…that in bed last night, and I said, well, there was a simpler way to say it. The simpler way is it's like a Vladimir Nabokov novel. Do you remember in Lolita, the movie as well as the novel where they go to this motel for their first encounter? And…

…fell down in front of this in astonishment. Well clearly then these were a different kind of people from us. I mean Vladimir Nabokov Sneers at people who move their lips while they read. That's a recurrent phrase in his writing. People who move their…

…I think the great modern exponent of this, although now dead, and certainly one who owed an enormous debt to Joyce, was Vladimir Nabokov, Especially in Ada. Ada is his paean of praise to Finnegan's wake basically and the idea tacked in there is the idea…

…limits of knowledge and all that other good psychedelic stuff that needs to be considered. The quote is from pale fire by Vladimir Nabokov, and if you don't know this book you should. It is without doubt one of the funniest books in the English Language…

…takes the form of a very long poem and then the commentary upon this poem. The poem is written by a character that Nabokov creates named John shade, and the part that I wanted to call to your attention this evening runs like this: that rare phenomenon,…

…favorite artists, which I don't offer as fulfilling that shamanic intent, but they're simply my favorites are Vladimir Nabokov as a novelist, this is flawless stuff, emotionally, intellectually complete and hilariously funny. William Gibson's accomplishment in…