random item

Troperville

Tools

Find recent edits by troper:

back to: Main / TheRedNightTrilogy

edit article | go to discussion page

9th Mar '13 1:17:35 PM JIKTV

Send JIKTV a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 1,12 (click to see context) from:

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Red_Night_Trilogy_Banner_8437.jpg
[[caption-width:350:]]

-->''"The Cities of the Red Night were six in number: Tamaghis, Ba'dan, Yass-Waddah, Waghdas, Naufana, and Ghadis . . . The traveler must start in Tamaghis and make his way through the other cities in the order named. This pilgrimage may take many lifetimes."''

The last major work of fiction by [[TheBeatGeneration Beat generation]] author, Creator/WilliamSBurroughs. The trilogy consists of the novels ''Cities of the Red Night'' (1981), ''The Place of Dead Roads'' (1983), and ''The Western Lands'' (1987).

A deadly new plague, Virus B-23, is sweeping the human race. It causes the skin to blotch and peel, swelling into massive red bumps that spew white puss. Before death, the body shakes in heavy spasms of erotic convulsions. What has caused this new virus? Where has it come from? Is it somehow connected to the six long lost ancient cities that are said to have sat on the banks of an oasis under an glowing red sky? Cities of mutants said to be teeming with radiation from either a massive asteroid or a localized black hole? Is the virus humanity itself, or some mutated component of it? Could it be that the virus is our most basic need, twisted and cultivated into a grotesque perversion? Love? [[MindScrew Your guess is as good as ours.]]

The first book in the trilogy ''Cities of the Red Night'' sets up a dual narrative. The first is inspired by Captain Mission's attempt to establish a Democratic utopia in South America, circa 1848. The Articles for his colony of Libertaria would have abolished slavery, outlawed the death penalty and established total religious tolerance. Twenty year old apprentice Noah Blake, and his friends, become deck hands on ''The Great White'', lead by Captain (Opium) Jones. They're eventually shanghaied by Captain Strobe, and his crew of cross-dressing pirates, who are looking for recruits to take down the tyrannical Spanish government. Meanwhile, about two hundred years later, Clem Snide, the Private Asshole (er, Private Eye) is contracted by a man to find his son, Jerry Green, who went missing on a trip to Athens. He's found dead, with his head severed, with body mysteriously embalmed and evidence that it was hanged. Could the culprits be working for the diabolical Countesses de Gulpa and de Vile? Is this just part of a bigger conspiracy? Again, [[MindScrew your guess is as good as ours.]]

Things only get weirder from there. As is typical of Burroughs, the trilogy is a fiendish and surreal mash-up of genres and set-ups. Much like in a dream, events, objects and characters seem to suddenly shift and change, and the casual reader will get very lost, very quickly if they're not paying close attention to what's being said. The Detective and Pirate yarns unravel into a tangle of boy's adventure fantasy, black magic, old western shoot outs, UrbanFantasy, Egyptian, Aztec and Mayan mythology, high school plays, color comics, memoir, nostalgia, 1920's B-movies, dreams, war stories, AlternateHistory, stand-up routines, homosexual erotica, and hanging. [[AuthorAppeal Lots and lots and lots of hanging.]] Long scenes of savage and bizarre sex that wouldn't look out of place in the darkest depths of the Internet might make this a BileFascination for some and a LoveItOrHateIt to others. Regardless, the series is an epic adventure, and a fascinating one at that.Dazzling and truly original, it's an experience you will not soon forget.

to:

9th Mar '13 1:06:14 PM JIKTV

Send JIKTV a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:

to:

Changed line(s) 12,13 (click to see context) from:

to:

18th Oct '11 7:06:27 AM Byzantine

Send Byzantine a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:

to:

25th Mar '11 11:46:27 AM jaytee

Send jaytee a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:

to:

2nd Dec '10 9:38:36 PM DJR_Caron

Send DJR_Caron a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 10,11 (click to see context) from:

Things only get weirder from there. As is typical of Burroughs, the trilogy is a fiendish and surreal mash-up of genres and set-ups. Much like in a dream, events, objects and characters seem to suddenly shift and change, and the casual reader will get very lost, very quickly if they're not paying close attention to what's being said. The Detective and Pirate yarns unravel into a tangle of boy's adventure fantasy, black magic, old western shoot outs, UrbanFantasy, Egyptian, Aztec and Mayan mythology, high school plays, color comics, memoir, nostalgia, 1920's B-movies, dreams, war stories, AlternateHistory, stand-up routines, homosexual erotic, and hanging. [[AuthorAppeal Lots and lots and lots of hanging.]] Long scenes of savage and bizarre sex that wouldn't look out of place in the darkest depths of the Internet might make this a BileFascination for some and a LoveItOrHateIt to others. Regardless, the series is an epic adventure, and a fascinating one at that.Dazzling and truly original, it's an experience you will not soon forget.

to:

2nd Dec '10 9:37:29 PM DJR_Caron

Send DJR_Caron a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 8,11 (click to see context) from:

