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.

Wagnerismus

Posted on 4 November 2013 by Henry Gee

I remember it well – the moment after I, as an audience member at a panel at an SF convention, mentioned how much I liked the novel Ender’s Game by one Orson Scott Card, when the temperature appeared to drop … Continue reading →

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Tees

Posted on 2 November 2013 by Henry Gee

Many years ago I read one of those daft lists, you know the kind, you find them in magazines, colour sections and so on, with titles such as ‘twelve ways to know you’re not a pickled cucumber’ or ‘fourteen ways … Continue reading →

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It’s Samhain, Already!

Posted on 31 October 2013 by Henry Gee

Welcome to our ‘umble ‘ome … Our ‘umble ‘ome, earlier today. … where you’ll be greeted by Mysterious Hooded Figures. A Mysterious Hooded Figure, yesterday.

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Immigration

Posted on 30 October 2013 by Henry Gee

Cast your mind back, if you will, to 1655 – the days of the Protectorate. In that year, Oliver Cromwell received an embassy from the Netherlands, of a Dutch Jew, one Manasseh Ben Israel, who asked the Lord Protector whether … Continue reading →

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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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