Fwd: COL49 Paperback Cover

[RICHARD ROMEO]

Found a tacky paperback printed in the early to mid-70s (after GR) of 

COL49 by Bantam.  The cover is this silly "psychedelic-paisley-Peter 

Max-Yellow Submarine" thing of a dancing hip and with it gogo girl and a 

drummer.  Was Pynchon marketed during the 60s and 70s as a "60s" 

novelist?  In any event, this cover is too funny.



John



I suggested my buddy read Lot 49 on a cross-country trip last year and he 
had this "tacky" original cover.  Besides thinking the cover kinda a 
funny, the thing I most remember about this copy was the blurb in the 
beginning (I forget the exact wording), advising readers that this work 
is of an Unchristian nature.  I believe we were somewhere on the 
outskirts of Colorado near Doc Hollidays resting place when I noticed 
this-nearby a girl was reading Vineland-I thought it's either the thai 
stick we'd been passing around in the bathroom courtesy of Amtrak or like 
the song Just my imagination, once again...anyway, I'll give my friend a 
call to see if he stills has this copy.  John-does yours have this 
warning to young, egg-shell minds?



snowed in

rich