Pynchon and Nabokov at Cornell

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It's actually quite easy for me to imagine P attending Cornell  and
never meeting VN.  This sort of thing happens. 


Sam Shoe: So, where did you go? 
Jim Been: Ah, Cornell. 
Sam Shoe: What did you major in? 
Jim Been: English. 
Sam Shoe: So, did you take anything with Nar boe cough? 
Jim Been: Nope, never even seen him on the campus. My roommate used to
try to drag me    over to check out one of his lectures, but like, I was
busy. Know what I mean? 
Sam Shoe: So, what wuz her name? 
Jim Been: Lolita. 






> 
> Even without the obvious stylistic and thematic resonances, there are overt
> references to _Lolita_ (in _Lot 49_) and Nabokov (in the _SL_ 'Intro').
> 
> best