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Henry Gee
is an author, editor and recovering palaeontologist who lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets. His latest book, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, is out now. His recreations include writing, making music, beachcombing, supporting Norwich City FC, and falling asleep. Click here for a full bio. For all bookish inquiries please contact Jill Grinberg Literary Management.
Twitter: @EndOfThePier
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Category Archives: Apparitions
The Very Hungry Pupperino
On Monday, the Very Hungry Pupperino ate a sofa. On Tuesday, the Very Hungry Pupperino ate a set of six mahogany dining chairs. On Wednesday, the Very Hungry Pupperino ate a small semi-detached ex-Local-Authority house in Cromer, Norfolk. On Thursday, … Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, Blog Norfolk!, Silliness
Tagged The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Camp Catastrophic
Back in the early days of the present unpleasantness I was engaged to take part in a literary festival in Hay-on-Wye (no, not that one, a different one). Cognisant that Offspring2 is a keen bibliophile, I thought I could take … Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, How The Light Gets In, Travel
Tagged automobile association, camper van, Hay-on-Wye
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Shortlisted
I am ecstatic to announce that my latest tome, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, has been shortlisted for the 2022 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize. A popular-science equivalent of the Booker Prize, the Royal Society … Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, Science Is Vital, Writing & Reading
Tagged age proof, anjana ahuja, different, frans de waal, hot air, Isaac Asimov, Jeremy farrar, nick davidson, Peter Stott, rose Anne Kenny, Royal Society, royal society insight investment science book prize, spike, the early Asimov, the greywacke
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Queuowulf
As I expect you both have, I’ve been wondering why I have felt so moved at the passing of the Queen, someone I never knew or even met. It is a feeling that many people seem to share, so much … Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, Politicrox, Writing & Reading
Tagged Beowulf, J R R Tolkien, Jorgmungandr, Maria Dahvana Headley, Queen Elizabeth II, queues, Seamus Heaney
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Galaxies in a Grain of Sand
Take a grain of sand and hold it up at the sky at arm’s length. That grain of sand covers a patch of sky equivalent to that captured by the spectacular new image from the NASA James Webb Space Telescope … Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, Science Is Vital
Tagged Auguries of Innocence, Bill Nelson, Grain of Sand, gravitational lensing, James Webb Space Telescope, JWST, NASA, SMACS 0723, Volans, William Blake
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Pride
Here’s a story about Pride, and the best party I ever attended. It started in 2017, when the Gees had a wonderful family holiday in Northumbria. The fact that I could never seem to find Hadrian’s Wall, no matter how … Continue reading
Passeportout
Notwithstanding inasmuch as which nobody can go really go anywhere much, even if they wanted to, which I don’t, I found – quel horreur! – that my passport was about to expire, imminently, if not sooner, and that failure to … Continue reading
Mmxxery
Being the contrarian that I am, I shall defy convention by saying that 2020 has been a year that’ll stand in the anals annals tale of years as historical and transformative, for good reasons as well as bad. True, millions … Continue reading
Posted in Apparitions, Domesticrox, Politicrox, Science Fiction, Science Is Vital, Uncategorized
Tagged a very short history of life on earth, annual percentage rate, christmas university challenge, education, Isaac Asimov, Leeds University, lockdown, London, pandemic, SARS-CoV2, the fun they had, vaccine, voodoo sheiks
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