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** Pseudoscientific theories galore: Scientology, Orgone, alien abductions, telepathy
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* ''Blade Runner: A Movie'', a novella from which the title of the film ''Film/BladeRunner'' was taken, which originated as a treatment for a film adaptation of Alan E. Nourse's novel ''The Bladerunner''.
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* ''Blade Runner: A Movie'', a novella from which the title of the film ''Film/BladeRunner'' was taken, which originated taken. Originated as a treatment for a film adaptation of Alan E. Nourse's novel ''The Bladerunner''.
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* ''Blade Runner: A Movie'', a novella from which the title of the film ''Film/BladeRunner'' was taken.
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* ''[=Queer=]'': Burroughs' second full-length solo novel, but due to content as well as the fact that it was left incomplete after the death of his wife (the mere act of reading the manuscript caused Burroughs incredible pain), it was withheld from publication for some 30 years.
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* ''[=Queer=]'': Burroughs' second full-length solo novel, but due to content as well as the fact that it was left incomplete after the death of his wife (the mere act of reading the manuscript caused Burroughs incredible pain), it was withheld from publication for some 30 years. A feature film adaptation directed by Creator/LucaGuadagnino is (as of January 2024) in post-production.
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* AuthorAvatar: William Lee is a stand-in for the author in ''Junkie'', ''Literature/NakedLunch'', and the Cut-Up trilogy. In the Nova trilogy (''The Soft Machine'', ''The Ticket that Exploded'', ''Nova Express''), Lee is a secret agent fighting an interplanetary conspiracy.
** In his later novels, from the ''The Wild Boys'' on, the character Audrey Carsons appears as an avatar of William Burroughs in his youth, i.e. a troubled, bookish homosexual social outcast with an interest in firearms and drug use.
** In his later novels, from the ''The Wild Boys'' on, the character Audrey Carsons appears as an avatar of William Burroughs in his youth, i.e. a troubled, bookish homosexual social outcast with an interest in firearms and drug use.
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* AuthorAvatar: All of Burroughs' novels feature main character(s) based on the author.
** William Lee is a stand-in for the author in ''Junkie'', ''Literature/NakedLunch'', and the Cut-Up trilogy. In the Nova trilogy (''The Soft Machine'', ''The Ticket that Exploded'', ''Nova Express''), Lee is a secret agent fighting an interplanetary conspiracy.
** In his later novels, from the ''The Wild Boys'' on, the character Audrey Carsons (aka Kim Carsons) appears as an avatar of William Burroughs in his youth, i.e. a troubled, bookish homosexual social outcast with an interest in firearms and drug use.
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** In his later novels, from the ''The Wild Boys'' on, the character Audrey Carsons (aka Kim Carsons) appears as an avatar of William Burroughs in his youth, i.e. a troubled, bookish homosexual social outcast with an interest in firearms and drug use.
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** ''Queer'' is an autobiographical account of Burroughs' life in Mexico City when he's (temporarily and partially) off heroin and in hopeless, obsessive pursuit of a young man who's primarily heterosexual and thus can't and won't reciprocate Burroughs's amorous and sexual feelings.
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One of the great innovators of the 20th century and a founding member of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration the Beats]], William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was the avant-garde author of over twenty books, ranging from straightforward and autobiographical (''Junky'', ''Queer'') to surreal and anarchic (''Literature/NakedLunch'', and The Nova Trilogy) to nostalgic, solemn and elegiac (''The Wild Boys'' and The Red Night Trilogy). As the titles of his first two books imply, he was both a drug addict and a bisexual, two things he had always been grimly unapologetic about.
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One of the great innovators of the 20th century and a founding member of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration the Beats]], William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was the avant-garde author of over twenty books, ranging from straightforward and autobiographical (''Junky'', ''Queer'') to surreal and anarchic (''Literature/NakedLunch'', and The Nova Trilogy) to nostalgic, solemn and elegiac (''The Wild Boys'' and The Red Night Trilogy).Literature/TheRedNightTrilogy). As the titles of his first two books imply, he was both a drug addict and a bisexual, two things he had always been grimly unapologetic about.
