a quasi-new topic re: GR: the title

[Rcfchess at aol.com]

This may seem like a bit of a backwards jump, but  before we even start the 
book we are confronted with the title: as such,  "Gravity's Rainbow" takes on a 
number of possible interpretations, many of which  have no doubt been 
discussed in postings years ago. Nevertheless, I'd like to  broach for discussion 
what, to me, are at least a couple of the  possibly most significant: 1) the 
illumination of a primal force of the  universe; and 2) the "up" side to a "down" 
(and, yes, the two aren't mutually  exclusive but, in a way, intertwined, much 
like a DNA helix...). After all, TRP  could've selected lots of other things 
to title the book, so his choice would  seem to be rather important, not to be 
glossed over by "jumping" right past it  and into Chapter 1...!?!
 
RF
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