So do we think reading Pynchon gave this guy pica? Or did having pica draw this guy to Pynchon?
Also, I went to my local library the other week. It's not a tiny library, not huge, but pretty good size for the place I live. Anyway, I searched their database to see if they had any Pynchon novels and they didn't? He's a hugely important author, I couldn't believe they didn't have anything by him. "Oh you want a thriller published in the '70s by a guy who died in the '80s and no one has read since the '90s? We got plenty of those. Oh, you want a copy of every single book ever published with James Patterson's name on it? We can do that. Oh, you want even a single book by one of the most influential American authors in the last century? Sorry, no luck."
I always have this problem with my local library. Like it seems like it would be great in theory, and then they never have anything I want to read, and I read a wide variety. Eventually I bought an e reader and now I pirate books from annas-archive and put them on there with Calibre. But I miss being a kid and getting to have a different book every week.
So do we think reading Pynchon gave this guy pica? Or did having pica draw this guy to Pynchon?
Also, I went to my local library the other week. It's not a tiny library, not huge, but pretty good size for the place I live. Anyway, I searched their database to see if they had any Pynchon novels and they didn't? He's a hugely important author, I couldn't believe they didn't have anything by him. "Oh you want a thriller published in the '70s by a guy who died in the '80s and no one has read since the '90s? We got plenty of those. Oh, you want a copy of every single book ever published with James Patterson's name on it? We can do that. Oh, you want even a single book by one of the most influential American authors in the last century? Sorry, no luck."
I always have this problem with my local library. Like it seems like it would be great in theory, and then they never have anything I want to read, and I read a wide variety. Eventually I bought an e reader and now I pirate books from annas-archive and put them on there with Calibre. But I miss being a kid and getting to have a different book every week.