Crowley, RIP

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Writer John Crowley has died. He’s slightly difficult to talk about, in that I knew him (first from bumping into him at conventions and getting him to sign stuff, after which he friended me on Facebook), but not particularly well. … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: The Mammoth Book of Stephen Jones

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Lawrence Person

One of my more obscure collecting vectors is festschriften, a volume in which a science fiction writer or editor is lionized by other luminaries. Other volumes I have include Polder (celebrating John Clute) and Moorcock@60.com, about which I’m pretty sure … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Have A Nice Life’s “Earthmover”

Posted on August 2, 2026 by Lawrence Person

“Earthmover” is a song from have a Nice Life’s debut album Deathconsciousness, reported be be among the top feel-bad albums of all time. But this song, about giant stone golems who destroy the earth and then, faced with existence without … Continue reading →

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