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.

A Modest Proposal for the Improvement of Conferences

Posted on 19 November 2013 by Henry Gee

I am at a coffee break at a conference and a person of a certain age has just engaged me in conversation – having mistaken me for someone else, having been unable to read my name badge. The badges are … Continue reading →

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Mermaids, Museums … and Murder

Posted on 16 November 2013 by Henry Gee

Some of you will remember my gothic horror detective mystery romp By The Sea, first serialised on LabLit courtesy of Dr J. R. of Rotherhithe, and then turned into a book. It’s still available on Kindle and as a paperback, … Continue reading →

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The Flies of Memory

Posted on 13 November 2013 by Henry Gee

This is the tragic paradox of the pin-sharp: the problem with cameras is that your memory of a scene becomes condensed around that one snapshot and everything else fades. Your holiday, so fluid, so subtle, so weighted with memory, is … Continue reading →

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A New Pet

Posted on 12 November 2013 by Henry Gee

This afternoon I discovered this butterfly, in a somewhat sleepy state, on the windowsill behind my computer screen.  I didn’t have the heart to put it out of the window. After I posted the picture on the soshul meeja, my friend … Continue reading →

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Blogging Briefly: a Guest Post from J. S. Watts

Posted on 12 November 2013 by Henry Gee

I’m seriously chuffed to be guesting on The End of The Pier Show. I once had a significant oil leak in Cromer (Well, I didn’t, you understand. My car did) and I’ve never quite got over it, but I’m not … Continue reading →

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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #101

Posted on 10 November 2013 by Henry Gee

The best caption will receive plaudits, approbation of one’s peers, and so on and so forth in like fashion. Here’s one to start you off – “Oh, Spiderman – I never thought you’d be as furry as that. Or such … Continue reading →

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Extrafunicular

Posted on 10 November 2013 by Henry Gee

If posting on this blog were not enough, I have also been writing things for other people, and other people have been writing things about me. The frequency of such extrafactual activity has been heightened by the propinquity of my … Continue reading →

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My Favourite Book

Posted on 8 November 2013 by Henry Gee

… is Labyrinths by the Argentine essayist Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). I bought this copy earlier today at Waterstones in Norwich: this portrait was taken in the in-store café, moments later. No, this is not an instant conversion. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger – a Guest Post from Brian Clegg

Posted on 7 November 2013 by Henry Gee

A few days ago my friend Mr B. C. of Swindon, for it is he, let me erupt onto his blog concerning the scientific illiteracy one finds in the desert that is televisual emission. Today I return the compliment, and … Continue reading →

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Guest

Posted on 5 November 2013 by Henry Gee

If you’ve come here expecting a new post – don’t worry. Please retune your browser to the fine establishment of my friend Mr B. C. of Swindon, where I have a guest post today. Anyone fancy doing a guest post … Continue reading →

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