myFry: Stephen Fry's second autobiography becomes an interactive app

I've been following actor, all around wit, and Apple enthusiast Stephen Fry's career since I saw him play the wonderfully droll and brilliant butler, Jeeves in the English TV series Jeeves and Wooster back in the early 90's. Hugh Laurie, probably better known as Dr. House, played Bertie Wooster over the four seasons of tales from the P.G. Wodehouse's books. Since (and before) then he's done an amazing amount of work, from appearing in V for Vendetta to narrating the English versions of the Harry Potter Audiobooks books.

The second volume of his autobiography entitled: The Fry Chronicles has been released in England as a hardcover book (UK£20.00), AudioBook, iBook (£12.99) and an iPhone app titled myFry (£7.99) in the British iTunes store. It's not yet available in the US store. The digital versions are enhanced with seven videos.

The myFry app looks quite intriguing. Instead of linearity, (which is so passé) these days Fry opted for a color wheel that can take you to any themed section of the book where you can read sections of that theme. So the book isn't meant to be read in any particular order, at least on the iPhone. Without seeing it, (being a bloody Yank), I can see this working, since Fry's writing is quite anecdotal and randomly breaking it up might be just the thing. I can't wait to get my hands on it.

[via 9to5 Mac]

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Source: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/myfry/id390442062?mt=8

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Jonathan

We don't all talk like they do in Jeeves and Wooster by the way!
I can heartily recommend not only Stephen Fry's novels, but also the DVDs of A Bit of Fry and Laurie (hilarious series), Blackadder series 2-4 and a couple of movies he directed or starred in (Peter's Friends, Wilde etc)
also if you get them over there, the quiz Programme QI is rather funny and educational.

But I must pull you up on something. Fry most definitely did NOT narrate the English versions of the Harry Potter novels. He narrated the BRITISH versions. Bloody Yanks! ;)

September 13 2010 at 4:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

OlsonBW

I've got the DVDs for Jeeves and Wooster. I'm a (bloody) Yank also. Jolly good fun that show (use a fake english accept for that).

They also had another tv show together called, "Fry and Laurie". I've seen clips of it. It had kind of a small time Monty Python to it but different. It looked really good.

Anyway, both Fry and Laurie have been great in everything they've done, including american TV. Fry was on Bones for one.

Laurie was also on Black Adder, either the second or third or both seasons.

Anyway, jolly good, carry on chaps, and that all kind of stuff.

September 13 2010 at 2:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Richard

Fry was also in two series of Blackadder.

September 13 2010 at 3:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tyr.goossens

Mr. Fry is also quite an accomplished author. I think "The Hippopotamus" is the best book containing horse romancing I have ever read (also the only one.)

September 13 2010 at 1:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jorgem817

Brilliant!

September 13 2010 at 1:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply