new G.R. ??

[GSnodd at aol.com]

Hi folks.  William Miller here.

You've sorted out the "remainders" thang without my help.  They'll charge
whatever they think the book can fetch.  Apparently someone thought that Tom
was going to be the next Stephen King (in sales, lets hope)...... I work in a
bookstore (2 at the moment, in fact) and I'm pulling up Pynchon on the store
computer almost every week, just to get a pre-glimpse of what might be coming
out in the future.

Ever since November, there has been a listing for a new $25.00 edition of
_Gravity's Rainbow_, due out 11/95.  Yes, that's two months ago.  It still is
listed as 11/95, and those are the computers for WaldenBooks and all other
Borders Bookstores subs, like Brentano's, Coopersmiths, et cetera.  Of
course, I havent' seen the book yet, and the data indicates that the
warehouses have not yet received it. When something like this happens,
usually production has been held up

I was wondering if someone else knew about this whole deal.

Why a new edition?  $25 ?  That's a hardback price, although not a steep one
for that novel.

Gravity's Rainbow ranks among the most pricey of paperbacks, but $25 for a
paperback would be outrageous, although I would have expected higher for a
hardback.

What do you folks think is in the works?

William Miller

PS there is listed a 3-novels-bound set, I think 49/V/Vineland, or 49/V/G.R.,
and I was wondering if any of you had that one.    If so, what does the cover
look like?

PPS Does the re-printing of the big novel herald another book on the horizon?