books by William S. Burroughs     books:       And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac Grove Press, 2008 More than sixty years ago, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac sat down inNew York City to write a novel about the summer of 1944, when one of their friends killed another in a moment of brutal and tragic bloodshed. The two authors were then at the dawn of their careers, having yet to write anything of note. Alternating chapters and narrators, Burroughs and Kerouac pieced together a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, ...             Cities of the Red Night25 reviews William S. Burroughs Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981 A true vision of the future or past Burroughs knew what he was talking about. This book along with the Place of Dead Roads was the final, most complete and coherant summation of the Burroughs vision/nightmare. Just by virtue of his personal style these books mix utopian essay, apocalyptic nightmare, gut wrenching horror, and valid cultural criticism. As far as experimental fiction goes, you won't find any more readable, in the ...             Queer: A Novel18 reviews William S. Burroughs Penguin (Non-Classics), 1987 tragedy of a drifter A book of unreciprocated feelings, and longings amplified by withdrawel and junk sickness. This is a much more intimate and personal look into the life of William Burroughs than his other stuff. It takes place after he accidentally killed his wife, and he is sobering up and facing all of the demons and guilt previously dulled by the drugs. This book was banned for a long time, the homosexual ...             Naked Lunch: The Restored Text238 reviews William S. Burroughs Grove Press, 2004 fadeout I finished this book only a few weeks ago and writing this only now because it left me speechless for so long. Yes, I am going to be one of those people that call and consider this book and it's author genius and visionary. I cannot say too much, it is a kind of book that you read and find great but when people ask you why you cannot say a damn word. It is breath taking, wonderful and all this ...             The Place of Dead Roads: A Novel10 reviews William S. Burroughs Picador, 2001 Perhaps Burroughs' Best In my opinion William S. Burroughs was one of the greatest authors of the 20th century. In this masterpiece the author weaves an incredible series of vignettes, sometimes horrific, into a cohesive and powerful story. Disturbing, surreal and powerful.             The Soft Machine11 reviews William S. Burroughs Corgi Childrens, 1970 "Smash The Control Machine!"-K9 the pilot This is possibly my favorite, I remember a lot about it. Just as if not more so on the lines of Wild Boys, except those boys are replaced renegade military types who go haywire and destroy the civilized control towers and such with the ubiquitous words "Calling partisans of all nations-Shift linquals, vibrate tourists-Word falling, photo falling-break through in grey room!" Wonderful. Mostly ...             Speed and Kentucky Ham10 reviews William S. Burroughs Jr. Overlook TP, 1993 Salient points aplenty, entertainment as well. Yes, Billy Junior was not his father: read this thinking of him as his own person with his own habit. That said, I was surprised how much impression this duo-novel had on me. For one thing, it's authentic. This guy knew his drugs and how to talk candidly about them. I found myself laughing with him, rooting for him when he started to get in trouble. Another value this book has, especially the ...             You Can't Win33 reviews Jack Black Nabat Books, 1999 Explore the Hidden West in the 1800's Rare is the book that so vividly captures the spirit of a time and a segment of society. This book does all that and more. We've all heard the classic stories of the Wild West. Gunslingers, bank robbers, saloons and lawmen. "You Can't Win" covers the less visible people who got by hopping trains, busting safes, and burgling folks, innocent or not so. They had their own code of ethics, which ...             Cows Are Freaky When They Look at You: An Oral History of the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers4 reviews Watermark Press, 1991 a wonderful collection anecdotes, remembrances, etc... What was it like in the sixties? Have you ever wondered this? Even if you lived through the sixties. A collection of stories, some sad, some weird, some gross, and some crazy. This book will take you back. The stories are anywhere from a few lines long to a few pages. A truly amazing book, that not only will you enjoy, but will force on your friends to enjoy             Junky: The Definitive Text of Junk (50th Anniversary Edition)91 reviews William S. Burroughs Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 a different Burroughs Junky could be the most effective anti-drug book ever written. This is not the William S. Burroughs of The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead (Burroughs, William S.) and certainly not the same guy who wrote Naked Lunch: The Restored Text. This is a Burroughs who's not talking to himself or talking to his admirers. Instead this an author who is stretching to reach the reader with the actual smelly, ...             