| Your name |
James Mansfield |
| Email address |
youngteam333@yahoo.co.uk |
| Your own Banks related page URL |
Also in the making stage |
| Occupation |
Still at school |
| Where d'ya live? |
Stone, Staffordshire |
| Education / research |
In the education stage at the moment |
| How did you hear about the List? |
Through the culture fanzine site |
| Favourite kids' TV prog |
Button moon |
| Think this list should stay more 'on topic'? |
I used to, but not anymore. |
| Fancy a get together? Suggestions? |
Maybe... |
| Favourite drink |
Diet coke, Coffee |
| Books | Preferred Genre |
No particular favourite genre, but any contemporary fiction really. |
| Books | Best book ever |
The Outsider, Metamorphosis, Neuromancer, The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe, Animal Farm and The Bridge |
| Books | Best Banks (mainstream / non-sf) |
The Bridge,Espedair Street |
| Books | Best Banks (sf) |
Consider Phlebas |
| Favourite films |
Vanishing Point, The Blues Brothers, Dr Strangelove, The Shining, 2001, Shawshank Redemption and a little known 'classic' Sewage Babies. |
| Favourite music |
MBV, Pixies, Nirvana, GYBE, Do Make Say Think, Velvet Underground, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, Mogwai and Sigur Ros |
| Favourite deviant practice |
Slamming my head against a foam wall |
| Favourite Banks line |
'There are times when you cant do the sensible thing, when you cant act like a responsible adult at all; you just do whatever insane thing comes into your head. When bad people do it they end up murderers, when good people do it they end up heroes, and when the rest of us do it we end up looking like total idiots' Espedair Street |
| Favourite Banks scene |
Possibly the train scenes at the control system in Consider Phlebas |
| Do you preach Banks to your mates? |
Yes. |
| If so, how many converts? |
None, but I buy my mates banks books as presents, but they never seem to get read or mentioned. I may ask for them back... |
| Favourite gland (from a Banks book) |
Can't remember any offhand |
| If you could design a custom drug gland, what would it be? |
Higher Than The Sun |
| Sexual orientation and/or sheep joke |
Teetering on the edge of heterosexuality |
| Religious beliefs |
Don't care for religion at all. |
| Particularly despised religious viewpoint/religion |
Well, the one thing that annoys me is that many religions (eg Muslims) devote so much time to worshipping God, and praying on mats 5 times a day, that they forget what life is about...Having fun. |
| Closest political affiliation |
Politics means absolutely nothing to me. |
| Photo |
Sorry. |
| Description |
I am 15, have blond hair and blue eyes. I am quite tall, and have long hair. I like eating ravioli. |
| Other hobbies |
Music, Films, books, Sport. |
| Pets |
None, they keep dying. |
| Other people you live with |
My mum and dad and occasionally my brother, when he isn't at university. |
| What you live in |
My mind |
| Anything else interesting you want to tell us? |
I am not a very interesting person. |
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