The epigraphs in *GR*

[Dave Monroe]

... and that, of course, is what really nails it, isn't it?  From a statement of
metaphysics--thanks, by the way, Basileios, will look into it--to the (in)famous
and, here, sinisterly ironic name of Wernher von Braun to that "screaming
com[ing] across the sky," which quite likely has already struck, "It is" indeed
"too late" (and, again, anybody have any thoughts on that Fanon connection?),
and a certain apocalyptic tone is Indeed struck, with overtones of "denial," both
rationalization and mystification (and, again, do see Jeffrey Herf's Reactionary
Modernism: Technology, Culture, and Politics in Weimar and the Third Reich on how
technology was "integrated into a national culture that lacked strong liberal
traditions and that fostered intense romantic and anti-industrial sentiments"
(155)), and undertones of atrocities past, present and future ...

jporter wrote:

> Here he is at the entrance-way, fixing us with his sparking eye, beckoning
> us to enter. Meanwhile, Far above, brennschluss has already occurred. The
> rocket, now soundless, has gone ballistic-\. It's too late. von Braun is
> well aware of this. His car, a mercedes, purrs in the alley. Just a few more
> minutes and it will all be over. "Come my friends, don't be delay, before
> all the seats are taken..."