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EDNOTE. Someone recently raised the issue of "Fulmerford." VN poses the
question in STRONG OPINIONS: "With the Devil's connivance I open a newspaper
of 2063 and in some article on the books page I find: "Nobody reads Nabokov
and Fulmerford today." Awful question: Who is this unfortunate Fulmerford?"
Although the name is intentionally obscure and quite possibly non-existent
(in terms of a "real" writer-referent), one is tantalized by the thought
that it may allude to a "real" writer.
To answer this vexing question, I turned to the world's leading
Fulmerford authority, Juan Martinez, master of the Nabokov webpage WAXWING
and also a web page devoted to Mr. Fulmerford. Here is his reply and the
URL of his Fulmerford site. Both are it and WAXWING are a delight.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Juan Martinez" <jmmartin@mail.ucf.edu>
>
. I would have answered sooner but
> spent some time w/ Scrabble tiles rearranging "Fulmerford" (a la Ms.
> Farrow in _Rosemary's Baby_). No luck. But "fulmer" sounds like
> "fulminate." That's all I have, which isn't much.
>
> If there is no real Fulmerford, and there doesn't seem to be one, one
> needs to be created, no? Minor author, w/ one well received but obscure
> novel, moved to Mexico, married an actress, is heard from from time to
> time.
> Cheers,
>
> Juan
>
> - - http://www.fulmerford.com
>
>
> >>> "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net> 04/25/03 9:48 PM >>>
> Dear Juan,
> Your site continues to delight. A question for you. Have you looked
> into the question of whether there actually was a "real" Fulmerford"? Or
> anagram, maybe?
>
> Best, Don (NABOKV-L)
>
question in STRONG OPINIONS: "With the Devil's connivance I open a newspaper
of 2063 and in some article on the books page I find: "Nobody reads Nabokov
and Fulmerford today." Awful question: Who is this unfortunate Fulmerford?"
Although the name is intentionally obscure and quite possibly non-existent
(in terms of a "real" writer-referent), one is tantalized by the thought
that it may allude to a "real" writer.
To answer this vexing question, I turned to the world's leading
Fulmerford authority, Juan Martinez, master of the Nabokov webpage WAXWING
and also a web page devoted to Mr. Fulmerford. Here is his reply and the
URL of his Fulmerford site. Both are it and WAXWING are a delight.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Juan Martinez" <jmmartin@mail.ucf.edu>
>
. I would have answered sooner but
> spent some time w/ Scrabble tiles rearranging "Fulmerford" (a la Ms.
> Farrow in _Rosemary's Baby_). No luck. But "fulmer" sounds like
> "fulminate." That's all I have, which isn't much.
>
> If there is no real Fulmerford, and there doesn't seem to be one, one
> needs to be created, no? Minor author, w/ one well received but obscure
> novel, moved to Mexico, married an actress, is heard from from time to
> time.
> Cheers,
>
> Juan
>
> - - http://www.fulmerford.com
>
>
> >>> "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net> 04/25/03 9:48 PM >>>
> Dear Juan,
> Your site continues to delight. A question for you. Have you looked
> into the question of whether there actually was a "real" Fulmerford"? Or
> anagram, maybe?
>
> Best, Don (NABOKV-L)
>