The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry » Topic: Harper Collins hiding something? http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/harper-collins-hiding-something Just another bbPress community en-US Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:23:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php PamJH on "Harper Collins hiding something?" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/harper-collins-hiding-something#post-105475 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:48:43 +0000 PamJH 105475@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <br /> So, the RIGHT VS LEFT thing must be just a typo. It can always happen, right? <br /> </blockquote><br /> <br /> Oh, yes. No matter how carefully I proofread my former newspaper, at least one mistake of some sort would get by me. And I was considered pretty good at my job. I find typos in books all the time. It gives me a nice sense of shameful joy (what's the German word for that I heard on The Simpsons?).<br /> <br /> Had to edit to fix a typo. Yikes. Soph on "Harper Collins hiding something?" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/harper-collins-hiding-something#post-104813 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:07 +0000 Soph 104813@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ That's reasonable enough for me, anyway. : ] piggywhale on "Harper Collins hiding something?" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/harper-collins-hiding-something#post-104789 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:24:41 +0000 piggywhale 104789@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Ah... I did not catch that when I read the book. Always confused LEFT and RIGHT myself. X-D <br /> <br /> Please rest assured though. I remember Mr. Fry mentioning about writing this book in one of his podcast. So, the writer is certainly he.<br /> <br /> After a bit a digging, I found this in his 4th Podcast/ blessay &quot;BBC &amp; the Future of Broadcasting&quot;.<br /> <br /> &quot;The thing is, I’ve just returned from America, having finished an epic documentary series on every single state. Having arrived back in Britain, I have hit the ground running and <em>have spent the past eight weeks writing a book on the series</em> plus I’ve been filming a new series of QI here in London.&quot;<br /> <br /> So, the RIGHT VS LEFT thing must be just a typo. It can always happen, right? <br /> <br /> Hope it makes you feel better. stephenfryagain on "Harper Collins hiding something?" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/harper-collins-hiding-something#post-102657 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:13:56 +0000 stephenfryagain 102657@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ could it be a bit like if you take an exercise class and the person instructing lifts their left arm and it is in fact from your POV on your right?<br /> <br /> &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif&quot; title=&quot;:D&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; michael on "Harper Collins hiding something?" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/harper-collins-hiding-something#post-96887 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:11:22 +0000 michael 96887@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ ???????<br /> <br /> doesn't bother me at all<br /> but i will call you Typemaster General from now on.<br /> <br /> X-D <br /> <br /> SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH- LOOT!<br /> <br /> *clicks heels* Soph on "Harper Collins hiding something?" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/harper-collins-hiding-something#post-96865 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:34:56 +0000 Soph 96865@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <br /> Please tell me that this book wasn’t (gasps in horror) ghost written by someone else?<br /> I can’t believe it was, but then I can’t believe one would forget which arm one had broken...</blockquote><br /> <br /> If this ought to be the case, I'd feel somewhat fooled and betrayed. It would be alot more than deeply disapointing. Not to say I beleive this to be true, but I'm hoping for some reasanable explaination to come our way. MisterFenton on "Harper Collins hiding something?" http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/harper-collins-hiding-something#post-96859 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:52:21 +0000 MisterFenton 96859@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ Mr Fry broke his arm while making the America series. <br /> <br /> Now, if I had broken my arm, I would surely remember which arm it was as I imagine it to be very painful.<br /> But on page 140 Mr Fry writes that he broke his LEFT arm while in Brazil, despite all the pictures and the TV footage showing his RIGHT arm in a sling.<br /> <br /> Please tell me that this book wasn’t (gasps in horror) ghost written by someone else?<br /> I can’t believe it was, but then I can’t believe one would forget which arm one had broken...<br /> <br /> UPDATE: I have now had a reply from Harper Collins saying...<br /> <em>This has been a mistake on our part and will be rectified at the next reprint.</em><br /> <br /> Their mistake? Why are they making mistakes in the text. They surely would not change &quot;Right&quot; to &quot;Left&quot;... So please, who did write the text? <br /> <br /> Please Mr Fry, help clear this one up!
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