Live Video Chat with Salman Rushdie

[Maaz]

qwhat kind of change could be possible in the middle east to respect the freedom of expression?

[Riku]

Thanks Ananthu and Becky! Maybe one day :)

[MountainAshleah]

Thanks, this was great.

[Becca]

Don't worry Riku i seems difficult q's are being deliberately avoided, take it as a compliment :)

[Dr.Mohamed Nasrullah]

Q Sir Salman Roushdy, let me ask you the direct shocking question that emits in brains of muslim youth, does History of islam need to be revised and purified , does what we believe in needs to get reviewed ?

[Aswini]

Thank you, goodreads and Sir Rushdie!

[Kyle]

This was great. Thanks!

[Riku]

:) it was a privilege just watching it! Thanks goodreads!

[Andrew]

What was the book reccomendation?

[Mike]

Great job! Thanks for having this! :)

[Agi]

Thank you! :)

[Mike]

Right -- I caught the last name Mitchell, but that was it. What was that book suggestion again?

[Dyuti]

Thanks. Enjoyed it.

[Riku]

becky, maybe goodreads can just mail Sir rushdie the chat transcript so that he can see what ppl want to know? Might be a good idea

[Becca]

Thanks for the opportunity to see this, maybe more time for questions next time?

[Riku]

Cloud Atlas

[Riku]

Mike... it was Cloud Atlas

[Andrew]

Thanks Riku!

[Maaz]

q What was the recomended books?

[Becca]

Riku: or he could just log on and look at it himself and aswer in the chat? (we wish!)

[Mike]

Thank you, Riku! :)

[Joni]

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

[Becca]

was i the only one getting an echo from SirR and the host sounding really loud?

[Maddy]

does anyone know when you get to watch it again?

[Maaz]

me too

[Ananthu]

Goodreads, I can't thank you enough! This was awesome!

[Maddy]

yeah becky, the quality was really cracky

[Ananthu]

Maddy:Here - http://www.livestream.com/goodreads/v...

[Maaz]

I didn't hear most of the answers..

[Becca]

ta, maddy just press the play button and it restarts

[Maddy]

thanks!!

[Kevin]

Thanks goodreads this was great!

[Maddy]

I couldnt even hear the answer to my question.. :(

[Georgia]

Great! I took the day off from work to see this and it was worth it.

[Maaz]

thank you all

[Liza]

thank you!

[Patrick]

Thank you all so much for watching. I apologize for not getting to more of your great questions. The recording is now posted if you'd like to watch it.

[Becca]

maddy:he said there wasnt much he could do about SV's publicity and he was neutral on the subject and people wrote telling him they found it funny and couldn't see the problem with it. Then he had a pop at "constructed rage". you can find the answer at 03:00 ish on the video

[Gabriel]

thank you goodreads for having this. My question was lucky enough to be answered. thank you so much. thanks Riku and thank you so much Goodreads!

[Riku]

We were all privileged today. Patrick, you conducted the interview so well, you managed to keep him entertained throughout! He almost didnt want to go? :)

[Joni]

Patrick this was awesome. I hope you can keep having this kind of quality unique live-chats. To next time.

[Riku]

loved the crack on your name gabriel :)

[Lexana]

any future obsession of what you want to write down after this novel?

[Ananthu]

The audio quality was a tad underwhelming. That's my only complaint.

[Tina]

Thank you for hosting this wonderful interview with one of my favorite authors. It was extremely well done.

[Gabriel]

Patrick: that was really great! even though the audio quality did not do a good job but who cares, for me since the video was uploaded we can watch it anytime we want just to know the answers so it's great to have a rare time like this.
Riku: yeah I know, and I like the way that I was somewhat similar to what Gibreel Farishta acted in the story, but thanks again

[Sam]

Nice to have a question answered, thanks for putting this on.

[Maddy]

Thanks goodreads! lol.. that was an awesome interview you gave us!

[Maddy]

And thanks a ton becky too!

[Riku]

Just ordered the book! cheers all!