Pale Fire

[Malignd]

<<IMO Pale Fire was designed to be read in non-linear
fashion even by the first time reader. It is designed
to be read and read again and again. It will not be
possible to discuss the work in a meaningful way
without "spoiling". When I read PF for the first time
I always jumped ahead to follow the commentary,
following N's/K's instructions to the letter,and had a
hell of a good time. The book is meant to be read that
way, and to avoid following "Kinbote's" instructions
would be demented. (IMHO) You'll be missing all of the
fun, and the resulting discussion would be unnatural
and entirely false to the book.>>

I completely agree.  I said in an earlier post that it
was, after all, Kinbote (and, of course, VN) who put
references to the commentary in the Foreword.  Still,
to each his own.

When I suggested that people read the book "cover to
cover" before the group read, I meant read the book in
its entirety; I didn't intend to suggest that it
should be read without moving about.


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