[R. S. Gwynn]

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...1fQbngTBa.com/

[FOsen]

This has been number one on my Christmas list for a long time.

Frank

[R. S. Gwynn]

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...-the-poem.html

A fair comment, I think.

[R. S. Gwynn]

Slate just named the Pale Fire gizmo one of the best books of the year.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/b...viewed_.h tml

[W.F. Lantry]

Originally Posted by R. S. Gwynn

Slate just named the Pale Fire gizmo one of the best books of the year.

Very cool, Sam. I must admit, I read some assessment of the poem that came out as part of this (the times, maybe?) and had to agree: the poem's a good joke, and devastating to Frost, who mostly deserved it, and a little bit at Eliot's expense as well. But trying to make it out to be a serious work is a caper worthy of Kinbote himself!

Anyway, congrats. Worthy work, and I'm glad it's getting noticed!

Thanks,

Bill

[R. S. Gwynn]

Brian Boyd's new book and the "Pale Fire gizmo" (as I'm calling it) are the subjects of the current TLS cover and Martin Amis's review.

[David Mason]

This is fabulous news. I'm dying to re-read the book.
Dave

[FOsen]

As Amis says, "an unencumbered Pale Fire compels us to re-examine the poem as an autonomous whole. And the exercise is epiphanic."

And he's right! I'm enjoying the gizmo tremendously.

Youze gotta get this.

Frank