| Your name |
Will Sheward |
| Email address |
will@willsworld.net |
| Occupation |
Marketing Chap, currently 'resting' |
| Where d'ya live? |
Essex, England |
| Education / research |
BA, MBA |
| How did you hear about the List? |
Web search about four years ago, been on and off the list since. |
| Favourite kids' TV prog |
Camberwick Green and Mr Benn |
| Think this list should stay more 'on topic'? |
Very funny |
| Fancy a get together? Suggestions? |
Yup - been to a couple (including the first). |
| Favourite drink |
Coffee (which, as I've just given up caffeine, is a bit of a problem), Guiness, pale Belgian beers, Scotch. |
| Books | Preferred Genre |
SF, contemporaneous historical tracts. |
| Books | Best book ever |
Whichever the first one was - way to go original trend setting author dude! |
| Books | Best Banks (mainstream / non-sf) |
The Bridge |
| Books | Best Banks (sf) |
Player of Games |
| Favourite films |
Blade Runner, Some Like It Hot, The Day The Earth Caught Fire (classic overlooked British SF with a plot!), Ran, Field of Dreams. |
| Favourite music |
Guitar-heavy indie music, all types of Jazz (except 'modern' of course). |
| Favourite Banks line |
Too many. |
| Favourite Banks scene |
Gurgeh's secret tour of the city under the guidance of Frere-Imsaho in Player of Games. |
| Do you preach Banks to your mates? |
Most of them already read Banks |
| If you could design a custom drug gland, what would it be? |
epinephrine |
| Sexual orientation and/or sheep joke |
Hetro |
| Religious beliefs |
Vestigial Christian beliefs, though only when I'm feeling guilty about having done something 'bad'. |
| Particularly despised religious viewpoint/religion |
Extremism. |
| Closest political affiliation |
Not sure, the left right thing is too restrictive. |
| Photo |
Cheesy Photo - http://www.lcars.demon.co.uk/will.html. |
| Description |
No hair, no hair and has been noted that I have no hair. I don't have a problem with this - oh no. |
| Other hobbies |
Mountains. |
| Pets |
None, no time and away too much at weekends. Would like cats, hate dogs (happy to discuss my 'dogs are for insecure people' theory at any time). |
| Other people you live with |
Nope. |
| What you live in |
Two-bed house. |
| Anything else interesting you want to tell us? |
Neighbours whose garden backs onto mine have just finished constructing a semi-permanent pool for their kiddies. My quiet evenings reading in the garden are now drowned out by shouting brats and their equally loud friends. Anyone know anything about planning law? |
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