647 ratings | 271 reviews | avg rating:3.27

more photos (1)

Stanley Percival Simmonds’s Followers (7)

S.P.’s Bookshelves

to-read (27)
currently-reading (0)
read (647)
japanology (17)
abandoned (3)
biography (19)
classics (55)
favorites (29)
fiction (191)
folio (14)
See all bookshelves »

S.P.’s Friends (23)

Chiara

246 books | 88 friends

Rachael

11,712 books | 224 friends

Bakunin

21,192 books | 283 friends

Erica Lois

280 books | 105 friends

Judy

395 books | 73 friends

Ben Peake

133 books | 80 friends

Jane Prowse

50 books | 375 friends

Moazbellah

169 books | 47 friends

More friends…

Stanley Percival Simmonds

Goodreads Author

Member Since

January 2009

edit data

Learn more
Ask the Author

Stanley Percival Simmonds is currently not accepting new questions.

Combine Editions
Stanley Percival Simmonds’s books

Average rating: 5.0 · 1 rating · 0 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Space Worlds it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Manifesto for Saving Britain, the British, and British Culture 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

rss
S.P.’s Recent Updates

S.P. answered Goodreads's question: What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book? Now I ended up here. No seriously, I have no clue.
May 06, 2025 07:46AM · like
S.P. answered Goodreads's question: What’s the best thing about being a writer? Creating worlds.
May 06, 2025 07:45AM · like
S.P. rated a book really liked it The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 28, 2025 05:35AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
S.P. rated a book really liked it The Martian by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 28, 2025 05:33AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Martian by Andy Weir. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Martian by Andy Weir <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
S.P. rated a book did not like it The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Got about 10 pages in. Unreadable.
Apr 28, 2025 05:33AM · like · see review
S.P. rated a book did not like it The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Got about 10 pages in. Unreadable.
Apr 28, 2025 05:33AM · like · see review
S.P. rated a book liked it The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 28, 2025 05:32AM · like
S.P. has read The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 28, 2025 05:32AM · like
S.P. rated a book really liked it The Computers That Made Britain by Tim Danton (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is most entertaining nostalgia bait. As someone who grew up, with all but the oldest of these computers I loved reminiscing over the ins and outs of their development and production, and I see this as a collation of all that into a historical wo ...more
Nov 14, 2023 12:28PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Computers That Made Britain by Tim Danton. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Computers That Made Britain by Tim Danton <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
S.P. voted on a poll in the group Beyond Reality Preliminary Poll for SF BOTM January 2024 He voted for: The Terraformers The Terraformers ...more
Oct 22, 2023 02:10AM · like · take the poll

More of S.P.'s books…

S.P.’s Quotes

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

148118 likes

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

tags: advice-for-daily-living, books, reader, reading, speaking, thinking, wisdom

7768 likes

“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.”
― Dr. Linus Pauling

tags: philosophy

10 likes

“There are two ways of constructing a piece of software: One is to make it so simple that there are obviously no errors, and the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious errors.”
― Tony Hoare

tags: philosophy

2 likes

“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.”
― Robert Fulghum, True Love