Storm Dunlop

Author, Translator, Editor, Lecturer

As you probably already know if you are viewing this page, I am a British author and translator, working mainly in the physical sciences, such as astronomy, meteorology, and geology. My own books are largely concerned with astronomy and the weather, but my translations (both books and articles) have covered a much wider range: from 'Lake Baikal' to 'Extraterrestrial Intelligence', taking in 'Speech among the Neanderthals' along the way.

Some people have difficulty in believing that ‘Storm’ is my true name – especially because I write about the weather (amongst other things). In fact, ‘Storm’ is a fairly common Scandinavian and German surname, even if not very common as a first name. But there are others. See, for example, this poor soul who had his house swept away: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19930269.

Latest - (2013 May 18):

Unkown images

A couple of months ago I posted an enquiry on the HASTRO-L discussion list (the History of Astronomy list) asking for help in identifying some images that were sent to me, and also a transparency showing a diagram of the southern constellations, forwarded to me in error by my publisher many years ago. My own searches had failed to find the true owner, and also the source of that image. The response was immediate, and I am most grateful to Barbara Becker, Thomas Settle and Alistair Kwan for identifying the hexagonal panel and sundials, and to Giancarlo Truffa for identifying the book in which the constellation chart appears. The images (and their identifications) may be seen here.

Talks

Both of my talks on ‘Reading the Weather’ to the Friends of Chichester Harbour were fully booked, given and well received. If anyone feels that they have missed out, but would still like to be informed of any future repeats or additional talks, please contact the FoCH Events Secretary. The Secretary of the Hayling Island Sailing Club, Paul S. Cook, has kindly said that anyone may contact him to arrange for an invitation to the talk that I shall be giving to the Club on Thursday, 10 October.

Work

Authors tend to get involved in a range of work, so the following list serves to break mine into maneagable categories:

Author	My work as a writer, including details of some of my books and articles
Blogs, etc.	Increasingly, I am asked to contribute to various websites and to publishers’ and other blogs. Here is a note of some such contributions.
Translator	A similar summary of my translation work, with a partial list of major translations
Editor	Some of the editorial and other publishing projects with which I have been involved
Lecturer	Talks, lectures and evening classes

Other interests

Like everyone else, I have also become involved in other activities, some paid, and some unpaid. Here are a few of my current fields of interest:

Astronomy	Still my first love, although it often has to cede time to meteorology
Meteorology	Or 'Weather and Climate' if you find the formal term too forbidding
Geology	We can also include palaeontology ('fossils') here [Page not yet in place]
Photography	Mainly meteorological photography [Page and gallery not yet in place]
Authors and their rights	Society of Authors and Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society
Computers	Various aspects of computing, including (surprise, surprise!) WWW pages and sites [Page temporarily removed]
Books	Collecting, rather than writing them [Page includes my wants list but has yet to be revised]
Greyhounds	Greyhound rescue to be specific, and my own dogs