Books on Goodreads
In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life
reviews: 7
ratings: 29 (avg rating 3.72)
The Science of Middle-Earth: Explaining The Science Behind The Greatest Fantasy Epic Ever Told!
reviews: 5
ratings: 32 (avg rating 3.22)
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Author Archives: cromercrox
Mosaic is the New Savanna
Time was when the model of human evolution went something like this: our ancestors essentially evolved to climb and live in trees, but with the general drying and cooling of the Earth’s climate over the past few million years, the … Continue reading
Therianthropic
Set somewhere in the north of England where ancient shadows hover just beyond glimpsing, teen novel Bone Jack by Sara Crowe shows that fiction for young readers needn’t stint on horror and darkness – and can cleave to much more … Continue reading
Adiabatic
Britain is presently swaddled under a thick cloud of pollution. This, we are told, has been caused by a mixture of regular industrial and motor exhaust, spiked with a lot of sand from the Sahara Desert. Yesterday Cromer laboured under … Continue reading
Anneliditely
You probably won’t believe this, it being 1 April and all, but I have literally just taken delivery of 250 live worms. Mrs Crox ordered them to replenish our wormery, which was looking a bit tired, many of its inhabitants … Continue reading
Posted in Domesticrox, Silliness
Tagged annelids, compost, recycling, we must come to terms with worms, wormery
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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #16
I am sure Heidi (large dog) and Saffron (small dog) are saying something to each other, but I was out of earshot, and the noise of the surf was too great for me to hear it…
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Anatamogenic
When Crox Minor and I visited the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons recently, I bought a copy of The Knife Man, by Wendy Moore, a biography of John Hunter, whose collection forms the nucleus of this remarkable … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Writing & Reading
Tagged chthonic, effluvia, eldritch, hunterian museum, ichor, john hunter, royal college of surgeons, the knife man, wendy moore, william hunter
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Alumnicious
You know the feeling – no sooner have you graduated from some hallowed hall of learning or another than one’s alma mater sends you a begging letter. It’s rare for one to receive such a missive from an institution of … Continue reading
Autobuccinery
On my thirtieth birthday I remember feeling that whatever else I might have achieved, I’d at least published my first book. More than twenty years later, it seems I might have produced something that people actually want to read. The Shameless Plug has made … Continue reading
Ceci N’Est Pas Un Oeuf
I know Spring really is here when the Cromer Poultry Great War Re-Enactment Society lays the first egg of the year. This is it. As I don’t know which particular member of the CPGWRS laid this particular egg, I shall … Continue reading
