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Simon Edge

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Simon Edge read philosophy at Cambridge and had a long career as a newspaper journalist and critic. He is the author of five novels, mostly satirical comedies with a historical theme: The Hopkins Conundrum, a ‘tragic comedy’ based on the life of the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins; The Hurtle of Hell, an atheist comedy featuring God as one of the main characters; A Right Royal Face-Off, about the rivalry between the painters Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, mixed with a satirical modern story; Anyone for Edmund?, a political satire about the discovery of England’s long-lost patron saint; and The End of the World is Flat, described by novelist Jane Harris as ‘Animal Farm for the era of gender lunacy, with jokes’. He lives in Suffolk.

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Simon Edge My next novel is an attempt to debunk some of the supposed mysteries of the universe. Does that qualify? Don't worry, it's a comedy.…moreMy next novel is an attempt to debunk some of the supposed mysteries of the universe. Does that qualify? Don't worry, it's a comedy.(less)
Simon Edge Top of my pile is The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri, the first Inspector Montalbano novel. Also sitting waiting to be read – and I'm impatient to…moreTop of my pile is The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri, the first Inspector Montalbano novel. Also sitting waiting to be read – and I'm impatient to start on them – are Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey, and Robert Harris' Archangel. And I recently picked up a copy of The Time Traveler's Wife – I seem to be in a small minority never having read it, so I'll be rectifying that omission.(less)
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The End of the World is Flat

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The Hopkins Conundrum: A Tr...

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Anyone for Edmund?

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In The Beginning

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“Biology, then. There are some basic truths there. You could make your flat-earthers argue that biological sex is a false concept imposed on the world by racist imperialists. Or is that too far-fetched?”
Simon Edge, The End of the World is Flat

“HolbyFan @holbyfanhatestergs I hate Tergs. They’re no better than Nazis and they turn my stomach. If I see one today I’m going to punch them RT 57L 787 Jeremy Pennington @jeremy_pennington_74 What’s a Terg? RT 0 L 2 HolbyFan @holbyfanhatestergs Vermin in human form. The lowest of the low RT 29 L 238 Dennster @true_earth_matters Not sure they’re even human RT 13 L 250 Jeremy Pennington @jeremy_pennington_74 It was a serious question. What is a Terg? I keep seeing the word but I don’t know what it means RT 0 L 2”
Simon Edge, The End of the World is Flat

“Globy Dick @GlobyDick Maybe I can help. Terg is a term of abuse which is short for ‘True Earth Rejecting Globularist’. It’s a way of censoring people who don’t believe in medieval superstition and who believe the earth is round, even if that (allegedly) offends people from the southern hemisphere RT 14 L 68 Sally Jenkinson @saljenk07342 STFU Terg RT 4 L 95 Trent Meyer @meyer_the_fire I’m from the southern hemisphere and it doesn’t upset me RT 1 L 15 Sadie @sadie93ozumvjfs You’re white though, aren’t you? RT 0 L 62 Trent Meyer @meyer_the_fire Yes. What difference does that make? RT 0 L 8 Sadie @sadie93ozumvjfs [rolling eyes emoji] None at all mate [laugher emoji] RT 0 L 64 Dennster @true_earth_matters The whole point of globularism was to demean the indigenous people of the countries in the so-called southern hemisphere. If you’re white, you arrived there through imperialism so you’re part of the problem RT 17 L 194 Globy Dick @GlobyDick What the hell are you on about? Can you even hear yourself? The whole point of ‘globularism’, as you call it, was to describe the shape of the earth RT 2 L 16 Dennster @true_earth_matters OK Terg RT 0 L 83”
Simon Edge, The End of the World is Flat

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