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Nab Forum-- NYTimes Forum Select Boyd's Pale Fire (fwd)
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From: Kurt Johnson <belina@dellnet.com>
Earlier today I noted that the Editor at Book Forums had decided to change
"quirky" to "passionate and intricate", noting, however, that to him
"quirky" was a compliment [comment posted by him on the Nabokov forum there]
. I later found out that several Nabokov Forum people had emailed
complaints on NYTimes.com that "quirky" was not a universally appropriate
characterization of BB's book. I guess its a credit to the Editor there to
have stepped in and changed it, since it IS an invitation for a discussion
to commence July l. Hopefully this can be a great discussion and also
drawn more general attention to BB's book.
Kurt Johnson
----- Original Message -----
From: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Nab Forum-- NYTimes Forum Select Boyd's Pale Fire (fwd)
> From: "Johnson, Kurt" <JohnsonK@Coudert.com>
>
> The NYTimes.com Books Forum has announced that Brian Boyd's book on Pale
> Fire will be the July discussion book for the Books Forum. See Book
Forums
> home page headline at www.nytimes.com
>
> The headline and note refer to the book as "quirky"-- wonder who the
source
> of that adjective is...
>
> Kurt Johnson
Earlier today I noted that the Editor at Book Forums had decided to change
"quirky" to "passionate and intricate", noting, however, that to him
"quirky" was a compliment [comment posted by him on the Nabokov forum there]
. I later found out that several Nabokov Forum people had emailed
complaints on NYTimes.com that "quirky" was not a universally appropriate
characterization of BB's book. I guess its a credit to the Editor there to
have stepped in and changed it, since it IS an invitation for a discussion
to commence July l. Hopefully this can be a great discussion and also
drawn more general attention to BB's book.
Kurt Johnson
----- Original Message -----
From: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Nab Forum-- NYTimes Forum Select Boyd's Pale Fire (fwd)
> From: "Johnson, Kurt" <JohnsonK@Coudert.com>
>
> The NYTimes.com Books Forum has announced that Brian Boyd's book on Pale
> Fire will be the July discussion book for the Books Forum. See Book
Forums
> home page headline at www.nytimes.com
>
> The headline and note refer to the book as "quirky"-- wonder who the
source
> of that adjective is...
>
> Kurt Johnson