books?

[Brent Edwards]

David Morris wrote:

> In the summer I spend hours sitting on the steps into a pool
> sipping a cool
> beverage and reading.  I sure wish someone would produce books
> with plastic
> covers and "tyvek" pages.  Lacking that, I've decided it's best
> to consider
> my books expendable, and to buy mostly paperbacks, when available.

Oh I agree with you, actually. I have multiple trade paper copies of all my
Pynchon (and other authors I collect) that I actually *use*. My GR
collection, my firsts of Vineland and M&D, a little "folio" of Mortality and
Mercy in Vienna published by a London outfit, the previously mentioned
library editions of CoL49 and V. - all those I hold purely for display and
in the hopes they might bring my grandchildren a few bucks some day.

Regards,

Brent