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  "thread": {
    "id": 3942,
    "subject": "Nabokov: Pale Fire + Wolfelike Authors",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2003-04-16T21:20:23+00:00",
    "last": "2003-04-17T00:51:19+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0304-3198@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Alex David Groce",
        "address": "alex_groce at forlesen.modck.cs.cmu.edu"
      },
      "date": "2003-04-16T21:20:23+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Nabokov: Pale Fire + Wolfelike Authors",
      "in_reply_to": null,
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          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Are there any other Nabokov books you would recommend for Wolfe fans\n(or just for me)?"
        },
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          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "I'll second the recommendations for _Lolita_, which is a fine book.\nMy personal favorite Nabokov novel, however, is _Pnin_.  It is not the\ntour de force that _Pale Fire_ is, but has its own trickiness.\n\nI've probably suggested it on the list before, but I think most Wolfe\nfans would also greatly enjoy Robert Irwin's _The Arabian Nightmare_."
        },
        {
          "kind": "sig",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "\"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.\" John 8:32\n--\nAlex David Groce (agroce+ at cs.cmu.edu)\nPh.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer Science Department\n8112 Wean Hall (412)-268-3066\nhttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/~agroce\n\n-- "
        }
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    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0304-3202@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Richard Horton",
        "address": "rrhorton at prodigy.net"
      },
      "date": "2003-04-17T00:51:19+00:00",
      "subject": "Re: (urth) Nabokov: Pale Fire + Wolfelike Authors",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0304-3198@digest.urth.net>",
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          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 2,
          "text": "On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:20:23 -0400, you wrote:\nAre there any other Nabokov books you would recommend for Wolfe fans\n(or just for me)?"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "I'll second the recommendations for _Lolita_, which is a fine book.\nMy personal favorite Nabokov novel, however, is _Pnin_.  It is not the\ntour de force that _Pale Fire_ is, but has its own trickiness.\n\nI've probably suggested it on the list before, but I think most Wolfe\nfans would also greatly enjoy Robert Irwin's _The Arabian Nightmare_."
        },
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          "text": "My favorite Nabokov books are _Pnin_ and _Pale Fire_, order depending\non mood.\n\n_Ada_ is another outstanding book, though, and SF (if of a decidedly\nodd nature).  (His early Russian novel _King, Queen, Knave_ is also\nSF.)  _Invitation to the Beheading_, _Bend Sinister_, _The Real Life\nof Sebastian Knight_, and _The Defense_ are also all excellent.  Of\nhis Russian novels (which include _The Defense_ and _Invitation to the\nBeheading_) _The Gift_ seems most highly regarded, but I haven't read\nit yet.\n\n =20\n--=20\nRich Horton | Stable Email: mailto://richard.horton at sff.net\nHome Page: http://www.sff.net/people/richard.horton\nAlso visit SF Site (http://www.sfsite.com) and Tangent Online =\n(http://www.tangentonline.com)"
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