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From: "Franz-Josef Knelangen" <fjk@knelangen.de>
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> > EDNOTE. I concur that reading Boyd FIRST is not a good idea.
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> Just to quote part 1, sentence 1 of Boyd's 'Pale Fire':
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> "If you have not read Pale Fire, read it before reading on." (p. 17)
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> But I think it's ok to read Boyd after trying to read PF three times
before.
> And it's amazing how much is left to discover even after reading Boyd, f.
e.
> Boyd only shows one of the "hypertext paths" starting from Kinbote's
> foreword ...
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> Just my 1/2 p and cf. my 'Std. Discl.' :-)
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> Best, Franz-Josef
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> fjk@knelangen.de
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> "All this has to be turned in *decent* English."
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From: "Franz-Josef Knelangen" <fjk@knelangen.de>
>
> > EDNOTE. I concur that reading Boyd FIRST is not a good idea.
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>
> Just to quote part 1, sentence 1 of Boyd's 'Pale Fire':
>
> "If you have not read Pale Fire, read it before reading on." (p. 17)
>
> But I think it's ok to read Boyd after trying to read PF three times
before.
> And it's amazing how much is left to discover even after reading Boyd, f.
e.
> Boyd only shows one of the "hypertext paths" starting from Kinbote's
> foreword ...
>
> Just my 1/2 p and cf. my 'Std. Discl.' :-)
>
> Best, Franz-Josef
>
> fjk@knelangen.de
> --
> "All this has to be turned in *decent* English."
>
>