von Braun in the Rainbow

[rich]

> But of course, the Belgians and English in 1944-45 didn't know those last
> two. Neuifeld and Dyson are writing not about GR's rich metaphors, but about
> history. And in prosaic, as-it-was-experienced history, the V-weapon
> campaign really was minor compared to the Blitz, and trivial compared to the
> apocalypse visited on German cities. To fault Dyson or Neufeld for not
> matching Pynchon's impact seems to me like faulting King Leopold's Ghost for
> not being Heart of Darkness.
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I don't disagree with this for the most part ( King Leopold's Ghost is
even more effective than HoD). comparing essays and artistic creations
is useless.
however, one cannot deny the cold eye of analysis and how it observes
pain/trauma from a distance and rates things as major/minor--I do find
that insufferable and/or inhuman.

fwiw...

rich

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