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 September

Posted on 28 September 2025 by Henry Gee

William Boyd Stars and Bars A rare mis-step by a usually reliable author who ventures into slapstick comedy of the uptight-Englishman-in-America variety. If it’s satire about America you’re after, Dickens did it first (and better) in Martin Chuzzlewit, which — … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In August

Posted on 29 August 2025 by Henry Gee

Anna Mackmin Devoured Oh, but this struck a chord. This is a bizarre coming-of-age-novel in which the initially unnamed protagonist — a girl on the verge of puberty – recounts her life in a commune living in a ramshackle house … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In July

Posted on 4 August 2025 by Henry Gee

Kaliane Bradley: The Ministry of Time The British government has acquired a device to transport people from past centuries to the present day. The people concerned are recorded as missing or dead, so the course of history should not be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In June

Posted on 6 July 2025 by Henry Gee

Catherine Chidgey: The Book Of Guilt Britain in the 1970s, full of ’70s nostalgia, but in an altered universe in which Hitler was assassinated in 1943, and the Second World War ended in a treaty in which the UK shared … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I asked, ChatGPT answered

Posted on 6 June 2025 by Henry Gee

I asked Chat GPT: Please recast the argument between Donald Trump and Elon Musk as a scene from a play by William Shakespeare. It came up … er … ‘Trumps’ A Scene from The Tempest of Tech and Throne Act … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In May

Posted on 5 June 2025 by Henry Gee

Once again I apologise for being late. I make no excuse for this, partly because there are too many reasons to mention. Oh all right, here’s one —  my desire to participate in the online world is waning. The same … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In April

Posted on 11 May 2025 by Henry Gee

I apologise to you both for the late arrival of this post. I have been otherwise preoccupied with promoting my latest book Demure Mindfulness the Taylor Swift Way as well as contending with a great deal of business at the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Introducing Humungous Biosciences

Posted on 13 April 2025 by Henry Gee

There has been much fuss and flapdoodle about a company called Colossal Biosciences that aims to use the wonders of modern genetic technology to call extinct species back from the other side of the rainbow bridge. Their latest scheme has … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In March

Posted on 4 April 2025 by Henry Gee

I apologise for the late arrival of this month’s book blog. I have been distracted by the publication of my own book, the subject of which is somewhat fin-d’espèce, if not fin-du-monde, and which you can read all about here. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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What I Read In February

Posted on 2 March 2025 by Henry Gee

Max Telford: The Tree Of Life Many years ago when the world was young I tried to explain, in popular science form, how scientists organise the natural world, all the better to understand the pattern of creation. The result was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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