James Lovegrove
James Lovegrove
James Lovegroveis a British writer of speculative fiction...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
girl fall boys
We girls aren't supposed to fall for the good boys.We are supposed to like a bit of grit in our oyster.That's how you get a pearl, after all.
boarding happened life school tucked
Being at boarding school in the pre-internet era, especially a boarding school tucked away in the Oxfordshire countryside, was like being in a cocoon. You had your own life; world events happened elsewhere.
appearance boy daughters fan good letters mail quite saying sort
My appearance on 'Public School' garnered a smattering of fan mail from girls, which was good, and letters from mothers saying I was the sort of boy they'd like their daughters to go out with - which was not quite as good.
peculiar unusual
The process of being filmed was, I found, peculiar but not discomfiting. At 13, you are malleable, adaptable, better able to take the unusual in your stride.
boy followed
For my first week as a new boy at Radley College, back in the summer of 1979, I was followed around by a film crew.
monsters strange
The future is a strange monster. The less there is of it, the more it frightens.
stars icy lasts
I will endure until the stars wink out & the very last trace of heat ebbs from the cosmos & there is nothing but eternal icy nothingness