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.

It’s ….. HERE!

Posted on 21 October 2013 by Henry Gee

It takes years of work to become an overnight sensation. The story is now legend of how J. K. Rowling overcame years of failure and mountains of rejections to score a hit with Harry Potter and the Fissure of Sylvius.

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Tea Parties

Posted on 20 October 2013 by Henry Gee

As time goes by and politics get more polarised I am increasingly aware that we British are separated from our colonial cousins by a common language. But this separation goes beyond mere phonemes, to plumb deeply held – and different … Continue reading →

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Teeth

Posted on 17 October 2013 by Henry Gee

When I was a child one of my favourite books was Busy, Busy World by the late Richard Scarry. Each double-page spread was a story set in a particular country, and the characters were all animals. The story I remember … Continue reading →

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Lovelace

Posted on 15 October 2013 by Henry Gee

I am reliably informed that today is Ada Lovelace Day, in which it behooves one to commemorate the contribution to science of female scientists. Like Christmas, this comes round every year, and, like Christmas, I struggle to find anything novel … Continue reading →

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FeedMyReads

Posted on 13 October 2013 by Henry Gee

Without quite knowing how, I have become embroiled in a very busy writerly collective with a social media presence as busy as an invasion of killer termites. It’s called FeedMyReads and it’s about to launch what looks like the most … Continue reading →

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Dogsplaining #6

Posted on 8 October 2013 by Henry Gee

Using only her eyebrows, Heidi the dog explains the causes, consequences and possible routes towards resolution of the US federal government shutdown.

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Social

Posted on 8 October 2013 by Henry Gee

Authors differ in their attitudes to social media. Some keep well away. Others embrace it. I became switched on to the possibilities of social media after going to a panel at a conference at which Rebecca Skloot, author of the … Continue reading →

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Gove

Posted on 3 October 2013 by Henry Gee

Today is National Poetry Day. Fellow Occam’s Typist Professor S. C. of London, learning that it was not, as he had thought, World Poetry Day (this happened in March), wondered whether it would therefore not be meet to celebrate the … Continue reading →

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Arrival

Posted on 1 October 2013 by Henry Gee

When I got home from London late tonight, I found a gift-wrapped parcel, containing my first, advance copy of The Accidental Species, with a wonderful note from my editor at the University of Chicago Press. Here is the new arrival. … Continue reading →

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Gone Fishing

Posted on 1 October 2013 by Henry Gee

Monday night found me washed up in London with time on my hands. This very rarely happens, so I was determined to use the time well: notwithstanding inasmuch as which I went to a literary gathering in a room above … Continue reading →

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