Incoming novel?

[Terrance]

Dave Monroe wrote:
> 
> Well, then, there you go.  Plenty o' time.  I do
> recall Vineland sneaking up on me, but perhaps because
> it showed up in the shops a week or two before I'd
> expected it.  Despite that 1990 publication date, I
> believe I had it ca. Christmas 1989.  Had to hear
> about it on the streets (i.e., in a bar)--fortunately,
> there was a nearby bookstore with late hours ...

I never trust what I hear in bars. In after-hours "bookstores" I never
trust my myself
to hear or speak or see or taste or feel. 

Too busy reading anyway.