Pale Fire and Exit Strategy
I had long since gave up on the idea of including Pale Fire. I really wanted to stick it somewhere, but I had too many works to discuss and that one was the first to go. What do you know? After a year, I (again) came back full circle in my decision and decided to include this novel. YAY! And it works out pretty cool too. I am going to discuss it with Exit Strategy. After all, they are doing the same thing. The better news is that I already have a conference paper on the topic that I can use. It needs to be tweaked, but it is written well. Add ten more pages to the chapter…
Though, the idea behind Exit Strategy (publishing it online and having readers add comments to it) is an interesting twist, Nabokov’s novel is far more richer, funnier. Think about it, an insane man decides to write a critical edition to a poem and totally reads into it a plot to murder himself. Can’t get any better than that. Though Rushkoff’s novel talks about hackers (a topic dear to my heart) and is published first online, my first love is still Nabokov (as apparent from my online identity –PaleFire). All in all, progress is being made.
