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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Will Self's short fiction is better than his novels.He clearly struggled with structure and pacing of the long form for a while.
His narrative voice is very different to how he is as a broadcaster and journalist.
The Quantity Theory of Insanity should be read by all with a passing interest in his work. He's also better writing as a moralist than a satirist.
Cheers.
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I dunt like him using all long words on my telly(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:18,
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what's worse: intelligent people speaking intelligently, or intelligent people talking down to the proles who don't understand?(, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:28, Reply)
It requires far more skill to explain a complex concept to a thick person than a clever person.(
Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:29,
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this is one of those things that people regurgitate without any considerationit's actually bollocks
A decent physics teacher can explain thermodynamics to a fifteen year old. That doesn't in any way require more skill than working at CERN
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It's almost as if explaining and sciencing are two different skills that can in some cases complement each other.(
Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:39,
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it's almost as if what you said was obvious bollocks but you're uncomfortable admitting this on the internet(, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:44, Reply)
I tried reading the one where chimps are clever.I gave up on it because he seemed to be deliberately obfuscating the text for no good reason.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:19,
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No I didn't. The people who pride themselves for being able to slog it through is books are usually prime examples of the Dunning–Kruger effect.(
Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:27,
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what about the functioning adults who don't find it a slog at all?(, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:35, Reply)
able to read a literary novel in their mother tongue without it being a struggle(, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:38, Reply)
Usually fictitious, sometimes with a basis in real events. Longer than a novella.(
Kroney, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:51,
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I get cross at Dickens for that precise reason.Fucking florid beardy fuck.
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Kroney, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:29,
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He's like Russell Brand if you subtracted the whimsical self-deprecation.(
Kroney, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:19,
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And the sixth-form politics.Strip it all back and in either case you're left with a prick with a thesaurus.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:21,
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um, I don't think Will Self needs a thesaurusThickos reading his books do.
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THE LOQUACITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONATE TO THEIR CEREBRAL ALACRITY SOMETHING SOMETHING CULTURALLY IMPOVERISHED LACKEYSAlright, Brand, shut your fucking face, mate.
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Kroney, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:24,
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but there's a pretty clear difference between Brand and Selfunless you just see the big scary words and run away
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Yes, it's the whimsical self-deprecation.Already pointed that out, blud.
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Kroney, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:35,
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I'm getting really fed up of thick people thinking he's some kind of revolutionary.At least Billy Bragg had some sort of goal.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:38,
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Say that name three times and an angry bald dwarf will appear and vomit Patron all over your shoes.(
Kroney, Wed 25 Mar 2015, 12:39,
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I'd pay good money to see Self and Brand go head to headBrand would be thoroughly humiliated.
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