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* The Nova Trilogy (''The Soft Machine'', ''The Ticket That Exploded'', ''Nova Express''): A SpaceOpera about a group of extraterrestrial terrorists called the 'Nova Mob' who want to ignite the earth into an exploding supernova by creating insoluble conflicts. They can only be stopped by the Nova Police, who understand their methods and know that "Nobody, on any planet, wants to see a police officer". Thought to be nigh unreadable because of Burrough's extensive use of the 'cut-up' technique, which involves cutting up a page of text into four pieces and re-arranging them to create new text. Although contrary to the claims of bewildered skeptics, the observant reader, if patient, can see a fairly reliable pattern emerge. Usually, a chapter will start out fairly straightforward, with normal prose and everything, then after the bulk of the story is told, the reader will become aware that they're reading the same story, only "cut-up" and may become aware of new connotations and subtleties not noticed in the original. Passages will sometimes descend into strings of seemingly random cut-up images. If taken into account that this was Burroughs' attempt to introduce the montage technique of film into literature, some of the more incoherent passages will begin to make a lot more sense.
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* The Nova Trilogy (''The Soft Machine'', ''The Ticket That Exploded'', ''Nova Express''): A SpaceOpera about a group of extraterrestrial terrorists called the 'Nova Mob' who want to ignite the earth into an exploding supernova by creating insoluble conflicts. They can only be stopped by the Nova Police, who understand their methods and know that "Nobody, on any planet, wants to see a police officer". Thought to be nigh unreadable because of Burrough's extensive use of the 'cut-up' technique, which involves cutting up a page of text into four pieces and re-arranging them to create new text. Although contrary to the claims of bewildered skeptics, the observant reader, if patient, can see a fairly reliable pattern emerge. Usually, a chapter will start out fairly straightforward, with normal prose and everything, then after the bulk of the story is told, the reader will become aware that they're reading the same story, only "cut-up" and may become aware of new connotations and subtleties not noticed in the original. Passages will sometimes descend into strings of seemingly random cut-up images. If taken into account that this was Burroughs' attempt to introduce the montage technique of film into literature, some of the more incoherent passages will begin to make a lot more sense. ''The Soft Machine'' also uses a great deal of "leftover" material from early drafts of ''Naked Lunch''.
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* ''Port of Saints'': a time-travel tale described as an "erotic fantasy" by one of his biographers, and featuring characters from a number of past works.
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One of the great innovators of the 20th century and a founding member of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration the Beats]], William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was the avant-garde author of over twenty books, ranging from straightforward and autobiographical (''Junky'', ''Queer'') to surreal and anarchic (''Literature/NakedLunch'', and The Nova Trilogy) to nostalgic, solemn and elegiac (''The Wild Boys'' and The Red Night Trilogy). As the titles of his first two books imply, he was both a drug addict and a [[strike:homosexual]] bisexual, two things he had always been grimly unapologetic about.
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* SurrealHorror: Much of the Nova trilogy, particularly the first chapters of ''The Ticket that Exploded'' and much of ''The Soft Machine'' are nightmarish due to their juxtaposition of strange events (often involving murder, torture, rape), non-sequitur sentences, and grotesque creatures. Due to Burroughs' dark sense of humor, many scenes manage to be simultaneously this and {{SurrealComedy}}, in the same vein as ''Literature/NakedLunch''.
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One of the great innovators of the 20th century and a founding member of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration the Beats]], William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was the avant-garde author of over twenty books, ranging from straightforward and autobiographical (''Junky'', ''Queer'') to surreal and anarchic (''Literature/NakedLunch'', and The Nova Trilogy) to nostalgic, solemn and elegiac (''The Wild Boys'' and The Red Night Trilogy). As the titles of his first two books imply, he was both a drug-addict and a [[strike:homosexual]] bisexual, something he had always been grimly unapologetic about.
