Will Self on Phone

We were joined by Will Self to discuss the final instalment in “one of the most ambitious and important literary projects of the 21st century” (Observer), his new novel Phone.

[@inHell-rb]

Well... thats too bad; why is there only mono-sound? Just coming from the right side...

[@kathydasilva1]

The dystopia references ..suddenly jumped out at me.... maybe a reminder, of what is going on, in terms of the organization of society....

[@kathydasilva1]

The guy introducing it seems to be racing a bit.... awe of the author beside him I guess?

[@benscraftymusings]

what on earth does he mean about linking society to 'you can't factor prime numbers??'

[@dominic9983]

He's talking about the technology behind online banking. The encryption relies on the fact that we presume you can't decrypt long prime numbers used as hash keys.

[@carlkamuti]

I am a great appreciator of Self and his work but I think his reading of his book in this video is very bad indeed: putting far too much emphasis into his reading, he almost sounds like the guys doing voiceover in trailers for action movies; that and stopping and waiting for laughs that don't really come; that is a cardinal sin lMHO.

[@mikebeech5618]

So boring to watch, A little zoom occasionally? Why not just a photo and audio?