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From: "Mac Reynolds" <reynoldsm001@hawaii.rr.com>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 3:12 AM
Subject: Splitting of Split Hairs
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> I am neither astute enough or learned enough to be able to follow the
> debates of Alexander and Boyd. I think they're both brilliant people as
> are many of the contributors to Nabokov-L, including two of my
> favorites, Galya and Don. I am one of those water-skimmer type readers
> who totally enjoy VN just from the surface without understanding much
> about the complex creatures of the deep. As Galya can tell you, I
> thought the feverish squirrel in PNIN for which Pnin so kindly turned on
> the fountain was symbolic of the symbiosis that should exist between man
> and animal. I skim, and as I do, I thrill to VN's humor, his incredible
> sentences, and his constant search for an indication of consciousness
> beyond the physical. The cradle rocks---I sincerely hope that VN is
> finding exotic butterflies that never existed on earth even as evolution
> and Darwinian theories are discussed here. Even if I do not understand
> 99% of what Nabokov included in his works, I so enjoy the other 1% it
> doesn't make any difference to me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mac "The Water-Skimmer" Reynolds
>
>
From: "Mac Reynolds" <reynoldsm001@hawaii.rr.com>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 3:12 AM
Subject: Splitting of Split Hairs
> This message was originally submitted by reynoldsm001@HAWAII.RR.COM to
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> I am neither astute enough or learned enough to be able to follow the
> debates of Alexander and Boyd. I think they're both brilliant people as
> are many of the contributors to Nabokov-L, including two of my
> favorites, Galya and Don. I am one of those water-skimmer type readers
> who totally enjoy VN just from the surface without understanding much
> about the complex creatures of the deep. As Galya can tell you, I
> thought the feverish squirrel in PNIN for which Pnin so kindly turned on
> the fountain was symbolic of the symbiosis that should exist between man
> and animal. I skim, and as I do, I thrill to VN's humor, his incredible
> sentences, and his constant search for an indication of consciousness
> beyond the physical. The cradle rocks---I sincerely hope that VN is
> finding exotic butterflies that never existed on earth even as evolution
> and Darwinian theories are discussed here. Even if I do not understand
> 99% of what Nabokov included in his works, I so enjoy the other 1% it
> doesn't make any difference to me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mac "The Water-Skimmer" Reynolds
>
>