His books contain graphic depictions of drug-usage and sodomy, which are still shocking, even by today's comparably cynical standards. But, subject matter aside, his prose was always inspirational and stunningly original, flowing like poetry even while depicting shit and ejaculation. Frequently taking RefugeInAudacity and always CrossingTheLineTwice, Burroughs was called the 'greatest satirical writer since Creator/JonathanSwift' (author of the misanthropic ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' and the baby-eating fun of ''Literature/AModestProposal'') by friend and fellow Beat writer, Creator/JackKerouac, and the controversy surrounding his opus, ''Literature/NakedLunch'', effectively ended literary censorship in America.
And rightly so. Burroughs's 'routines', as he called them, are the literary equivalent to a depraved vaudeville act, or by modern sensibility, a raunchy sketch show. Utilizing over-the-top characterization and hilariously opaque scenarios, Burroughs's fiction can change scenes at the drop of the hat, jumping from short, punchy hilarity to weird sex back to short, punchy hilarity. But, humor aside, he always had something completely serious to say. His experiences as a drug addict allowed him to see the complications of life reduced to a grimy skeleton, what he called 'The Algebra of Need'.
In fact, ''Junky'' reads more like an anthropological analysis of drug-addiction than a personal memoir and his follow up, ''Queer'', (which wasn't published until many years later) occupies a sort of middle ground. His habit of telling outrageous routines originates in the latter, growing outwards like a fungus, but it was written out of desperation, in the wake of a great personal tragedy, which has since become legend. Burroughs shot his wife, Joan Vollmer, in the head during a drunken game of 'William Tell'. While it was likely just a drunken accident, Burroughs couldn't help but think there was something in his subconscious that drove him to it, and later claimed he was possessed by 'The Ugly Spirit'.
Despite his personal troubles and the controversy surrounding his work, Burroughs became highly influential and respected by a wide variety of younger artists, most notably, the more famous beat writers Jack Kerouac and Creator/AllenGinsberg. After experimenting with the cut-up technique, he almost pioneered the graphic novel form (Creator/AlanMoore openly cites Burroughs as a prominent inspiration), but couldn't get the funds, because of the expenses of color copying. His works have also served as an important influence on CyberPunk and NewWaveScienceFiction (the ''Nova Trilogy'', as science fiction itself, is considered a sort of prototype of the New Wave). The actual UsefulNotes/{{punk}} scene owes a great deal to Burroughs, as well, with his return to America in 1974 being feted by a large number of punks and related artists (including Music/PattiSmith); the Godfather of Punk Music/IggyPop was such a big fan ("Lust for Life" is merely his most obvious example of Burroughs fandom) that when the BBC did a radio biography of Burroughs, he was chosen to present it. And of course, there's his literary heir, Creator/HunterSThompson, who was basically Burroughs [[DisSimile if he were straight, younger, and focused more on sports writing and other nonfiction]]. Most Thompson fans have at least a liking for Burroughs, and vice versa.
His books contain graphic depictions of drug-usage and sodomy, which are still shocking, even by today's comparably cynical standards. But, subject matter aside, his prose was always inspirational and stunningly original, flowing like poetry even while depicting shit and ejaculation. Frequently taking RefugeInAudacity and always CrossingTheLineTwice, Burroughs was called the 'greatest satirical writer since Creator/JonathanSwift' (author of the misanthropic ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' and the baby-eating fun of ''Literature/AModestProposal'') by friend and fellow Beat writer, Creator/JackKerouac, and the controversy surrounding his opus, ''Literature/NakedLunch'', effectively ended literary censorship in America.
