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Stephen Fry

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

August 24, 1957

Website

http://www.stephenfry.com/

Twitter

stephenfry

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel

Influences

Oscar Wilde, Bertrand Russell, P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh ...more

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Stephen John Fry is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, poet, columnist, filmmaker, television personality and technophile. As one half of the Fry and Laurie double act with his comedy partner, Hugh Laurie, he has appeared in A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster. He is also famous for his roles in Blackadder and Wilde, and as the host of QI. In addition to writing for stage, screen, television and radio he has contributed columns and articles for numerous newspapers and magazines, and has also written four successful novels and a series of memoirs.

See also Mrs. Stephen Fry as a pseudonym of the author. ...more

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Stephen Fry's Blog

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40 Years On

40 years on, when afar and asunder

Parted are those who are with us today

When you look back and forgetfully wonder

What you were like in your work and your play.

Here I am, shyly putting my toe into the waters of Substack. I thought I might as well begin my time here by acknowledging an anniversary and trying to recreate for those readers who are younger than me (statistically speaking, that will be

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Stephen Fry’s books

Average rating: 4.16 · 475,657 ratings · 42,692 reviews · 309 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 162,077 ratings — published 2017 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 59,811 ratings — published 2018 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 42,641 ratings — published 2020 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moab Is My Washpot 3.93 avg rating — 25,175 ratings — published 1997 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fry Chronicles 3.85 avg rating — 22,869 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 17,689 ratings — published 2024 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Liar 3.64 avg rating — 13,590 ratings — published 1991 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making History 3.92 avg rating — 12,223 ratings — published 1996 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hippopotamus 3.67 avg rating — 10,709 ratings — published 1994 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge 3.82 avg rating — 6,345 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry's Great Mythology (4 books)
by

Stephen Fry

4.29 avg rating — 282,201 ratings

Memoir (3 books)
by

Stephen Fry

3.84 avg rating — 54,439 ratings

A Bit of Fry and Laurie (4 books)
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Stephen Fry,

Hugh Laurie

4.29 avg rating — 806 ratings

Quotes by Stephen Fry (?)

“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.

Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”
― Stephen Fry

tags: advice, depression, friendship, life, self-help

3286 likes

“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
― Stephen Fry

tags: books, e-readers, kindle, reading

2713 likes

“It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.”
― Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot

tags: body-image, books, depression, insecurity, isolation, language, laughter, literature, philosophy, self-consciousness, self-image, self-loathing, shame, social-anxiety

1956 likes

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1st Quarter 2020 - Fantasy #2

Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender, 400p

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A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland, 456p

2 votes, 18.2%

The Deep by Rivers Solomon, 176p

2 votes, 18.2%

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry, 416p

1 vote, 9.1%

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons, 560p

1 vote, 9.1%

Eragon by Christopher Paolini, 503p

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Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey, 176p

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The Binding by Bridget Collins, 437p

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Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis, 444p

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The Steel Seraglio by Mike Carey, 424p

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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, 396p

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