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</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Geoff Simons</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1939 <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">31 August 2011 <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"></span> (aged 71–72)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<b>Geoffrey Leslie Simons</b> (23 November 1939 – 31 August 2011) was a British freelance writer. In the 1980s, he was chief editor at the <a href="National_Computing_Centre" title="National Computing Centre">National Computing Centre</a> in Manchester. A prolific author of non-fiction, he wrote books about sex, <a href="Computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Computers">computers</a> and politics, particularly the history of the Middle East.

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<p>Geoff Simons was born in <a href="Stockport" title="Stockport">Stockport</a>, and lived in or around <a href="Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a> throughout his life. He worked as an Information Officer at several companies, as well as working as a technical author and editor.<sup id="cite_ref-Simons1984_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simons1984-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote hardware and software manuals at <a href="Ferranti" title="Ferranti">Ferranti</a> and <a href="International_Computers_Limited" title="International Computers Limited">ICL</a>. As Chief Editor at the NCC, he established <i>Computer Journal Abstracts</i> and wrote summaries for over 20,000 computer articles.<sup id="cite_ref-Simons1982_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simons1982-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Simons was a critic of <a href="US_foreign_policy" class="mw-redirect" title="US foreign policy">US foreign policy</a>, regarding <a href="Sanctions_against_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctions against Iraq">sanctions against Iraq</a> in the 1990s as <a href="Genocide" title="Genocide">genocide</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the United States as "a <a href="Plutocracy" title="Plutocracy">plutocracy</a> that shapes foreign policy in the cynical calculation of elitist commercial advantage".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In later life he was a frequent correspondent to newspapers, seeing his letters published in <i><a href="The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i><a href="Sunday_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Times">Sunday Times</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i><a href="New_Statesman" title="New Statesman">New Statesman</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i><a href="Morning_Star_(UK_newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Morning Star (UK newspaper)">Morning Star</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on 31 August 2011. He was survived by his widow, Christine, children, grandchildren and great-granddaughter.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Skepticism">Skepticism</h2></div>

<p>Simons was an <a href="Atheism" title="Atheism">atheist</a> and <a href="Skepticism" title="Skepticism">skeptic</a>. He was a member of Greater Manchester Humanists. In his book <i>Is God a Programmer?</i>, he defended atheism and criticized the <a href="Teleological_argument" title="Teleological argument">argument from design</a>.

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<ul><li><i>Sex in the Modern World</i>, 1970.</li>

<li><i>A History of Sex</i>, 1970.</li>

<li><i>Sex Tomorrow</i>, 1971.</li>

<li><i>Does Sex Make You Feel Guilty?</i>, 1972.</li>

<li><i>Pornography Without Prejudice: A Reply to Objectors</i>, 1972.</li>

<li><i>A Place for Pleasure: The History of the Brothel</i>, 1973.</li>

<li><i>The Witchcraft World</i>, 1974.</li>

<li><i>The Simons Book of Sexual Records</i>, 1975.</li>

<li><i>Introducing Microprocessors</i>, 1979.</li>

<li><i>Robots in Industry</i>, 1980.</li>

<li><i>The Uses of Microprocessors</i>, 1980.</li>

<li><i>Introducing Word Processing</i>, 1981.</li>

<li><i>Women in Computing</i>, 1981.</li>

<li><i>The Illustrated Book of Sexual Records</i>, 1982. Second ed., 1985.</li>

<li><i>Privacy in the Computer Age</i>, 1982.</li>

<li><i>Computers in Engineering and Manufacture</i>, 1982.</li>

<li><i>The Book of World Sexual Records</i>, 1983.</li>

<li><i>Sex and Superstition</i>, 1983.</li>

<li><i>Are Computers Alive? Evolution and New Life Forms</i>, 1983.</li>

<li><i>Automating Your Office</i>, 1984.</li>

<li><i>Computer Bits and Pieces: A Compendium of Curiosities</i>, 1984.</li>

<li><i>Expert Systems and Micros</i>, 1985.</li>

<li><i>Towards Fifth-generation Computers</i>, 1986.</li>

<li><i>Is Man a Robot?</i>, 1986.</li>

<li><i>Introducing Artificial Intelligence</i>, 1984.</li>

<li><i>The Biology of Computer Life: Survival, Emotion and Free Will</i>, 1985.</li>

<li><i>Silicon Shock: The Menace of the Computer Invasion</i>, 1985.</li>

<li>(with R. T. Doswell) <i>Fraud and Abuse of IT Systems</i>, 1986.</li>

<li><i>Eco-computer: The Impact of Global Intelligence</i>, 1987.</li>

<li><i>What is Software Engineering?</i>, 1987.</li>

<li><i>Introducing Software Engineering</i>, 1987.</li>

<li><i>Evolution of the Intelligent Machine: A Popular History of AI</i>, 1988.</li>

