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I dare say that I have missed the boat here, but is there any chance of
a group reading of _Ada_? I hope that it's not deemed redundant by the
appearance of BB's wonderful online annotations?
Brian Howell
http://www.windriverpress.com/titles/studyofsleep.html
http://www.tobypress.com/books/dance_geometry.htm
http://www.elasticpress.com/sound_of_white_ants.htm
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EDRESPONSE. Brian Boyd's continuing annotations to ADA set an awesome standard.
This is not to say that the combined wisdom of NABOKV-L subscribers cannot find
new and valuable things to explicate. Rather than a "structured" group reading
that would inevitably duplicate what Brian already knows, I suggest that
contributors focus on the materials in the existing on-line annotations for
chapters I-XX at http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/ada/index.htm (plus
XXI-XII in THE NABOKOVIAN). This would avoid duplication of effort and insure
that research is focussed on the still unknown rather than rehashing the known.
In addition, NABOKV-L welcomes all plausible discussion & explication on the
remainder of the novel. New discoveries will of course be acknowledged by Brian
in his AdaOnline project.
a group reading of _Ada_? I hope that it's not deemed redundant by the
appearance of BB's wonderful online annotations?
Brian Howell
http://www.windriverpress.com/titles/studyofsleep.html
http://www.tobypress.com/books/dance_geometry.htm
http://www.elasticpress.com/sound_of_white_ants.htm
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EDRESPONSE. Brian Boyd's continuing annotations to ADA set an awesome standard.
This is not to say that the combined wisdom of NABOKV-L subscribers cannot find
new and valuable things to explicate. Rather than a "structured" group reading
that would inevitably duplicate what Brian already knows, I suggest that
contributors focus on the materials in the existing on-line annotations for
chapters I-XX at http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/ada/index.htm (plus
XXI-XII in THE NABOKOVIAN). This would avoid duplication of effort and insure
that research is focussed on the still unknown rather than rehashing the known.
In addition, NABOKV-L welcomes all plausible discussion & explication on the
remainder of the novel. New discoveries will of course be acknowledged by Brian
in his AdaOnline project.