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G.J. Griffiths

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G.J. Griffiths is a retired science teacher with some early working experience of the photographic industry. Born in the UK he enjoys reading most genres of fiction such as sci-fi, crime/detective thrillers, historical and wildlife stories. Non-fiction reading mainly includes scientific or historical books. Walking in the English, Scottish or Welsh countryside with binoculars ready for bird-watching or other wildlife is a particular pleasure.
His first novel was Fallen Hero and the So What! series of three books followed. All three are focussed on the fictitious Birch Green High School. More recent works include poetry: Dizzyrambic Imaginings, two illustrated children’s sci-fi stories about ant-size aliens and historical novels based upon r
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G.J. Griffiths Once upon a time a few years ago we were visiting my daughter and her children in London. After a lovely day out when we returned to their home there …moreOnce upon a time a few years ago we were visiting my daughter and her children in London. After a lovely day out when we returned to their home there was a a complete set of scaffolding from the ground to roof. It covered all of the front of their house and my daughter knew nothing of it! We contacted my son-in-law who was in China at the time. He had not arranged it either. His car which was on the front drive was almost completely 'caged in' by the scaffolding poles around it. Who had done it?(less)
G.J. Griffiths The novels of Dickens, Gaskell and Eliott that I still have not got around to reading! So many books: so little time!
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So What! Stories or Whatever!

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I heard Kate Marvel talking on BBC radio recently, about her book and what she felt about climate change, and how globally, the general ‘powers-that-be’ seem to be ignoring the urgency required to do something about it. She did not sound gushy and ov ...more
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I found this story to be both very interesting but at the same time quite perplexing. It weaves supernatural animal characters, like Nate and Al, with the very human Molly and Horst. Perhaps because I am British and unaware of the culture and superst ...more
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“Your future - take it, shake it, MAKE IT happen for you!”
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“Parts of her that had been separated for transit were still in limbo, unwrapping, trying to find their way home to her body.

Wolf, D.C.. q-cave (p. 7). D. C. Wolf. Kindle Edition.”
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“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. B F Skinner”
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“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
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“Your future - take it, shake it, MAKE IT happen for you!”
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“Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.”
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“The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.”
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