Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005064, Tue, 9 May 2000 09:32:16 -0700

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Fw: Nabokov's Butterflies/Nabokov's Blues "fly-bys"
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EDITOR's NOTE. Lepiodpterist Kurt Johnson is the co-author of NABOKOV's
BLUEs which is, inter alia, a fine piece of nature writing.

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From: "Kurt Johnson" <belina@dellnet.com>
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> The May issue of Natural History Magazine, and June issue of Scientific
> American have short side by side recommendations of Nabokov's Butterflies
> and Nabokov's Blues. With a combined circulation of 1.25 million, this PR
> for Nabokov's science is welcome. In Natural History's "Bookshelf--
Natural
> Selections" and Scientific American's "The Editors' Recommend" Nabokov's
> Butterflies is centerpieced as a rich collection commemorating Nabokov's
> "outstanding" contribution to science. Both magazines admit that most
> persons, scientists included, have not previously recognized Nabokov's
> important work in biological science. Nabokov's Blues is billed as an
> "excellent companion" to the Beacon/Penguin compendium of Nabokov's work,
> further elaborating Nabokov's significant work. Scientific American
> reproduces one of the the colorful African Charaxes butterflies that
Nabokov
> drew for Vera.
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> Kurt Johnson
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