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josé chung's from outer space Lord Kinbote (a distant relation, perhaps of Pale Fire's Charles Kinbote) is a red furry giant possibly from the Earth's core in the 3rd season episode called José Chung's From Outer Space. It was one of four X-Files episodes written by self-professed Nabokov fan Darin Morgan. Click on the relevant media icon at the Annex to listen to an mp3 snippet of the reference. In the clip, which was taken from the DVD commentary on the episode, Darrin Morgan discusses Lord Kinbote's provenance. never again A 4th season episode entitled Never Again also mentions Nabokov.  According to The X-Files In-Jokes List, "Mulder's list of people for Scully to investigate contained some interesting characters, such as Yakov Smirnoff (or Smirnov) the popular Russian comedian; Vladimir Nabokov, the author of Lolita and Pale Fire (the book where we also find Lord Kinbote), and Vsevolod Pudovkin, a Russian filmmaker of the 1920s."

 Purchase José Chung's From Outer Space from Amazon,
also available in the Third Season DVD set,
as is "Never Again" in the Fourth Season DVD set

• Special thanks to Ian Stoba & Laurie Mandigo-Stoba for providing the José Chung reference.

• More information on José Chung and Never Again from the Official X-Files Site.

• More information on the José Chung episode and on its writer, Darin Morgan.

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