Well I just reread Vineland and the news is still bad...

Keith keithsz at mac.com
Thu Jun 14 09:27:29 CDT 2007


Of these three, Oprah would have to go with Pale Fire.

On Jun 14, 2007, at 6:55 AM, David Morris wrote:

Pale Fire's a fine construct/puzzle, but not a compelling novel.
That's OK, and not a "falling-off."  But I prefer the characters and
story of Lolita.

I think Ada was his attempt to combine characters/story with puzzle,
but the characters are uninteresting (who gives a damn about these
self-indulgent rich kids and their incestuous affair?) and the puzzle
has never been unearthed.





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