Many themes recur in Nabokov's work. One of the most frequent is the use of fallible narrators and layered levels of implicit plot.

This article is decidedly Nabokov-esque: the author feigns ignorance of the connection between describing a movie in perfect detail to Nabokov and then being hired to review movies. It's not a million miles away from the sort of gaff Charles Kinbote might make [1].

Incidentally, I think Pale Fire might appeal to much of the HN crowd. It's frequently read as a dense, finely-wrought mechanical puzzle that might appeal to the coder mindset.

Like Nabokov, I'm also a big fan of writing under pseudonyms. It's a very freeing experience.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Fire

Edit: if you like puzzles, it might be better not to spoil the fun by reading the wikipedia article (or indeed any review, or the dust jacket of the book). It would be better to buy the book, start with the foreword by C. Kinbote and read through to the end of the index.