ATD: ad: Pynchon excerpt from new novel

[the Robot Vegetable]

There is a constant flow of Pynchon books on and off the used
bookstore shelves here in paradise.  It may not be relevant, 
as I can go down and find just about any rare book whose title
I pick up off the internets.

Come visit, stay if you like it raining for months.  The 
WIllamette Valley in Oregon.


On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, jd wrote:

> The only book by Pynchon I've seen second hand is Vineland (which is
> how I got my hardcover copy), for whatever that's worth.
> 
> On 8/8/06, MalignD at aol.com <MalignD at aol.com> wrote:
> > << I'm guessing not too spectacular? But one thing I notice is that Pynchon's
> > books show up a *lot* less than average in second hand bookshops. I suppose
> > people who buy Pynchon books don't often sell them..... >>
> >
> > Simpler thesis is that they don't show up second-hand because they weren't
> > bought first-hand.  The law of averages will give you more Harold Robbins than
> > TP.
> >
>