Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0004476, Fri, 15 Oct 1999 08:01:05 -0700

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Re: QUERY: ADA's "Thank Log" (fwd)
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On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:58:15 -0700 Donald Barton Johnson said:
>EDITOR's NOTE. See my comment below. Perhaps someone has other
>suggestions?
>
>DBJ NOTE. I've always assumed that on Antiterra where the action takes
>place that "Thank Log" was the equivalent of Terra's "Thank God!". On
>Antiterra, the LOGOS (word) is God.

And it also resonates nicely with Russian "bog". (Or would if I knew
any Russian!)

John