Hard covers and lack thereof
Ya Sam
takoitov at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 8 09:03:27 CDT 2006
If anyone else bears a grudge against the flimsy treacherousness of
paperbacks, support me!
>From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>To: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>, kelber at mindspring.com,
>pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Hard covers and lack thereof
>Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 06:48:28 -0700 (PDT)
>
>--- Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ... there is a limit to a the volume of paperback
> > library in one's backpack....
>
>When I began moving three years ago, the first load
>out was 144 bank boxes of books. Three months later,
>I was still moving more of them. Almost ALL
>paperback. Lighter, thinner, cheaper. They'll out
>last me ...
>
> > And I HATE the creases that appear on the spine
> > after a first reading. And there is a good
> > chance of ending up with two halves of one book
> > upon a second reading.
>
>You're apparently rougher on the damn things than I
>am. Many of my SF pbks, however, have multiple
>creases along their spines, as my grandpa used to fold
>'em all the way over. But STILL all in one piece ...
>
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