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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.
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Category Archives: Science Fiction
Introducing Humungous Biosciences
There has been much fuss and flapdoodle about a company called Colossal Biosciences that aims to use the wonders of modern genetic technology to call extinct species back from the other side of the rainbow bridge. Their latest scheme has … Continue reading
Posted in Cromer, Dreaming, Research, Science Fiction, Science Is Vital, Silliness
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My Top Reads Of 2024
This year I read 64 books, the first time since records began (2014) that the number has exceeded my age in years (I am 62). The total might be inflated, though, as some of the books have been duologues or … Continue reading
What I Read In January
Penelope Fitzgerald: The Bookshop It is 1959, and widowed Florence Green opens a bookshop in the sleepy Suffolk town of Hardborough. Discovering a strain of quiet obstinacy she doesn’t know she has, she ignores or attempts to sidestep the polite … Continue reading
The Last Question
In his 1956 story The Last Question, Isaac Asimov has human beings ask computers of increasing power the Ultimate Question. You know, the one about Life, The Universe, and Everything. And the question goes something like this — HOW CAN … Continue reading
Posted in Science Fiction, Silliness
Tagged ChatGPT, humour, Isaac Asimov, The Last Question
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The Rings of Power: Impressions of the First Series
You’ll both be aware that I offered a few impressions of the first two episodes of The Rings of Power, the multi-squillion-dollar televisual emission from Amazon Prime. Now that all eight episodes of the first series (or ‘season’, as we … Continue reading
Of the Rings of Power
By now you’ll both have gathered that I have a passing interest in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, so I hope you won’t mind that I attempt a review of the first two episodes of The Rings of … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Science Fiction, Writing & Reading
Tagged bear mccreary, celebrimbor, feanor, finrod, galadriel, gericault, gil-galad, goblins, harry potter, howard shore, j k rowling, lenny henry, leonard cohen, middle earth, morgoth, numenoreans, orcs, outlander, peter jackson, Sauron, the hobbit, the lord of the rings, the raft of the medusa, the rings of power, the silimarillion, tolkien, valinor, xena warrior princess
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What I Read In June
James Joyce: Ulysses Many years ago when the world was young Mrs Gee asked me what I’d like for my birthday. Uncharacteristically (I usually like a book, and maybe a box of Liquorice Allsorts) I asked for a night out … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, aga saga, alastair reynolds, best exotic marigold hotel, bill mcguire, brains trust, brian aldiss. david wingrove, charles stross, climate change, cosy catastrophe, craic, day of the triffids, deborah moggach, gliian flynn, gone girl, gordon zellaby, gun control, hothouse earth, Iain M Banks, ian mckellen, inhibitor phase, james joyce, john wyndham, justina robson, keeley hawes, ken macleod, neil asher, patrick stewart, peter f hamilton, reproductive rights, revelation space, roddy doyle, roe v wade, samuel beckett, science fiction, space opera, spike milligan, T S Eliot, the black dress, the culture, the love sone of j alfred prufrock, the midwich cuckoos, trillion year spree, ulyssess, village of the damned, waiting for godot
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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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Dreamages
Oh, these dreams. I don’t know whether it’s the present situation, or the drugs, but I do have the most vivid dreams these days. Sometimes they are photo-realistic … except that the reality is not as one might expect. Some … Continue reading