The first book in the trilogy 'Cities of the Red Night' sets up a dual narrative. The first is inspired by Captain Mission's attempt to establish a Democratic utopia in South America, circa 1848. The Articles for his colony of Libertaria would have abolished slavery, outlawed the death penalty and established total religious tolerance. Twenty year old apprentice Noah Blake, and his friends, become deck hands on 'The Great White', lead by Captain (Opium) Jones. They're eventually shanghaied by Captain Strobe, and his crew of cross-dressing pirates, who are looking for recruits to take down the tyrannical Spanish government. Meanwhile, about two hundred years later, Clem Snide, the Private Asshole (er, Private Eye) is contracted by a man to find his son, Jerry Green, who went missing on a trip to Athens. He's found dead, with his head severed, with body mysteriously embalmed and evidence that it was hanged. Could the culprits be working for the diabolical Countesses de Gulpa and de Vile? Is this just part of a bigger conspiracy? Again, [[MindScrew your guess is as good as ours.]]

Things only get weirder from there. The Detective and Pirate yarns unravel into a tangle of boy's adventure fantasy, black magic, old western shoot outs, Aztec and Mayan mythology, high school plays, color comics, memoir, nostalgia, 1920's B-movies, dreams, gay sex and hanging. [[AuthorAppeal Lots and lots and lots of hanging.]]

to:

Things only get weirder from there. As is typical of Burroughs, the trilogy is a fiendish and surreal mash-up of genres and set-ups. Much like in a dream, events, objects and characters seem to suddenly shift and change, and the casual reader will get very lost, very quickly if they're not paying close attention to what's being said. The Detective and Pirate yarns unravel into a tangle of boy's adventure fantasy, black magic, old western shoot outs, UrbanFantasy, Egyptian, Aztec and Mayan mythology, high school plays, color comics, memoir, nostalgia, 1920's B-movies, dreams, war stories, AlternateHistory, stand-up routines, homosexual erotic, and hanging. [[AuthorAppeal Lots and lots and lots of hanging.]] Long scenes of savage and bizarre sex that wouldn't look out of place in the darkest depths of the Internet might make this a BileFascination for some and a LoveItOrHateIt to others. Regardless, the series is an epic adventure, and a fascinating one at that.Dazzling and truly original, it's an experience you will not soon forget.

2nd Dec '10 9:18:08 PM DJR_Caron

Send DJR_Caron a PM notification explaining the badness of natter: natter-fy

Changed line(s) 1,8 (click to see context) from:

"The Cities of the Red Night were six in number: Tamaghis, Ba'dan, Yass-Waddah, Waghdas, Naufana, and Ghadis . . . The traveler must start in Tamaghis and make his way through the other cities in the order named. This pilgrimage may take many lifetimes."

The last major work of fiction by Beat generation author, William S. Burroughs. A deadly new plague, Virus B-23, is sweeping the human race. It causes the skin to blotch and peel, swelling into massive red bumps that spew white puss. Before death, the body shakes in heavy spasms of erotic convulsions. What has caused this new virus? Where has it come from? Is it somehow connected to the six long lost ancient cities that are said to have sat on the banks of an oasis under an glowing red sky? Cities of mutants said to be teeming with radiation from either a massive asteroid or a localized black hole? Is the virus humanity itself, or some mutated component of it? Could it be that the virus is our most basic need, twisted and cultivated into a grotesque perversion? Love? [[MindScrew Your guess is as good as ours.]]

The first book in the trilogy 'Cities of the Red Night' sets up a dual narrative. The first is inspired by Captain Mission's attempt to establish a Democratic utopia in South America, circa 1848. The Articles for his colony of Libertaria would have abolished slavery, outlawed the death penalty and established total religious tolerance. Twenty year old apprentice Noah Blake, and his friends, become deck hands on 'The Great White', lead by Captain (Opium) Jones. They're eventually shanghaied by Captain Strobe, and his crew of cross-dressing pirates, who are looking for recruits to take down the tyrannical Spanish government. Meanwhile, about two hundred years later, Clem Snide, the Private Asshole (er, Private Eye) is contracted by a man to find his son, Jerry Green, who went missing on a trip to Athens. He's found dead, with his head severed, and evidence that the body was hanged. Could the culprits be working for the diabolical Countesses de Gulpa and de Vile? Is this just part of a bigger conspiracy? Again, [[MindScrew your guess is as good as ours.]]

to:

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Red_Night_Trilogy_Banner_8437.jpg
[[caption-width:350:]]

The last major work of fiction by Beat generation author, [[WilliamSBurroughs William S. Burroughs]]. A deadly new plague, Virus B-23, is sweeping the human race. It causes the skin to blotch and peel, swelling into massive red bumps that spew white puss. Before death, the body shakes in heavy spasms of erotic convulsions. What has caused this new virus? Where has it come from? Is it somehow connected to the six long lost ancient cities that are said to have sat on the banks of an oasis under an glowing red sky? Cities of mutants said to be teeming with radiation from either a massive asteroid or a localized black hole? Is the virus humanity itself, or some mutated component of it? Could it be that the virus is our most basic need, twisted and cultivated into a grotesque perversion? Love? [[MindScrew Your guess is as good as ours.]]

This list shows the last 7 events of 7. Show all.

new edits

TV Tropes by TV Tropes Foundation, LLC is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org.
Privacy Policy