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.

Black Night

Posted on 16 July 2012 by Henry Gee

I have just learned of the death today of Jonathan Douglas Lord, (1941-2012), founder member and original keyboard player with Deep Purple, and a considerable classical composer in his own right. He had been fighting a long battle against pancreatic … Continue reading →

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Geekfest

Posted on 8 July 2012 by Henry Gee

Crox Minor and I are just back from geeking out at the the London Film and Comic Convention. As you can see it was very busy. Pic by Crox Minor entitled ‘Where’s Wally? Special Geek Edition’ There were lots of … Continue reading →

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The Boson

Posted on 3 July 2012 by Henry Gee

(with apologies to Hilaire Belloc.) The Boson is so very small You cannot make it out at all, Though physicists have money on Its presence in the Tevatron. Notwithstanding the concern Of colleagues beavering at CERN All hoping that it … Continue reading →

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Writings

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Henry Gee

It’s just occurred to me that I have the manuscripts of three different books at three different publishers, in three different genres, at once, all together, simultaneously, and at the same time. This has never happened before. The Beowulf Effect: … Continue reading →

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Visitation

Posted on 30 June 2012 by Henry Gee

In which we document and celebrate the visit to the Maison des Girrafes of fellow Occam’s-Typist Dr S. S. of Cambridge, earlier today. Dr S. S.

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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition No. 366

Posted on 17 June 2012 by Henry Gee

Captions invited for this scene, taken at Blickling Hall in Norfolk, earlier today.

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Solar

Posted on 14 June 2012 by Henry Gee

There’s a picture of some bogglement doing the rounds on the inter webs, created by wimp.com. Here it is. It’s a clever story.

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Gorgeous Scarcely-Clad Blonde Cavorts in Waves

Posted on 14 June 2012 by Henry Gee

Now, I wonder how much traffic this’ll bring in? A post I wrote about chicken husbandry about three years ago continues to be popular in Pakistan and parts of the Middle-East. It was called Hot Girl-on-Girl Action.

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Sigillary

Posted on 13 June 2012 by Henry Gee

Between Christmas 2005 and Easter 2006, I wrote a novel called The Sigil. I’d been a professional writer and editor for a while, having published a few books and innumerable articles – but I felt that I couldn’t really call … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #766

Posted on 6 June 2012 by Henry Gee

I have been deluged with several signs portents signs from our Latin America Correspondent, Dr A. C. of Santiago de Chile. There’s this; this; this; and, notwithstanding inasmuch as which, this; I wonder what this is trying to tell us?

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