A small plea

[Tim Strzechowski]

Big Bird, I know what you're saying.  And I agree that grousing is a futile
pursuit (I like your bird imagery here).  Now, I didn't read the Nabokov
article personally, so I cannot attest to its content.  But I don't think
Doug's complaint is merely because the article is about Nabokov.  I think
his complaint is that N-related posts don't automatically make them
P-related posts; there should probably be some sort of connection to Pynchon
if it's gonna be posted here. And whoever posted it apparently thought the
connection was self-explanatory or something.

Tim



> I know that a few people are not too happy about doing a Nabokov reading.
> Let's consider it an experiment -- it may work, it may not work. But I'd
> like to make a small plea to the List -- please, let's stop grousing about
> Nabokov postings being off-topic, non-Pynchon, or trying to dilute,
derail,
> destroy, or demean (these are words with a D this time) the List.
>
> Those who object to the reading: your objections have been noted. Please
let
> the reading continue on its own merits or lack of them. Comments about
> Nabokov postings being off-topic are just going to cloud any real issues
at
> stake, whether these issues are directly concerning the reading, or
consist
> of personality disputes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Quail
>
>