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.

Accidental Error Effect

Posted on 31 December 2012 by Henry Gee

It’s been a funny ole year, 2012, during whose 365 days, or, as it may be, 366, I have spent much of the time acting as a test subject for psychoactive drugs. The citalopram that had kept the demons away … Continue reading →

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For Your Consideration

Posted on 21 December 2012 by Henry Gee

The discovery earlier today that my SF trilogy The Sigil has been nominated in the ‘Best Novel’ category of the British Science Fiction Association awards cheered an otherwise dull afternoon, quite. I believe that this is for the longlist, and … Continue reading →

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Hobbitry

Posted on 15 December 2012 by Henry Gee

I’m literally just back from the Cromer Enormoplex where I was subjected to saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, so what follows is very much a second impression: Howard Shore’s soundtrack is still ringing in mes oreilles. There might also … Continue reading →

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Cosmic

Posted on 12 December 2012 by Henry Gee

My book The Science of Middle-earth is now available for your Kindle, and given the release of Peter Jackson’s film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, I am soon going to start tolkien to myself. But before that, I should like … Continue reading →

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Dear Santa

Posted on 9 December 2012 by Henry Gee

I think I have finally found the synthesizer for me (note – in what follows, anyone who doesn’t self-identify as a geek or gear-head can look away.) It’s a Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08. As you both know I play … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Mystery Thingy For You To Identify

Posted on 6 December 2012 by Henry Gee

This evening Crox Minor came home from school and turned out the contents of her pockets. Among the detritus was this object, loaned her by one of her science teachers, a Dr B. B. of Cromer. I think it’s a … Continue reading →

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Books With Friends

Posted on 29 November 2012 by Henry Gee

One of the best things about blogs is that you can use them to trumpet the doings of your friends. So as Phil Ball did when he wrote nice things about me, notwithstanding inasmuch as which I shall spread happiness … Continue reading →

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Interpretation

Posted on 22 November 2012 by Henry Gee

It wasn’t just a Presidential Election. When they went to the polls earlier this month, Americans in various nooks and corners around the U. S. and A. voted on a number of propositions, notwithstanding inasmuch as which gay marriage would … Continue reading →

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Middle-earth is here

Posted on 20 November 2012 by Henry Gee

Just a quick note of housekeeping to tell you about the page I’ve added to serve as a landing strip for anyone interested in the revised eBook edition of my tome The Science of Middle-earth. It’s been out in print … Continue reading →

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Dulce et Decorum est … NOT

Posted on 19 November 2012 by Henry Gee

Whenever I poke my head above the parapet and claim that the anti-Israeli posturing one sees on the Left is thinly disguised antisemitism (a contention that has overwhelming evidence to support it) I am always treated to the unedifying spectacle … Continue reading →

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