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[David Morris]

And I was also disappointed by Ada, although I generally love Nabakov.
 I do think that Ada is actually a puzzle-text, that the surface story
(diary) is only the surface of a very complex puzzle (much like the
puzzle of Pale Fire, written just before Ada).  And somewhere central
to the puzzle is the crazy/dead mother and her visions of the "Terrors
of Terra."  Terra being the alternate universe to the one of the book.
 The problem is, Nabakov was so ingenious with this puzzle that no one
has been able to scratch its surface.

David Morris

On 5/19/07, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
> The Recognitions completely blew me away. Only Gravity's Rainbow matches the joy that it brought/brings me. Oh, and Ada, by Nabokov.