Leopold and Molly Bloom; Gatsby, Nick Carraway. Great characters all.
Never thought of the two books together. Fry's comments have made me think of revisiting the old favorites.
Posted by: waqnis | Feb 2, 2013 12:16:24 PM
Abbas, For many years, Stephen's been the host of a British TV show called "Quite Interesting" (QI), which has given me countless hours of laughter, mirth, happiness, joy--all those great emotions that Stephen Fry is so great at delivering. I'm happy to have the honor of turning you on to the show! You can find most of them on You Tube. Here's a link to a good one:
Bryon, Thanks. That was great fun and quite interesting. I'll be heading back there for sure.
Posted by: Jim | Feb 3, 2013 7:49:50 AM
You’re very welcome, Jim and Abbas. Since there must be hundreds of shows by now, and having watched a good many of them, I will be so bold as to give you my two cents on which panel guests to look out for. My personal favorites, in no particular order, are Sean Locke, Rob Brydon, David Mitchell, and Bill Bailey. I'd be curious to know which ones you end up favoring.
Posted by: Bryon | Feb 3, 2013 9:51:54 AM
Makes sense in Chinese:
www.artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/finnegans-wake-follows-tocqueville-onto-chinese-best-seller-list/
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Abbas, are you a QI fan?
Posted by: Bryon | Feb 2, 2013 10:00:54 AM
I guess not, since I don't know what that is, Bryon.
Posted by: Abbas Raza | Feb 2, 2013 10:06:31 AM
Leopold and Molly Bloom; Gatsby, Nick Carraway. Great characters all.
Never thought of the two books together. Fry's comments have made me think of revisiting the old favorites.
Posted by: waqnis | Feb 2, 2013 12:16:24 PM
Abbas, For many years, Stephen's been the host of a British TV show called "Quite Interesting" (QI), which has given me countless hours of laughter, mirth, happiness, joy--all those great emotions that Stephen Fry is so great at delivering. I'm happy to have the honor of turning you on to the show! You can find most of them on You Tube. Here's a link to a good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpsFdCE2dBc
Posted by: Bryon | Feb 2, 2013 12:57:03 PM
Bryon, thanks! Looks amazing...
Posted by: Abbas Raza | Feb 2, 2013 1:03:02 PM
Bryon, Thanks. That was great fun and quite interesting. I'll be heading back there for sure.
Posted by: Jim | Feb 3, 2013 7:49:50 AM
You’re very welcome, Jim and Abbas. Since there must be hundreds of shows by now, and having watched a good many of them, I will be so bold as to give you my two cents on which panel guests to look out for. My personal favorites, in no particular order, are Sean Locke, Rob Brydon, David Mitchell, and Bill Bailey. I'd be curious to know which ones you end up favoring.
Posted by: Bryon | Feb 3, 2013 9:51:54 AM
Makes sense in Chinese:
www.artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/finnegans-wake-follows-tocqueville-onto-chinese-best-seller-list/
Posted by: Larry | Feb 3, 2013 3:17:51 PM
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