Excited to be talking all things meteorite @stanfordsbristol.bsky.social this evening!
Helen Gordon
@helenlpgordon.bsky.social
New book THE METEORITES forthcoming from @profilebooks.bsky.social, Feb 6. Author of Notes from Deep Time, Being a Writer and Landfall. Website: helengordon.net Agent: Lisa Baker, Alexander Aitken
'From the stone’s perspective my lifetime was a flicker; less than a flicker ... I stretched out my hand, conscious that this would be the oldest object I would ever touch.' 'The Meteorites' author @helenlpgordon.bsky.social on her fascination with ancient, extra-terrestrial rocks: buff.ly/4hO5IAw
'It is a book in which there is an infinite amount to explore but it’s Gordon’s eye for these human tales that keeps The Meteorites in focus' #TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon reviewed in the FT 🪐 ft.com/content/cfc0... @helenlpgordon.bsky.social
The Meteorites by Helen Gordon — to catch a falling star
An irreverent tour of the science and folklore behind the space debris that makes it to Earth and the people for whom these rare finds are almost a religion
ft.com
“That a 4.6 billion-year-old rock can travel for several hundred million miles to land outside a house in suburban Gloucestershire is a reminder that anywhere can be animated by magic.” I reviewed @helenlpgordon.bsky.social’s fascinating The Meteorites for the @thetimes.com: tinyurl.com/bde95ak3
The Meteorites by Helen Gordon review — secrets of space rocks
Tens of thousands of meteorites, some billions of years old, fall to Earth every year. Each one gives us a clue about how the planets came into being
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Really enjoyed reviewing #TheMeteorites by @helenlpgordon.bsky.social . So what if all the tech bros use one as a million dollar paperweight? You can find your own micrometeorite on the roof of your local Tesco with a magnet and a sandwich bag... www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-pi...
A piece of Mars to toy with
Since reading Helen Gordon’s The Meteorites, I keep catching myself in imaginary conversation with an Essex thatcher called Frederick Pratt. On 9 March 1923, he was working in a wheat field at Ashdon ...
spectator.co.uk
Read about #TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon in The Spectator – the fascinating story of fallen celestial objects and the lives they've touched ☄️ www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-pi... @helenlpgordon.bsky.social
A piece of Mars to toy with
Since reading Helen Gordon’s The Meteorites, I keep catching myself in imaginary conversation with an Essex thatcher called Frederick Pratt. On 9 March 1923, he was working in a wheat field at Ashdon ...
spectator.co.uk
#TheMeteorites by Helen Gordon publishes today 🪐 'Stunning and riveting' Noreen Masud ✨ 'Dazzling' Financial Times ✨ 'The Meteorites conjures a small epiphany about our own place in the universe' Sunday Times ✨ profilebooks.com/work/the-met... @helenlpgordon.bsky.social
Today’s #FirstLinesFriday is #TheMeteorites by @helenlpgordon.bsky.social @profilebooks.bsky.social An absolutely fascinating and addictive read! www.instagram.com/p/DFevsr2AAc...
Extract from the The Meteorites running in the @theguardian.com today: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
It came from outer space: the meterorite that landed in a Cotswolds cul-de-sac
Meteorite falls are extremely rare and offer a glimpse of the processes that formed our world billions of years ago. When a space rock came to an English market town in 2021, scientists raced to find ...
theguardian.com
