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.

Iain Banks (1954-2013)

Posted on 9 June 2013 by Henry Gee

All things must pass, but some things pass too soon. Two months ago, Scottish author Iain Banks announced that he had terminal cancer and had at best a year to live. He is now dead, at 59. So passes a … Continue reading →

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Archicebus

Posted on 7 June 2013 by Henry Gee

The course of the news was slightly perturbed recently by the description of the 55-million-year-old fossil primate Archicebus achilles, which was published in Nature. (DISCLAIMER: I was the handling editor, and steered the paper from submission, through peer review, until … Continue reading →

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Literary Locations

Posted on 2 June 2013 by Henry Gee

Heartened this morning by a couple of very nice customer reviews for By The Sea, as well as by some sunshine, I went to the beach with the Canes Croxorum. On the way I took some photos of places that … Continue reading →

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Tsundoku II

Posted on 27 May 2013 by Henry Gee

For some reason a post I did a while back on tsundoku seems to be attracting some attention, so I thought I’d cash in expand on this after a recent trip to one of my favourite secondhand book stores. Tsun-do-ku (n.) … Continue reading →

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Gothick Gratitude

Posted on 22 May 2013 by Henry Gee

Phew! Five days ago I started a promotion in which I gave away, free, gratis and for nothing, the Kindle version of my gothick horror detective novel By The Sea to coincide with the Cromer and Sheringham Crab and Lobster … Continue reading →

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Dogsplaining #3

Posted on 20 May 2013 by Henry Gee

Using only her eyebrows, Heidi the Golden Retriever explains the intriguing excess of high-energy neutrinos detected by the ICE CUBE neutrino detector.

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The Sunday Sci-Fi

Posted on 19 May 2013 by Henry Gee

Every so often someone on this site or elsewhere asks for recommendations for good science fiction to read. I’ve read several wonderful SF books recently, so as a public service I’d like to recommend them here. I’ve based this post … Continue reading →

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Crabs

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Henry Gee

North Norfolk this weekend will witness the Cromer and Sheringham Crab and Lobster Festival, a grand jamboree of fun and frolics, not all of which are connected with our crustaceous compadres. All three of you will be aware by now … Continue reading →

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Dogsplaining #4

Posted on 14 May 2013 by Henry Gee

Heidi the Golden Retriever explains the slight excess in the expected number of gamma rays in the Higgs experiments, using only her eyebrows.

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On Biological Modelling

Posted on 12 May 2013 by Henry Gee

No. 94. Coccoliths. With apologies to rpg. But why should cell biologists have all the fun?

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