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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: Writing & 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
Posted in Science Fiction, Writing & Reading
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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Brain Strain
I am a career depressive. I’ve been on all the drugs. Back in the day I was on mianserin which they probably only use nowadays to tranquilize rhinos, and even then, only from a long way off. After I came … Continue reading
Posted in Domesticrox, Dreaming, Silliness, Writing & Reading
Tagged Bob Dylan, citalopram, depression, do you break a butterfly on a wheel, excuse me madam does this bus go to the station, james joyce, mianserin, mirtazapine, music, sertraline, St John's Wort, the Magic Roundabout, ulysses, venlafaxine, vortioxetine
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What I Read In May
Emma Healey: Elizabeth Is Missing I actually read this (and Little Egypt, below) in April, but squeezed it in at the very end during a weekend in which I had to see a man about a dog (no, really) so … Continue reading
Posted in Writing & Reading
Tagged an officer and a spy, charles dickens, conclave, dreyfus affair, elizabeth is missing, emma healey, fatherland, ghost, kazuo ishiguro, lesley glaister, little egypt, martin chuzzlewit, pompeii, robert harris, Salt Publishing, the fear index, the remains of the day
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What I Read In April
Björn Natthiko Lindeblad: I May Be Wrong ‘Oh, your poor brain’, says Mrs Gee, when she sees the stack of things I really must read; the list of tasks I give myself. Then she passed me this book. Now, you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Science Is Vital, Writing & Reading
Tagged a e moorat, abraham lincoln vampire hunter, amadeus, anthropocene, arkady renko, beowulf shaeffer, bipedalism, Björn Natthiko Lindeblad, c j cherryh, chernobyl, chris d thomas, conservation, dogs, dogs behaving very badly, dr who, franglais, golden age of SF, gorky park, graeme hall, hellburner, human evolution, immigration, jenna coleman, Jeremy DeSilva, jim al-khalili, Johannes Krause, John W Campbell, larry niven, martin cruz smith, peter shaffer, puppeteers, star wars, the life scientific, the phantom menace, the tao of pooh, Thomas Trappe, whaqt christopher robin does in the mornings, White Rose, Winnie the Pooh
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First Person Plural
This first person singular — that’s ‘I’, meaning ‘me’ — has increasing difficulties with the first person plural — that’s ‘we’, meaning ‘us’. Every day I come across phrases, usually freighted with some agonised self-flagellating subtext, or so I assume, … Continue reading
Posted in Silliness, Writing & Reading
Tagged andrew dalby, crimp-eyed chuzzbanger, dictionary of languages, jared diamond, pidgin, tok pisin
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What I Read In March
Ehsan Masood: GDP The astute reader will note that this is very similar to Masood’s book The Great Invention, which I read in January. And the astute reader would be correct: the latter book was published in 2016, whereas the … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Writing & Reading
Tagged Bob Shaw, Ehsan Masood, Max Adams, Svante Paabo, Tom Higham
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World Poetry Day
Yes, I know, I know, World Poetry Day was a few days ago now, and as you read this it’s probably World Broccoli Day or World Make-Friends-With-A-Unicycling-Girrafe Day, but at the age of 59 and 11/12ths I’m a bit slow … Continue reading
Posted in Silliness, Writing & Reading
Tagged boson, Higgs, hilaire belloc, unicycling girrafes, world poetry day
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