Author Archives: Henry Gee

About Henry Gee

Henry Gee is an author, editor and recovering palaeontologist, who lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets, inasmuch as which the contents of this blog and any comments therein do not reflect the opinions of anyone but myself, as they don't know where they've been.

What I Read In June and July

Posted on 31 July 2026 by Henry Gee

I apologise once again for the reduced frequency of my book blog. Frankly, I blame myself. However, I am enjoying a brief respite from my current project (working title: The Only Way Is Ethics) so I can catch up. John … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Across The Sea

Posted on 29 July 2026 by Henry Gee

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire is now available in paperback in a land run by criminal gangs with no respect for democracy, human rights or the rule of law universally applied, where disease runs unchecked across the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The White Heat of Creation

Posted on 28 July 2026 by Henry Gee

I wrote somewhere that there is no surer sign of an unwillingness to write than an untended blog. I should perhaps qualify that statement, because blogs might remain untended for all sorts of reasons, chief of these being, in my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In May

Posted on 31 May 2026 by Henry Gee

Featuring the struggle to reach the top of coming up to, notwithstanding inasmuch as which I just about manage to summarise the books I have read listened to consumed before the relevant month is out. The first two and the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In March And April

Posted on 11 May 2026 by Henry Gee

Oh, gosh, I wrote somewhere that a sure sign of unwillingness to write is an untended blog. I really ought to have qualified this. I’m just about to almost fast approaching coming to the top of another book deal – … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Fish Worship – Is It Wrong?

Posted on 14 April 2026 by Henry Gee

‘Why don’t you go into Angel Aquatics and get some more angel fish?’ said Mrs Gee, thinking that our very large (136-litre) tank was down to just two fish – one Plecostoma, and one large angel fish, so was looking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Internet is Made of Cats

Posted on 12 March 2026 by Henry Gee

Nowadays most people have the computing power in their pockets to summon, at will, the entirety of human knowledge, but, people being people, they use it to have arguments with complete strangers and post pictures of their cats. I have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Intimations of Mortality

Posted on 5 March 2026 by Henry Gee

Less than a week after the death of my friend, the palaeontologist Hans-Dieter Sues, I learn today that another friend, the zoologist Alan Wilson, has also passed. Hans died at home  — peacefully, but unexpectedly. He was 70. Alan died … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In January and February

Posted on 28 February 2026 by Henry Gee

If my three regular readers noticed the absence of my usual monthly book blog, they did not see fit to remind me. If any apology is necessary, I have been very busy elsewhere, promoting The Wonder of Life on Earth; … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Vertiginous Nostalgia

Posted on 31 January 2026 by Henry Gee

Against the remote possibility that neither of you has heard that I’ve written a book called The Wonder of Life on Earth, which is out next week, well, you know now. Or, rather, I co-wrote it. I did the text, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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