And rightly so. Burroughs's 'routines', as he called them, are the literary equivalent to a depraved vaudeville act, or by modern sensibility, a raunchy sketch show. Utilizing over-the-top characterization and hilariously opaque scenarios, Burroughs's fiction can change scenes at the drop of the hat, jumping from short, punchy hilarity to weird sex back to short, punchy hilarity. But, humor aside, he always had something completely serious to say. His experiences as a drug addict allowed him to see the complications of life reduced to a grimy skeleton, what he called 'The Algebra of Need'.
In fact, ''Junky'' reads more like an anthropological analysis of drug-addiction than a personal memoir and his follow up, ''Queer'', (which wasn't published until many years later) occupies a sort of middle ground. His habit of telling outrageous routines originates in the latter, growing outwards like a fungus, but it was written out of desperation, in the wake of a great personal tragedy, which has since become legend. Burroughs shot his wife, Joan Vollmer, in the head during a drunken game of 'William Tell'. While it was likely just a drunken accident, Burroughs couldn't help but think there was something in his subconscious that drove him to it, and later claimed he was possessed by 'The Ugly Spirit'.
Despite his personal troubles and the controversy surrounding his work, Burroughs became highly influential and respected by a wide variety of younger artists, most notably, the more famous beat writers Jack Kerouac and Creator/AllenGinsberg. After experimenting with the cut-up technique, he almost pioneered the graphic novel form (Creator/AlanMoore openly cites Burroughs as a prominent inspiration), but couldn't get the funds, because of the expenses of color copying. His works have also served as an important influence on CyberPunk and NewWaveScienceFiction (the ''Nova Trilogy'', as science fiction itself, is considered a sort of prototype of the New Wave). The actual UsefulNotes/{{punk}} scene owes a great deal to Burroughs, as well, with his return to America in 1974 being feted by a large number of punks and related artists (including Music/PattiSmith); the Godfather of Punk Music/IggyPop was such a big fan ("Lust for Life" is merely his most obvious example of Burroughs fandom) that when the BBC did a radio biography of Burroughs, he was chosen to present it. And of course, there's his literary heir, Creator/HunterSThompson, who was basically Burroughs [[DisSimile if he were straight, younger, and focused more on sports writing and other nonfiction]]. Most Thompson fans have at least a liking for Burroughs, and vice versa.
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One of the great innovators of the 20th century and a founding member of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration the Beats]], William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was the avant-garde author of over twenty books, ranging from straightforward and autobiographical (''Junky'', ''Queer'') to surreal and anarchic (''Literature/NakedLunch'', and The Nova Trilogy) to nostalgic, solemn and elegiac (''The Wild Boys'' and The Red Night Trilogy). As the titles of his first two books imply, he was both a drug-addict drug addict and a [[strike:homosexual]] bisexual, something two things he had always been grimly unapologetic about.
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His books contain graphic depictions ofdrug-usage drug usage and sodomy, which are still shocking, shocking even by today's comparably cynical standards. But, subject matter aside, his prose was always inspirational and stunningly original, flowing like poetry even while depicting shit fecal matter and ejaculation. Frequently taking RefugeInAudacity and always CrossingTheLineTwice, Burroughs was called the 'greatest "greatest satirical writer since Creator/JonathanSwift' Creator/JonathanSwift" (author of the misanthropic ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' and the baby-eating fun of ''Literature/AModestProposal'') by friend and fellow Beat writer, writer Creator/JackKerouac, and the controversy surrounding his opus, ''Literature/NakedLunch'', opus ''Literature/NakedLunch'' effectively ended literary censorship in America.
And rightly so.America.
Burroughs's'routines', "routines", as he called them, are the literary equivalent to a depraved vaudeville act, or by modern sensibility, a raunchy sketch show. Utilizing over-the-top characterization and hilariously opaque scenarios, Burroughs's fiction can change scenes at the drop of the hat, jumping from short, punchy hilarity to weird sex back to short, punchy hilarity. But, humor aside, he always had something completely serious to say. His experiences as a drug addict allowed him to see the complications of life reduced to a grimy skeleton, what he called 'The "The Algebra of Need'.
