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.

Festive Pig [15]

Posted on 13 December 2011 by Henry Gee

Just a quick reminder to get your orders in for Defiant the Guinea Pig – Firefighter!, a mini-epic adventure written by me and Crox Minima. I’ve been selling this special boutique edition for a limited time only as a print-on-demand … Continue reading →

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Classic Rock For Dogs

Posted on 11 December 2011 by Henry Gee

One of my favourite books is Poetry for Cats – the Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse by Henry Beard, a writer on National Lampoons (I believe) as well as the author of such titles as French for Cats and X-Treme … Continue reading →

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Regions

Posted on 9 December 2011 by Henry Gee

My apologies for being late to the party. I could plead that I missed the bus, thinking – mistakenly, as it turned out – that it went to the station, but I shall not plumb that particular chthonos. I shall … Continue reading →

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Fountainous

Posted on 7 December 2011 by Henry Gee

While we’re on the subject of holiday reading, I am informed by one Ian Whates, scholar, gentleman, SF author and, notwithstanding inasmuch as which, publisher of the SF anthology Fables from the Fountain, that sales so far have raised a … Continue reading →

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Patterns

Posted on 6 December 2011 by Henry Gee

Being another excerpt from my gestating tome The Beowulf Effect, written today between Liverpool Street and Colchester, after which I played several rounds of Angry Birds. We human beings have at least two remarkable abilities. One of them is pattern … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #3

Posted on 2 December 2011 by Henry Gee

This one taken by Steffi and reproduced with permission. She took it at the Institute of Physics in Portland Place, London. I saw it on her FB page … not long after I’d been with the family to the Cromer … Continue reading →

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Helsinki

Posted on 1 December 2011 by Henry Gee

As you both know by now, part of my job is to travel around the place, talking to anyone who will listen about Your Favourite Professional Science Magazine Beginning With N, demystifying the process of science publication, and showing that … Continue reading →

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Another Excerpt

Posted on 23 November 2011 by Henry Gee

Since posting an excerpt of my third fifth forthcoming tome The Beowulf Effect: Fossils, Evolution and the Human Condition I have been deluged by a Dr I. B. of Tennessee, notwithstanding inasmuch as which Dr J. G. of Sussex, and no … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #5150

Posted on 17 November 2011 by Henry Gee

This photo comes from the collection of esoterica maintained by my friend Professor Trellis of North Wales, and is used by permission. No, we don’t know either. We suspect it might be a device used to irradiate frogs so that … Continue reading →

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Ban It

Posted on 16 November 2011 by Henry Gee

The British Medical Association has called for a ban on people smoking in cars. Not other peoples’ cars – their own cars. Now, I don’t know about you, but I think it’s an outrageous idea. What business do doctors have … Continue reading →

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