Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010235, Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:39:28 -0700

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Query: Luzhin's Pixlok set ?
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------------------- I just performed a Google search on the word "Pixlok"
from the Foreword to The Defense. Exactly one page turned up, one that
cited the passage from the Foreword, a Nabokovian trap for the cyber-age.
I am guessing that a Pixlok set is a type, possibly a brand, of chess set.
Am I right? I would much appreciate being corrected or enlightened on this
point.

Thanks,
Nat

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EDNOTE. I have always assumed it was a kid's puzzle of some sort. Picking
locks? Might be a British trade name circa 1910? Does any one have an
informed opinion on this?