<li><i>Is God a Programmer?: Religion in the Computer Age</i>, 1988.</li>

<li><i>Silicon Psychosis: Derangement in the Global Network</i>, 1989.</li>

<li><i>Viruses, Bugs and Star Wars: The Hazards of Unsafe Computing</i>, 1989.</li>

<li><i>Robots: The Quest for Living Machines</i>, New ed., 1994.</li>

<li><i>Robots and Robotics</i>, 1992.</li>

<li><i>Libya: The Struggle for Survival</i>, 1993. 2nd ed. (with foreword by <a href="Tam_Dalyell" title="Tam Dalyell">Tam Dalyell</a>), 1996.</li>

<li><i>Iraq: From Sumer to Saddam</i>, 1994. Foreword by <a href="Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Tony Benn</a>. 2nd ed., 1996. 3rd ed., 2003.</li>

<li><i>The United Nations: A Chronology of Conflict</i>, 1994.</li>

<li><i>Korea: The Search for Sovereignty</i>, 1995, Reprinted with foreword by <a href="Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Tony Benn</a>, 1999.</li>

<li><i>UN Malaise: Power, Problems, and Realpolitik</i>, 1995.</li>

<li><i>Cuba: From Conqistador to Castro</i>, 1996.</li>

<li><i>The Scourging of Iraq: Sanctions, Law, and Natural Justice</i>, 1996. 2nd ed., 1998.</li>

<li><i>Vietnam Syndrome: Impact on US Foreign Policy</i>, 1998. Foreword by <a href="Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Tony Benn</a>.</li>

<li><i>Saudi Arabia: The Shape of a Client Feudalism</i>, 1998.</li>

<li><i>Iraq – Primus inter Pariahs: A Crisis Chronology</i>, 1999.</li>

<li><i>Imposing Legal Sanctions: Legal Remedy or Genocidal Tool?</i>, 1999.</li>

<li><i>Indonesia: The Long Oppression</i>, 1999.</li>

<li><i>UN Reform: Addressing the Reality of American Power', </i>Global Dialogue<i>, Vol. 2., No. 2 (Spring 2000)</i></li>

<li><i>Targeting Iraq: Sanctions and Bombing in US Policy</i>, 2002.</li>

<li><i>Future Iraq: US Policy in Reshaping the Middle East</i>, 2003.</li>

<li><i>Colombia: A Brutal History</i>, 2004.</li>

<li><i>Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie</i>, 2004. Foreword by <a href="Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Tony Benn</a>.</li>

<li><i>The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine,</i> 2006 pub by Palestinian Return centre</li>

<li><i>Iraq Endgame?: Surge, Suffering and the Politics of Denial</i>, 2008.</li>

<li><i>Time to be Rational: Darwin, Demons and Sex</i>, 2009.</li>

<li><i>Nuclear Nightmares</i>, 2009.</li></ul>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFSimons1984" class="citation book cs1">Simons, Geoff (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yPAaAQAAMAAJ"><i>Are Computers Alive?: Evolution and New Life Forms</i></a>. Corgi Books. p. 3. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-552-99093-6</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Simons1982-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Simons1982_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFSimons1982" class="citation book cs1">Simons, G. L. (1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dtftAAAAIAAJ"><i>Computers in engineering and manufacture</i></a>. NCC Publications. p. 2. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-85012-347-0</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letter-iraqis-killed-by-sanctions-1243165.html">Letter: Iraqis killed by sanctions</a>, <i><a href="The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>, 1 August 1997</span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worlddialogue.org/print.php?id=123">Letters</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233735/http://www.worlddialogue.org/print.php?id=123">Archived</a> 4 October 2013 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Global Dialogue</i>, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Autumn 2000)</span>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Letters to the editor of <i>The Times</i>, 23 February 2004, 13 March 2004, 19 September 2005.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Letter to the editor of the <i>Sunday Times</i>, 7 September 2003.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Letters to the editor of <i>The Independent</i>, 18 October 1993, 19 January 1996, 7 February 1997, 1 August 1997, 14 August 1997, 2 September 1997, 15 October 1998, 14 January 2002, 27 March 2002, 6 April 2002, 5 September 2002, 21 August 2003.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Letters to the editor of <i>The Guardian</i>, 6 July 1994, 8 January 2008, 3 March 2009, 7 April 2009, 25 April 2009, 19 August 2009, 4 September 2009, 21 September 2009, 23 July 2010, 27 July 2010, 23 April 2011, 3 May 2011.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Letters to the editor of the <i>New Statesman</i>, 28 February 2005, 6 June 2005, 19 September 2005, 7 November 2005, 6 February 2006, 21 December 2009, 4 January 2010, 18 February 2010.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Letters to the editor of the <i>Morning Star</i>, 7 January 2006, 22 March 2006, 6 April 2006.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222746/http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Manchester-Humanists/messages/boards/thread/15444262">"Geoff Simons - Greater Manchester Humanists (Manchester, England) - Meetup"</a>. 4 October 2013. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Manchester-Humanists/messages/boards/thread/15444262">the original</a> on 4 October 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 April</span> 2023</span>.</cite></span>

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