Nazi and East German Propganda Archive

Monte Davis monte.davis at verizon.net
Tue Feb 13 04:53:13 CST 2007


> Oh, and here's the reverse side of that V1-leaflet:
> 
> http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/images/leaflet/v1f.jpg
> 
> Pretty scary, clunky grammar aside....

Indeed - thanks for highlighting those, and kudos to Penguin's designer for
the choice.

"How about V Number 2 to V Number X [?]" hints at the remote but routine
explosions of the permanent war in _1984_.

Among aircraft and rocketry enthusiasts, there's a small subset who are
especially fascinated with zoomy, never-built Third Reich hardware such as

http://www.luft46.com/

My impression is that there's little sinister ideological component to it --
but at least a hint that somehow Die Leuchtende Stadt was even better for
technological progress than the Radiant City...





More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list