NP:(P now) Back to the Future with Don DeLillo

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

I cannot clear up the mystery, Matt, only add to it
the curious note that my *review* copy of VL 
(quotes becuz as all you reviewers recall, there were
no *review* copies of VL, no proofs, galleys etc.)
which I clearly recall carrying around 
with me during the final week of 1989,
carries the date "1990."

I can't remember if they were actually on the shelves before
the New Year--can anyone?
Did anybody else get a *review* copy of VL and experience this time warp?

Probably no mystery,  probably some accounting dodge, is all,
but it really does give one an eerie feeling
until the calendar catches up.

jm
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Matt's mystery:
>
>Just noticed something odd about my paperback copy of 'Underworld' (which
>I'm enjoying)
<snip>
>
>  This edition published 1999 by Picador.
>
>and it goes on, but- 1999? Can anyone who knows something about the
>publishing industry give me a reason why this might be? Misprint? Time
>travel?