The Western Lands15 reviews William S. Burroughs Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988 The West Is The Best. Review: Contains highly condensed scenarios in past present and future time. Rarefied and raw dream and after-death encounters and conflicts, with unforgettable characters in a multitude of hilarious satiric black humor routines, will stab you in the ribs with a poisoned quill. Not for the squeamish, dogmatic or uninformed. ¡novel biological mutations! Step right up. William S. Burroughs' ...             The Yage Letters8 reviews William S. Burroughs City Lights Publishers, 1963 Autonomous Thinkers in a Bourgeois World A great piece of history by the avant garde writers, in this case some letters, of autonomous thinkers (and doers) that depart from the mediocre bourgeois and robotic, patriotic, mind-melted citizen. Reading this book and I'm not sure if I should frown on Burrough's way of life or envy it. I don't favor much of his drug use and his tastes and sexual preferences, but at the same time, neither do I ...             Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs11 reviews William S. Burroughs Grove Press, 2001 The diary of a genius. This diary of a genius in his last weary days is a beautiful gift. An explosively brilliant visionary with insight reaching far into the future, but also a kind man who loved his cats.             The Yage Letters Redux4 reviews William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg City Lights Publishers, 2006 Fake Letters And Real Drugs. 'The Yage Letters Redux' is a contemporary update of 'The Yage Letters,' a lesser-known Burroughs epistolary text (or pseudo-epistolary text - more on which in a moment) from 1963. It mostly takes the form of letters from Burroughs to his lover and literary cheerleader Allen Ginsberg when, after the death of his wife Joan in the notorious much-debated shooting accident, Burroughs takes off to ...             Nova Express9 reviews William S. Burroughs Grove Press, 1994 thirty-six years old and still ahead of its time Oh, this book is superb; thrilling. Burroughs' critique of media/information culture has never been more relevant (he even predicts, in 1964, the emergence of something that sounds very much like the Web - "more and more images in less space pounded down under the sex acts and torture ever took place anywhere"). Great chunks of the book function practically as a Machiavellian instruction ...             The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead (Burroughs, William S.)14 reviews William S. Burroughs Grove Press, 1994 "Time to move into first place..." A square - a story inside other stories - the interaction of ghosts with the living - and the living with being reborn. This was the first Burroughs I'd read. It read like a series of short stories connected like a poem. Burroughs language flows then stutters and then squares back on itself. The way he experiments with the sound and repetition of words - was exciting and something I find I do ...             Exterminator!16 reviews William S. Burroughs Penguin (Non-Classics), 1974 The story "Exterminator" within the book is magnificent. The story within the book, "Exterminator", caused shifts in my consciousness that have not been rivalled to this day. It moved me from one world of thought to another imperceptibly and then back again, almost before I realized any change had occurred at all. Kinda like the channels being changed on a tv, but the thread of the story is continuous throughout, even as the channels are changing! The ...             Naked Lunch (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)1 review William S. Burroughs HarperPerennial, 2005 Burn Down Fear City Actually, this wasn't my first introduction to Burroughs; that would have been "Speed" (no, not a story about a bus that couldn't go over 50 because it would explode!) - which is sadly out of print I think. I'm not sure the David Lynch film of Naked Lunch really did this book justice - make your own mind up. A truly astonishing piece of cut-up in action. Further book, film and music reviews, ...             INTERZONE (PICADOR BOOKS)9 reviews WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS PICADOR, 1990 essential reading to really fully grasp burroughs genius Burroughs has incredible insight and an unmatched knack for spotting a con. This book contains an invaluable collection of short stories and journal rants that really showcase an emerging writer exploding with ideas in the transient surroundings of Tangier, which he describes as "the listening post of the world": "Here East meets West in a final debacle of misunderstanding, each seeking the ...             The Ticket That Exploded (Burroughs, William S.)10 reviews William S. Burroughs Grove Press, 1994 Possibly "better" and more insightful than "Naked Lunch" This book is the final word in cut-ups and Burroughs' tape experiments of the early 1960's. This is Burroughs' most beautifully written text, if somewhat overrepetitive at times. Moreso than in "Naked Lunch" or in "Nova Express," Burroughs fleshes out his ideas about language "being a virus from outer space," and looks forward to his essay, "The Electronic Revolution." This is a tough and ...              search for books anniversary, boiled, burroughs, cities, classics, definitive, edition, exploded, express, exterminator, freaky, harper, hippos, history, interzone, journals, kentucky, letters, lunch, machine, modern, perennial, picador, pickers, restored, ticket, valley, western, william, words books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Lost Impressum - about us get your own free shoutbox