Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007693, Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:56:10 -0800

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Fw: Lolita's Royalties & pangrams
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenny, Glenn" <gkenny@hfmus.com>
To: "'D. Barton Johnson '" <chtodel@cox.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: RE: Lolita's Royalties


>
> It is probably impossible, although would-be solvers will be initially
> seduced by the word "torque" and then tempted to link it to the idiomatic
> abbreviation "SUV" only to realize that such a combination in and of
itself
> already violates VN's directive; no, I'm afraid that the master knew there
> was no reasonable solution to his challenge. Not that I blame him. Any
> author who has gotten to the point where/when he/she is actually EARNING
> royalties-a state of affairs I dare say was outside the experience of VN
> prior to the publication of "Lolita" (I say "dare say" because I hope to
be
> corrected here)-will be loathe to give any portion of them up easily, or
> even difficultly, for that matter.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Barton Johnson
> To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> Sent: 4/1/03 8:52 PM
> Subject: Fw: Lolita's Royalties
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fuller, Freda" <freda.fuller@mwsu.edu>
> To: "'D. Barton Johnson '" <chtodel@cox.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 4:35 PM
> Subject: RE: Lolita's Royalties
>
>
> > "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs." uses every letter,
> but
> some
> > of them repeat.
> >
> > Freda Fuller-Coursey
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D. Barton Johnson
> > To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
> > Sent: 4/1/03 12:12 PM
> > Subject: Fw: Lolita's Royalties
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Phillip Iannarelli" <iann88us@yahoo.com>
> > your approval (14 lines) ------------------
> >
> > > In the TriQuarterly VN tribute issue, Herbert Gold
> > > recalls VN who told him he'd give him a portion of
> > > "Lolita"s royalities if he could come up with a
> > > sentence that uses all the letters of the alphabet
> > > just once. Anybody care to try?
> > >
> > > It's April 1! but this is for real.
> > >
> > > Phil Iannarelli
> > >
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