Category Archives: ian watson

The Flies of Memory

Posted on 13 November 2013 by Henry Gee

This is the tragic paradox of the pin-sharp: the problem with cameras is that your memory of a scene becomes condensed around that one snapshot and everything else fades. Your holiday, so fluid, so subtle, so weighted with memory, is … 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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