Need".
In fact, ''Junky'' reads more like an anthropological analysis ofdrug-addiction drug addiction than a personal memoir memoir, and his follow up, ''Queer'', follow-up ''Queer'' (which wasn't published until many years later) occupies a sort of middle ground. His habit of telling outrageous routines originates in the latter, growing outwards like a fungus, but it was written out of desperation, desperation in the wake of a great personal tragedy, tragedy which has since become legend. legend: Burroughs shot his wife, Joan Vollmer, in the head during a drunken game of 'William Tell'. "William Tell". While it was likely just a drunken an accident, Burroughs couldn't help but think there was something in his subconscious that drove him to it, and later claimed he was possessed by 'The "The Ugly Spirit'.
Spirit".
Despite his personal troubles and the controversy surrounding his work, Burroughs became highly influential and respected by a wide variety of younger artists, mostnotably, notably the more famous beat writers Jack Kerouac and Creator/AllenGinsberg. After experimenting with the cut-up technique, he almost pioneered the graphic novel form (Creator/AlanMoore openly cites Burroughs as a prominent inspiration), but couldn't get the funds, funds because of the expenses of color copying. His works have also served as an important influence on CyberPunk and NewWaveScienceFiction (the ''Nova Trilogy'', as science fiction itself, is considered a sort of prototype of the New Wave). The actual UsefulNotes/{{punk}} scene owes a great deal to Burroughs, as well, with his return to America in 1974 being feted by a large number of punks and related artists (including Music/PattiSmith); the Godfather of Punk Music/IggyPop was such a big fan ("Lust for Life" is merely his most obvious example of Burroughs fandom) that when the BBC did a radio biography of Burroughs, he was chosen to present it. And of course, there's his literary heir, Creator/HunterSThompson, who was basically Burroughs [[DisSimile [[{{Dissimile}} if he were straight, younger, and focused more on sports writing and other nonfiction]]. Most Thompson fans have at least a liking for Burroughs, and vice versa.
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One of the great innovators of the twentieth century and founding member of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration the Beats]], William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was the avant-garde author of over twenty books, ranging from straightforward and autobiographical (''Junky'', ''Queer'') to surreal and anarchic (''Literature/NakedLunch'', and The Nova Trilogy) to nostalgic, solemn and elegiac (''The Wild Boys'' and The Red Night Trilogy). As the titles of his first two books imply, he was both a drug-addict and a [[strike:homosexual]] bisexual, something he had always been grimly unapologetic about.
One of the great innovators of the twentieth century and founding member of [[Creator/TheBeatGeneration the Beats]], William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was the avant-garde author of over twenty books, ranging from straightforward and autobiographical (''Junky'', ''Queer'') to surreal and anarchic (''Literature/NakedLunch'', and The Nova Trilogy) to nostalgic, solemn and elegiac (''The Wild Boys'' and The Red Night Trilogy). As the titles of his first two books imply, he was both a drug-addict and a [[strike:homosexual]] bisexual, something he had always been grimly unapologetic about.
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* MegaCorp: Trak Corporation in ''The Soft Machine'' is a company that monopolizes almost every aspect of society, from the print press to food and drink to cigarettes. Other sinister monopolies turn up in Burroughs' various other novels, e.g. "Interzone Incorporated" in ''Literature/NakedLunch''.
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* MegaCorp: Trak Corporation in ''The Soft Machine'' is a company that monopolizes almost every aspect of society, from the print press to food and drink to cigarettes. Other sinister monopolies turn up in Burroughs' various other novels, e.g. "Interzone Incorporated" in ''Literature/NakedLunch''.novels as well.
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* MegaCorp: Trak Corporation in ''The Soft Machine'' is a company that monopolizes almost every aspect of society, from the print press to food and drink to cigarettes.
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** Snakes also appear often, but Burroughs seems to regard them more favorably.
