Beyond the zero

[Doc Sportello]

I'm only 20 pages in but I wanted to let it be known that I've begun, which
is not to say I'll finish, GR. I've been told that the title, among
countless other things, alludes to the trajectory of a rocket and the novel
itself. The "Beyond the Zero" epigraph to me invokes a graph of a negative
parabola that has two roots or zeros (I have a bachelors in Applied Math
but you don't need one to solve a polynomial). Anyway the von Braun quote
brings up the fact that the parabola doesn't end at the zeros but goes on
to infinity and it reminded me of Saturn via Keats "There is no death in
all the universe"

Anyhooz I'm sure you all have discussed it to death (there is no death...)
but to keep myself motivated I'll update you as I move along
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