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From: "Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello" <jansy@aetern.us>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
>
> Hi, Tom
> This was not the only time JR,Jr foreword was omitted. In the British
> Collins Collector´s Choice (1979) the preface that substituted JR,Jr´s
was
> written not by Martin Amis but by Peter Quennell. It is almost as if the
> "JR.Jr writer" was not good enough for the Editors...
> Jansy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:35 PM
> Subject: Fw: Fw: Fw: speaking of prefaces John Ray
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> > > Dear Don and List,
> > >
> > > My unassisted memory seems to recall reading about a Penguin editor's
> > > gaffe. He decided that Martin Amis's foreword to "Lolita" was
infinitely
> > > superior to the effort of John Ray Jnr PhD and expunged the latter's
po-
> > > faced contribution. One may imagine the screaming and yelling that
went
> on
> > > at Penguin before the entire printing was pulped; and the reaction of
> > > Vivian Darkbloom -- a transparent thing in fits of laughter.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Tom (Rymour)
> >
> >
>
From: "Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello" <jansy@aetern.us>
To: "Vladimir Nabokov Forum" <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
>
> Hi, Tom
> This was not the only time JR,Jr foreword was omitted. In the British
> Collins Collector´s Choice (1979) the preface that substituted JR,Jr´s
was
> written not by Martin Amis but by Peter Quennell. It is almost as if the
> "JR.Jr writer" was not good enough for the Editors...
> Jansy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:35 PM
> Subject: Fw: Fw: Fw: speaking of prefaces John Ray
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <tom@discobolus.co.za>
> > > Dear Don and List,
> > >
> > > My unassisted memory seems to recall reading about a Penguin editor's
> > > gaffe. He decided that Martin Amis's foreword to "Lolita" was
infinitely
> > > superior to the effort of John Ray Jnr PhD and expunged the latter's
po-
> > > faced contribution. One may imagine the screaming and yelling that
went
> on
> > > at Penguin before the entire printing was pulped; and the reaction of
> > > Vivian Darkbloom -- a transparent thing in fits of laughter.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Tom (Rymour)
> >
> >
>