The Jewel of P-listers' library

[David Kipen]

Hey, watch it with those "destroyed all intelligent life in L.A." cracks!
Any region that midwifed GR, Nat West *and* Raymond Chandler has nothing to
apologize for in the "intelligent life" department...

Not much of a Darger fan, but one hell of a blue-bleeding Dodger fan,
David Kipen


On 9/19/06, ruudsaurins at aol.com <ruudsaurins at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  Fun Question!
>      A woman with whom I was madly infatuated was acquainted with my
> "fondness" for the works of Thomas Pynchon.  While rummaging through a used
> book store, she came across a first printing of GR in library binding.  On
> the empty library card gadget on the inside of the front cover was printed
> "Los Angeles Public Library".   She bought the book and gave it to me as
> a gift (now you know why I was madly in love with her!).   I like to think
> that someone smuggled this copy out of L.A. at the last delta-t,  just
> before rocket 00000 struck.  I believe that the rocket's impact left all the
> buildings intact, but destroyed all intelligent life in L.A., as well
> as in most of California south of Bakersfield.
>      I also have an autographed copy of the Robert Crumb handbook, first
> edition.  The first time I ever laid down that kind of scratch for an
> autobiography enmeshed in a  volume of comix, but then....... boy-o-boy!
> Just-a thinkin' b-bout lil' Honey-B-bunch K-k-kaminski (jailbait of the
> month) gets me all a-stutter.
>      Then there is my copy of the Color Atlas of Forensic Pathology; it is
> just like Vollmann's _Rising Up...._, but in pictures (for those of us who
> "like to watch").
>
> truly,
>                                                                      ruud
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: takoitov at hotmail.com
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 9:23 AM
> Subject: The Jewel of P-listers' library
>
>  What is the most precious possession in P-listers' library (in terms of
> edition, autographs etc.)?
>
> As I'm asking this question, I will begin with myself, although there is
> not much to boast. With me it's the first (uncut) edition of the Sot-Weed
> Factor. Hope some day (when I'm rich) to buy the first edition of GR, not
> the signed one though! Still angry at myself for not buying the complete
> edition of Volmann's RUUD at a great discount at amazon.com.
>
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