Reading is a compulsory activity for some of us. I'm addicted; I
almost always have to be reading something --- whether I'm
listening to music, watching television, eating, waiting, talking
on the telephone or, ah, driving. Not a good idea I know. I'm
trying to cut back, but it's tough. As with a great many
compulsions, reading started out being fun --- in my case, Dick
Tracy comic books at the local drugstore --- and has taken on a
life of its own. It's still fun and enjoyable, of course, but those
elements take an almost secondary role, and it's tough getting
started on a 12-