:) !!!

[corivax]

From a 1969 interview with Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, by Alden Whitman of the New York Times, found here:

Q: How do you rank yourself among writers (living) and of the immediate past

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[beaq]

Oh, that's wonderful!

I buttcone Nabokov! He's my favorite genius.

Er, what?

[corivax]

... 'buttcone'

[gfish]

I've only read Lolita, but it was so amazingly brilliant I'm afraid to read anything else of his, in case it was a fluke.

[beaq]

No fluke, dude.

I haven't been able to get into Ada, cuz it's giant and I was trying to do it on a bus, but signs point to OMG yes. I recall not what other novel I read....

There's a compilation of short stories out, edited by his son, I think. Try it as an appetizer? (OK, yes, his son.)

[vixyish]

Really, shouldn't that be conebutt?

[vixyish]

Hrm, that's two or three times now that LJ hasn't shown me all comments until after it's too late. Or I am lame. Whichever.