The epigraphs in *GR*

[Basileios Drolias]

> > i could be totally wrong on this, but after the nth reading of GR it
somehow
> > struck me that pynchon is somehow feeling sympathetic (ok maybe
sympathetic
> > is the wrong word but i am at work, and i cant think of a better one!)
> > towards von Braun.
> >
> > and i somehow alwys felt that the first epigram is related to the
> > dedication...
>
> Nice thought. There seems to have been some doubt regarding the
attribution
> of the von Braun quote in the archives, from the redoubtable Tim Ware no
> less:

well, i recall finding the quote myself in a book in the science museum
library (in lodnon). As i am now in greece its not easy to pop in and check
again...

on the other hand the quote i could never find was the blackett quote in the
first pages of GR 'you cant run a war on a gasp of emotion' (or something
similar. quoting from memory).

basil