Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: April 08, 2011

Andrew Hickey


Biography

Writer of books on (so far) music, comics and science. Also available in hardcopy from Lulu.

Where to find Andrew Hickey online

Website: http://andrewhickey.info
Twitter: HickeyWriter
Blog: http://andrewhickey.info

Where to buy in print

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/andrew1308

Books

Preservation: The Kinks' Music 1964-1974    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $5.00 USD. 52490 words. Published on December 28, 2012. Nonfiction.
In the first ten years of their career, the Kinks underwent a creative explosion that was almost unparalleled in popular music. In this book, Andrew Hickey analyses every studio recording by the Kinks from their first album in 1964 through to the epic triple concept album Preservation a decade later, in a book that is full of forthright and sometimes controversial opinion.
Ideas And Entities    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $5.00 USD. 20000 words. Published on April 24, 2012. Fiction.
In Ideas And Entities, Andrew Hickey, author of Sci-Ence! Justice Leak!, asks such questions as: What if the singularity was brought about by social media gaming? Who really wrote Shakespeare's plays? What should you do if you accidentally defame a werewolf? Are physicists keeping the secret of time travel to themselves? And is it possible to have people agree with you too much?
Print The Legend: A Short Story    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $0.99 USD. 2350 words. Published on March 5, 2012. Fiction.
Just imagine if everything you read in the newspaper was true. Now imagine if everything you WROTE in the newspaper was true. When Norman Johnson, a reporter for a supermarket tabloid, finds a werewolf at his door complaining about misrepresentation, that's the reality he has to face. A humorous short fantasy story.
Occupational Elf: A Short Story    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $0.99 USD. 2420 words. Published on February 20, 2012. Fiction.
The police of Peculiar Branch normally deal with simple problems - elves selling pixie dust to kids, fairies spinning straw into gold, that sort of thing. So when they get a call about an interdimensional war, they're just a little out of their league.
The Shakespeare Code: A Short Story    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $0.99 USD. 2130 words. Published on January 28, 2012. Fiction.
Who really wrote Henry IV, part II? Who was the secret author behind King John? Was it Francis Bacon, the Earl of Oxford, perhaps even Elizabeth I herself? The answer may surprise you in this short humorous story.
Doctor Watson Investigates: The Case Of The Scarlet Neckerchief    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $2.99 USD. 10720 words. Published on January 8, 2012. Fiction.
When Holmes is called away, Watson is left to assist a client with a uniquely horrible problem. Can Watson solve the mystery of the scarlet neckerchief before his client is murdered?
Monkee Music    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $5.00 USD. 42730 words. Published on October 23, 2011. Nonfiction.
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Here they come... In Monkee Music, Andrew Hickey examines the music of Micky, Mike, Davy and Peter from their debut with Last Train To Clarksville through to their 1997 reunion album Justus A must for any Monkee Maniacs
Bubble Universe a short story    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $0.99 USD. 2810 words. Published on August 7, 2011. Fiction.
What if, one day, everyone who disagreed with you was gone? We increasingly live in 'filter bubbles', seeing only the information we agree with, but what if that went one step further? A short science fiction story, from the author of Four Stories About The Singularity
An Incomprehensible Condition: An Unofficial Guide To Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $5.00 USD. 36690 words. Published on July 15, 2011. Fiction.
In An Incomprehensible Condition, Andrew Hickey examines Grant Morrison's 2005 comic series Seven Soldiers of Victory, and traces the history of the ideas used. From Greek myth to hip-hop, from John Bunyan to Alan Turing, from Arius of Alexandria to Isaac Newton, we see how Frankenstein connects to Robert Johnson, what George Bernard Shaw had to say about Bulleteer, and more.
Four Stories About The Singularity    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $0.99 USD. 7410 words. Published on July 15, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of four short-short, mostly humorous, stories about the Singularity, from four very different points of view.
The Beach Boys On CD: Vol 1 - 1961-1969    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $5.00 USD. 45550 words. Published on April 22, 2011. Nonfiction.
Between 1961 and 1969 the Beach Boys made nineteen albums, including some of the best music ever recorded. In this book, Andrew Hickey looks at this music track by track, analysing every song that Brian, Carl, Dennis, Mike, Al, Bruce and David recorded and released during that time period.
Sci-Ence! Justice Leak!    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $4.99 USD. 38550 words. Published on April 8, 2011. Nonfiction.
In this book, Andrew Hickey will take you through: How to escape from a black hole and when you might not want to The scientist who thinks he’s proved the existence of heaven and what that has to do with Batman What to do if you discover you’re a comic-book character Whether killing your own grandfather is really a bad idea And how to escape from The Life Trap!
The Beatles In Mono    by Andrew Hickey
Price: $4.99 USD. 56120 words. Published on April 8, 2011. Nonfiction.
In The Beatles In Mono, Andrew Hickey examines, track by track, the Beatles' work as it was originally created, in mono. Going through the 2009 The Beatles In Mono box set, he looks at the band's influences, their musical techniques, and the progression of their career from Love Me Do through to Get Back.

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