Stats

[the Robot Vegetable]

On Sun, 19 May 1996, Paul DiFilippo wrote:

> Just got to thinking about  TRP's lifetime stats in the wordage
> dept, as if spread out over his whole career.  Suppose we
> allocate a generous (?) 200K words to V, 50K to COL49, and
> 500K to GR.  Then toss in another 50K to SLOW LEARNER.  That makes
> a generous 800K over a 33-year career, or roughly 25K per year.

    Is _Vineland_ not considered his work?  I have been wondering
    why it is I don't feel like reading it.  What is it about this
    book?  It seems to ooze invisibility and triviality.  Someone
    please tell me this isn't so and that I should waste no time
    reading.  (After I finish the last 100 pages of GR,  and then
    read it through again,  that is.)

    veg