James Lovegrove
James Lovegrove
James Lovegroveis a British writer of speculative fiction...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
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.
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.
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.
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.
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