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Richard Hamblyn

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in The United Kingdom

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male

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http://richardhamblyn.wordpress.com/

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Nonfiction, Science, Literature & Fiction

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John McPhee; Mike Davis; Iain Sinclair

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Richard Hamblyn studied at the universities of Essex and Cambridge, where he wrote a doctoral dissertation on 18th-century topographical writing. His first book, The Invention of Clouds (2001) told the story of Luke Howard, the amateur meteorologist who named the clouds in 1802; his other publications include The Cloud Book (2008) and Extraordinary Clouds (2009), both published in association with the (UK) Met Office; Data Soliloquies (2009), co-written with the digital artist Martin John Callanan; and Terra: Tales of the Earth, a collection of stories about major natural disasters. His anthology, The Art of Science: A Natural History of Ideas, was published by Picador in October 2011. It is a wide-ranging collection of readable science wri...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 98 ratings · 25 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	Invention of Clouds 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 56 ratings — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cloud Book: How to Understand the Skies 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terra: Tales Of The Earth 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extraordinary Clouds: Skies of the Unexpected from the Beautiful to the Bizarre 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Science 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extraordinary Weather: Amazing Tricks of Nature from the Spectacular to the Surprising 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Extraordinary Weather: Wonders of the Atmosphere from Dust Storms to Lightning Strikes 2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invention of Clouds 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Met Office Pocket Cloud Book: How To Understand The Skies 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Data Soliloquies by Richard Hamblyn (Goodreads Author), Martin John Callanan 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe read in September, 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mesmerising...
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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 5 of 5 stars Music Through the Floor by Eric Puchner read in November, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The first two stories - 'Children of God' and Essay No. 3: Leda and the Swan' are outstanding. The others are good, but these are top quality fiction, really impressive.
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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 4 of 5 stars What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Importance of Music to Girls by Lavinia Greenlaw	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 5 of 5 stars Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 5 of 5 stars The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 5 of 5 stars Last Orders by Graham Swift	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 5 of 5 stars Waterland by Graham Swift	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Richard Hamblyn rated a book 5 of 5 stars Annals of the Former World by John McPhee	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“As clouds race towards their own release from form, they are replenshied by the mutable process which created them. They drift, not into continuity, but into other, temporary states of being, all of which eventually decompose to melt into the surrounding air. They rise and fall like vaporous civilizations....”
― Richard Hamblyn, The Invention of Clouds

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