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.

Misquotation

Posted on 9 October 2011 by Henry Gee

As both of you will know by now, my next book, which I’m writing now, will be called The Beowulf Effect: Fossils, Evolution and the Human Condition. In it, I revisit some of the themes I first explored in my … Continue reading →

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Dresden

Posted on 8 October 2011 by Henry Gee

I’m just back from a visit to the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden. If I told you what I found out, I’d have to kill you. Suffice it to say that this ex-paleontologist found … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #30

Posted on 2 October 2011 by Henry Gee

Observed, confundingly, outside Cromer Hospital, earlier today

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Tubes

Posted on 2 October 2011 by Henry Gee

You’ll both be familiar now with the build that’s been going on at the Maison des Girrafes for some time now. We’ve now entered that long asymptote known as ‘finishing touches’. Oh yes, the kitchen still hasn’t got a proper … Continue reading →

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Saving Facebook

Posted on 2 October 2011 by Henry Gee

This is by way of a public service announcement for those who are ‘friends’ of mine on Facebook, or think they are but aren’t, or who would like to be, or for people who think they are ‘friends’ of mine … Continue reading →

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Conversations With My Agent About E-Books

Posted on 28 September 2011 by Henry Gee

A year ago they were rarer than a very rare thing. There were more of them six months ago, but now they are everywhere – rare is the commute in which I don’t see at least one, and, notwithstanding inasmuch … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #6

Posted on 27 September 2011 by Henry Gee

Just dropped in for a byte…

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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #353

Posted on 25 September 2011 by Henry Gee

Pictured recently in Leipzig, at the memorial to Felix Mendelssohn.

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Leipzig

Posted on 23 September 2011 by Henry Gee

I’m at breakfast with my iPad and a cup of coffee, so just got time to carve a word before I dash off. I’m in Leipzig at the inaugural meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution … Continue reading →

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Planet Dinosaur

Posted on 15 September 2011 by Henry Gee

While browsing the BBC website for something else just now (OK, OK, I wanted to know when Torchwood was on, I have this thing for stroppy leather-clad Welsh women with guns) I discovered the first episode of Planet Dinosaur lurking … Continue reading →

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