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We here are a community trying to reclaim our authority over writers who for pages have manipulated our thoughts and...more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 10 false Mon Aug 13 10:02:31 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 04:59:09 -0800 2009
The book initially appears to be an unfinished poem, 'Pale Fire', by a dead writer named John Shade, together with a foreword, detailed commentary and index by a friend of his, Charles Kinbot...more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 16 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Nov 20 03:37:04 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 24 08:37:44 -0700 2009 2
I (1) liked (2) this book (3), especially the poem (4).

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(1) When I use the first-person singular pronoun, I am here referring to my normal persona. I have also, at various times, maintained other personas. For ex...more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 9 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 10:39:53 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 10:50:26 -0700 2007
- I finished it completely confused, slightly unsettled, and with the impression that I'd probably experienced one of the greatest works of art of the 20th century.

-...more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 5 false Wed Apr 16 10:50:59 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 21 09:03:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 4 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 18:05:44 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:14:40 -0800 2009
In the end, I can't decide whether I'm supposed to even like the poem, which I did. I can't decide whe...more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 6 false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:16:13 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 16:25:59 -0800 2009 Can not help but think in rhyme. Gray
Cat sits on a sunken chair; Full of
Spite and covr'd with mangy hair.

Was that the phone? I listen at the door.
Pause. Nothing. I resume vaccuming
Once more. And there's the wall o...more...]]> 475163 0425026132 86 11 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193824134m/475163.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/475163.Pale_Fire 5 2 false Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 14:11:20 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 21:09:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 499933 0679723420 9780679723424 910 115 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175278339m/499933.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/499933.Pale_Fire 5 2 false Tue Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 01:57:55 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 13:29:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 3 false Sat Jun 28 21:03:32 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 21:28:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 2 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Apr 15 23:42:49 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 15 23:46:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 3 2 false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 29 02:36:49 -0800 2008 Sun May 03 20:19:14 -0700 2009 D.J. Enright, who called this sort of thing "farting a tune through a keyhole" -- very clever, but is it worth the effort? I only "got" about a third of the trilingual puns and paleo-Baltic in-jokes -- and I'm certain I have no idea which unreliable ...more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 4 2 false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 15:47:23 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 06:48:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 1 false Wed Jul 09 12:00:58 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 15:42:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 4 1 false Tue May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Apr 07 08:54:22 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 08:54:42 -0700 2008 Pale Fire takes the form of a long poem, supposedly written by a respected recently deceased American poet called John Shade, and an even longer commentary on the poem. The commentary is supposedly written by Dr Charles Kinbote, a neighbour and a close friend of the poet in the last part of his lif...more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 1 false Mon Feb 04 04:36:08 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 04:30:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 4 1 false Sat Apr 26 15:53:13 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 16:02:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 1 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 16 21:39:49 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 21:42:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 2 1 false Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 13 18:14:26 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 21 09:25:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7805 0141185260 9780141185262 3361 328 4.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165644180m/7805.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805.Pale_Fire 5 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 07:20:26 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:21:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=475163