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Hello all,
I am an MA Creative Writing student who follow your discussions closely. The mention of 'writealikes' perked my interest as I had written a pastiche on Nabokov's Pnin last year as we studied the book. It is not based on a particular part of the book but rather on the relationship of Lisa (whom I call Lara) to Pnin. Instead of having her compose horrible poetry, I gave her an awful voice and instead of asking for money for Victor (Claude), I had her ask for one of Pnin's kidneys instead.
It would be nice to get some feedback on the pastiche and how closely it approximates Nabokov's writing.
Thank you,
Geeta Roopnarine
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From: Don Johnson
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Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:34 PM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Nabokov "writealikes"
As a footnote to the amusing thread on computerated VN writealikes, I mention the The Nabokovian ran a contest some years ago on the best VN style imitations from members of the International Nabokov Society--a small but well-informed group. I don't have the issue at hand but perhaps someone can fill us in. As I recall Gene Barabtarlo was the winner but some runner-up entries were also published in the newsletter.
It might be amusing to run both some VN texts and "writealikes" through the program that confuse VN's and Dan Brown's writing.
Don Johnson
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I am an MA Creative Writing student who follow your discussions closely. The mention of 'writealikes' perked my interest as I had written a pastiche on Nabokov's Pnin last year as we studied the book. It is not based on a particular part of the book but rather on the relationship of Lisa (whom I call Lara) to Pnin. Instead of having her compose horrible poetry, I gave her an awful voice and instead of asking for money for Victor (Claude), I had her ask for one of Pnin's kidneys instead.
It would be nice to get some feedback on the pastiche and how closely it approximates Nabokov's writing.
Thank you,
Geeta Roopnarine
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Johnson
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:34 PM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] Nabokov "writealikes"
As a footnote to the amusing thread on computerated VN writealikes, I mention the The Nabokovian ran a contest some years ago on the best VN style imitations from members of the International Nabokov Society--a small but well-informed group. I don't have the issue at hand but perhaps someone can fill us in. As I recall Gene Barabtarlo was the winner but some runner-up entries were also published in the newsletter.
It might be amusing to run both some VN texts and "writealikes" through the program that confuse VN's and Dan Brown's writing.
Don Johnson
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