Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010817, Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:15:34 -0800

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I think it's obvious that VN was Professor X and that he ran a school for
gifted mutants. The book writing bit was just a cover up. . . his work was
ghost written by Borges. . .or should I say Wolverine?
Dane

>From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu>
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>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Nabokov and the X-Men
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:47:48 -0800
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>As a reader of the X-Men in my youth I've always chalked this up as
>coincedence.
> There seems to be little resemblence between Kinbote and Professor X. I
>am
>unaware of a possible common source but it wouldn't surprise me.
>M. Mulhern
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>My brother John Nicol has quoted to me part of an entry from a Wikipedia
>(an "open-source" encyclopedia) on PALE FIRE:
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>...the story of Charles Xavier, the deposed king of the "distant
>northern land" of Zembla. The reader soon realizes that Kinbot is
>Charles Xavier, living incognito--or that he is insane and his
>identification with Charles and perhaps all of Zembla are his delusions.
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Fire)
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>He has gone on to point out that Charles Xavier is the name of
>Professor X of the X-Men, and that X-Men #1 came out in 1963, the year
>after the publication of Pale Fire.
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>As far as I can tell, Stan Lee is not an anagram of Vladimir Nabokov,
>but is this merely coincidence, indication of a common source, or a
>hidden fan letter?
>
>Anyhow, Happy Holidays to all.
>
>Charles X. Nicol
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