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.

Shuttle

Posted on 22 July 2011 by Henry Gee

So, farewell, Space Shuttle. However, don’t expect me to get all teary-eyed and nostalgic for the End of an Era in space exploration. Unlike most people, it seems, to judge from the eulogies on Facebook and so on and so … Continue reading →

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One Of Our Sea Serpents Is Missing

Posted on 14 July 2011 by Henry Gee

I had a monster plesiosaur whale of a time last night chairing a meeting at the Zoological Society of London on cryptozoology, and thought I ought to scribble a few words about the proceedings before I am submerged by other … Continue reading →

Posted in Apparitions, Cadborosaurus, cryptozoology, naish, paxton, pinnipeds, Science Is Vital, sea serpents, woodley, zoology | Comments Off on One Of Our Sea Serpents Is Missing

Feelings

Posted on 13 July 2011 by Henry Gee

For those who have been sheltering in a bunker buried 37 miles beneath the Lunar regolith for the past week, you won’t have heard that the News of the World, a tabloid pwned owned by one Mr R. M. of … Continue reading →

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Train

Posted on 11 July 2011 by Henry Gee

I write this blog one-thumbed on my iPhone in a standing position on a packed train leaving Liverpool Street. It’s leaving 20 minutes late because the staff needed a break, because the train was an hour and a half coming … Continue reading →

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Zoo

Posted on 10 July 2011 by Henry Gee

This afternoon the Croxii were guests at a private function at London Zoo. We got a chance to toddle round the exhibits. Being us, we were especially keen to visit the reptiles and amphibians… All Your Rainforest Are Belong To … Continue reading →

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PalaeoPenguin

Posted on 9 July 2011 by Henry Gee
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ConFabulation

Posted on 8 July 2011 by Henry Gee

Fables from the Fountain is an anthology of science-fiction and fantasy stories done as an hommage to Arthur C. Clarke’s Tales from the White Hart and also to raise money for the Clarke Award, which encourages new British SF writing. … Continue reading →

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Resonant Penguin

Posted on 7 July 2011 by Henry Gee

Yesterday Crox Minor came home with this picture (pastels on paper, not finished yet) of a penguin serving in World War I. She was tickled to learn of rpg’s similar explorations – of which she had hitherto been completely unaware … Continue reading →

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Middle-earth News Just In

Posted on 6 July 2011 by Henry Gee

I’ve literally just heard from my agent to learn that we have regained the rights to my book The Science of Middle-earth. This means that I am free to publish a comprehensively revised and updated edition in time for the … Continue reading →

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Printers

Posted on 5 July 2011 by Henry Gee

I’ve never had much luck with printers. No – not those fine people who print things, but those devices we attach to computers that facilitate that tricky phase transition from ones and zeroes to ground-up beetles on parchment. Recently, though, … Continue reading →

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