fave = V.

[Kelleher99 at aol.com]

Since V. is your fave, Sean/Kathleen, you may find some small amusement in
the following:

I had occasion once to examine a limited-press-run volume entitled
"Signatures" (Lord John Press), which is fetishized by certain
book-collectors because it contains the actual inked signatures of various
modern authors.  No, not what's-his-face's.  But the book does reproduce a
photograph of a copy of V. which was signed by the author and inscribed to
the person who runs Lord John Press -- evidently a collector of some
accomplishment, since as we may imagine, ol' what's-his-face doesn't sign
books for too many people.  The photo seemed scaled just right to show you
that ol' what's-his-face did in fact sign and inscribe the book (a trophy, as
it were), but not to show enough detail to reveal the message itself.  

But alas, I was able to make it out.  Am paraphrasing from memory, but it
said something very close or identical to:

"To [name of recipient] :

"I just finished reading this again.

"It isn't very good, is it?

     "Thomas Pynchon"

One thus supposes V. is not its author's own favorite, or at least one hopes.