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BOOKS: THE GENERATION GAME
Independent, The (London), Apr 22, 2001 by John Walsh
Story so far A London-based journalist, Poole wrote one of last year's more original non-fiction books, Trigger Happy, a history of videogames whose terms of reference range from Descartes to Russ Meyer and why cigarettes are of no use to astronauts.
Sub-plot He also scores music for film and television.
Sample line "Of [TS Eliot's] Sweeney's three certainties of life, videogames have so far largely eschewed birth and copulation."
The critics "Almost certainly the best book that could be written about videogames" (Tony Parsons, Late Review); "Delightful and insightful" (London Evening Standard).
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Prospects Not only smart but infectiously enthusiastic, which will take him far. When he grows up he wants to be Will Self; so a novel's not out of the question. Have your dictionary to hand.
Rebbecca
Ray
AGE 21
Literary Lolita
Story so far Left school in Powys, mid-Wales, at 16 to write A Certain Age, which details the relationship between a schoolgirl and a 31-year- old alcoholic.
Sub-plot Interestingly, for someone whose view of childhood is so jaundiced, her parents both wrote children's books.
Sample line "I was about 13 when I started letting the boys feel me up."
The critics "It's this tough, yet fragile, balance between raw exposure and extreme self-consciousness that Ray gets right" (Salon); picked out by several slightly older writers we spoke to as worth watching.
Prospects Apparently a 1,000-page second novel is in the pipeline, though previously she has said that she sees her future in writing for film.
Luke
Sutherland
AGE 31
Highland outsider
Story so far When Sutherland was six, his family moved from Humberside to Orkney - and he found himself "one of the only black kids for hundreds of miles". Not surprisingly, identity, belonging and racism are themes that crop up in Jelly Roll, an amusing tale of a fractious jazz band on tour in the Highlands. It was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award.
Sub-plot A member of Long Fin Killie, apparently one of John Peel's favourite bands, he wrote the book while recuperating in hospital after a van crash.
Sample line "He gestured hopelessly: `Ah love this band but none ay yous seems tae give a flyin fuck what happens.'"
The critics "As tired as a roadie at the end of the world tour" (Times); "Bleak but comic and a cracking good read" (Whitbread panel).
Prospects Needs to prove he's more than a one-hit wonder.
Dylan Evans
AGE 28
Emotional intelligence
Story so far Research fellow in the philosophy department of King's College, London. His pocket-sized book, Emotion: The Science of Sentiment, has become a pop science classic. Its basic theme is that reason and sentiment are not opposed but complementary. To be successful, even robots may one day need emotions.
Sub-plot Career low-point was having to withdraw temporarily his first book, Introducing Evolutionary Psychology, after being accused of libel by Professor Steven Rose of the Open University.
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