|
Post by Durutti on Apr 15, 2005 7:33:29 GMT
I too like Mark Kermode (Will Self is undoubtedly a cunt and yet he is a brilliant writer. There is no justice). Maybe we should have a poll...
|
|
|
Post by Fellalady on Apr 15, 2005 11:05:29 GMT
Is he a cunt?......I used to like him on Shooting Stars. I've only read My Idea Of Fun, which I loved. Dark, twisted, imaginative. Don't let the intro where the main character is imagining what it would be like to fuck the the decapitated body (in the neck) of a tramp on a train put you off, like it nearly did me. He knows so many words!
|
|
|
Post by Monpot on Apr 15, 2005 12:41:53 GMT
I read a collection of Wil Self's short stories once, some of them were fantastic, and slightly disturbing -especially one called Insectopia or something. Urgh.
He was also ace on Room 101, he wanted Airports to go in, and he somehow tied them in to Tony Blair (well he said they were both boring). Him and John Peel were the best things on Grumpy Old Men.
I vote 'Yes' to Will Self.
|
|
|
Post by DangerousDoug on Apr 15, 2005 13:34:45 GMT
i dont really know much about either will self or mark kermode, but they both seem very cool. id love to have an uncle will self. t'would be great.
|
|
|
Post by i_deserve... on Apr 15, 2005 15:39:48 GMT
Will Self went to my old school! Fact! ;D East Finchley sounds very different in his words...
|
|
|
Post by John Brainlove on Apr 16, 2005 3:22:00 GMT
Will Self is brilliant. I like him because he has that completely irreverant Lamarr type streak in him - he will cut anyone down to size if they say something dumb. He's a creative thinker and a one-off. I love his books (Great Apes especially - amazing book) and I love seeing him on TV. And I used to like reading him in the Independent. But I stopped buying it.
|
|