Naomi Novik Temeraire: Throne of Jade This is a solid follow-up to the first Temeraire book. In this one Lawrence and his Celestial dragon are forced to take a slow boat to China to see the Emperor, who is evidently most upset that his dragon (a gift to Napoleon) is now enrolled in the English… Continue reading Books Read: Naomi Novik’s Temeraire: Throne of Jade
No matter how bad you’ve ever screwed up, take heart
Chances are, you’ve never totaled your dad’s $180,000 loaner Porsche by driving it through the garage door.
New Page for Lame Excuse Books
Given TimeWarner’s continued incompetence, I’m slowly pulling all of my website from rr.com over to here. I now have the main Lame Excuse Books page at: https://www.lawrenceperson.com/lame.html If you’ve never bought anything from me before, Lame Excuse Books specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and Slipstream first editions, with an emphasis on small press and… Continue reading New Page for Lame Excuse Books
Nebraska jumps to Big 10, the Conference Shuffle, and why not SuperConference America?
Numerous sources are reporting this morning that Nebraska is jumping from the Big 12 to the Big 10. (Nigel Tufnel: “Why do that? The Big 12 is two bigger!”) So now the Big 10 will have 12 members, and the Big 12 will have 11. Assuming, of course, that six of them don’t go off… Continue reading Nebraska jumps to Big 10, the Conference Shuffle, and why not SuperConference America?
Recent Book Auction Results of Note
You may already have noticed that I buy a lot of books. Many I buy direct from the publisher (many of which I also sell copies of through Lame Excuse Books), some I buy from other book dealers, either off the Internet or at cons, some I buy off eBay (although that’s a lot less… Continue reading Recent Book Auction Results of Note
Two More Movie Lists
Andrew “Armed and Dangerous” Wimsatt sent me a list of Empire’s 500 Greatest Films of All Time. Since that list is broken up into lots of sub-pages, here it is in a more convenient “all on one page” format. (It also avoids the annoying smart quote artifacts that infest every page of the main Empire… Continue reading Two More Movie Lists
Your Pricing Scheme is Full of Shaving Cream
From Slashdot comes the sad news that the Dr. Demento radio show is leaving the airwaves, at least for those outside the Greater Amarillo Area (it will continue there through the end of the summer). If you’re like me, you probably listened to a fair amount of Dr. Demento (real name: Barret Eugene Hansen) in… Continue reading Your Pricing Scheme is Full of Shaving Cream
Giant Mechnical Spider
I like to think of Futuramen as a “go to” blog for giant spider news. I mean, after all, if I’m not going to do it, who will? So when two guys actually build a functioning mechanical spider to ride in for $15,000, you know I’m going to be all over that. And here’s a… Continue reading Giant Mechnical Spider
Crank Back Up Those Denver Airport Conspiracy Theories!
Of all the wacky modern-day conspiracy theories, I must admit that the one I’ve enjoyed most (next to the shape-shifting reptoids, with which it overlaps) is the one about aliens under the Denver airport. Weird-ass murals, Masonic symbols, out-of-control baggage handling systems, airport runways laid out in a swastika, and decapitated Indians, just for starters.… Continue reading Crank Back Up Those Denver Airport Conspiracy Theories!
If You’re a Science Fiction Writer, Watch This
This is a video of a speech by game designer Jesse Schell called “Big Brother, Video Game Psychology & Obedient Humans living inside Skinner Boxes,” from the DICE 2010 gaming conference, and it’s awesome, scary, and awesomely scary. This guy is throwing off skiffy story ideas the way congress throws off wasteful spending. Evidently Bruce… Continue reading If You’re a Science Fiction Writer, Watch This