NPPF -- no need to relate to Pynchon . . . .?

[David Morris]

--- davemarc <davemarc at panix.com> wrote:
> From: David Morris <fqmorris at yahoo.com>
> >
> > OK, let's try again:  There's no good reason NOT to discuss it here.
>
> Reasons to have an extended Nabokov-centered discussion elsewhere:
> 1. This is a Pynchon-centered discussion, not a Nabokov-centered one.

These are Pynchon fans on the Pynchon list discussing Nabokov, who just 
happened to have one of the hottest American novels ever published in 1955
(Lolita):

>>>He [TRP] graduated from Oyster Bay High School in 1953 at the age of
sixteen, salutatorian of his class and winner of the Julia L. Thurston award
for "the senior attaining the highest average in the study of English." A
scholarship to Cornell University and enrollment in the division of Engineering
Physics followed. At the end of his sophomore year [1955 - the year Lolita was
pulblished when Pynchon was then 18 years old] he left Cornell for service in
the Navy. 
   He returned to Cornell in the fall of 1957 transferring to the College of
Arts an Sciences [where at that time Nabokov was a "celebrity" professor
because of Lolita's success] from which he would attain his degree in English.
During this time, he was on the editorial staff of the The Cornell Writer , and
also published his first short story: "The Small Rain" (The Cornell Writer,
March 1959). He received his B.A. in June of 1959 with "distinction in all
subjects." <<<
http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/bio/facts.html

If you can't see the Pynchon relevance then I won't try to explain further.

> 2. A Nabokov-centered discussion here might be interpreted by some as a
rationale for other non-Pynchon focused discussions, such as one that revolves
around George Bush. That would further erode the identity of this discussion.

This complaint about Pynchon-focus here is moot because of the defacto reality.
 Literary discussion of Pale Fire is superior to the standard fare here.

David Morris

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