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** Firearms and gunfights
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* SurrealHorror: Much of the Nova trilogy, particularly the first chapters of ''The Ticket that Exploded'' and much of ''The Soft Machine'' are nightmarish due to their juxtaposition of strange events (often involving murder, torture, rape), non-sequitur sentences, and grotesque creatures. Many scenes manage to be simultaneously this and SurrealComedy, in the same vein as ''Literature/NakedLunch''.
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* CastFullOfGay: Most of Burroughs' protagonists are homosexual men based on his own personality traits or those of his close friends and former lovers. Especially so in his later works, e.g. ''The Wild Boys'' and ''Literature/TheRedNightTrilogy''.
* ConspiracyTheorist: The Nova trilogy is full of bizarre conspiracy theories involving mind control by the CIA and other government agencies, alien entities, etc.
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* ManlyGay: Burroughs was very open and militant about his homosexuality in later novels such as ''The Wild Boys'', but he despised effeminate gays almost as much as he despised women. His main characters are always tough guys,
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* NoWomansLand: Quite literally in ''The Wild Boys'' and several later novels, where the main characters form all-male, all-homosexual utopias where the only role for women is as artificial insemination incubators (eventually, the heroes find a way to reproduce through a magical parthenogenesis that makes even this female role unnecessary).
* NoWomansLand: Quite literally in ''The Wild Boys'' and several later novels, where the main characters form all-male, all-homosexual utopias where the only role for women is as artificial insemination incubators (eventually, the heroes find a way to reproduce through a magical parthenogenesis that makes even this female role unnecessary).
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* BodyHorror: Like all of Burroughs' surreal fiction, the Nova Trilogy contains many scenes depicting diseased, parasitized bodies and grotesque transformations of humans into other than human form. A good example is a character in ''The Soft Machine'' whose bones dissolve away, so that his gelatinous, still-living body gets carried around in a tub or a stretcher by his friends.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: Burroughs had very strong feelings of disgust towards centipedes and to a lesser extent other venomous arthropods like scorpions and spiders. They appear prominently in all of his works, turning up particularly frequently in the Nova trilogy.
* FantasticDrug: In addition to actual drugs like opiates, psychedelics, etc, many of Burroughs' books involve the use of various exotic substances (e.g. scorpion venom, body fluids of various fictional organisms) as recreational drugs, especially in the Nova Trilogy.
* FantasticDrug: In addition to actual drugs like opiates, psychedelics, etc, many of Burroughs' books involve the use of various exotic substances (e.g. scorpion venom, body fluids of various fictional organisms) as recreational drugs, especially in the Nova Trilogy.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: Burroughs had very strong feelings of disgust towards centipedes and to a lesser extent other venomous arthropods like such as scorpions and spiders. They appear prominently in all of his works, turning up particularly frequently in the Nova trilogy.
** Snakes also appear often, but Burroughs seems to regard them more favorably.
* FantasticDrug: In addition to actual drugs like opiates, psychedelics, etc, many of Burroughs' books involve the use of various exotic substances (e.g.scorpion venom, the venom of scorpions or centipedes, the flesh and body fluids of various fictional organisms) fictitious creatures) as recreational drugs, especially in the Nova Trilogy.
** Snakes also appear often, but Burroughs seems to regard them more favorably.
* FantasticDrug: In addition to actual drugs like opiates, psychedelics, etc, many of Burroughs' books involve the use of various exotic substances (e.g.
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* AuthorAppeal: Certain images and ideas recur obsessively throughout Burroughs' work: use of opiates and other drugs, homosexual sodomy, erotic asphyxiation (particularly images of a hanged man getting an erection or ejaculating as his neck snaps in a noose), firearms, his revulsion toward and fear of centipedes and other arthropods, his belief in bizarre conspiracy theories and various pseudoscientific ideas (Scientology, Orgone, alien abductions, etc).
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* AuthorAppeal: Certain images and ideas recur obsessively throughout Burroughs' work: use in virtually all of his novels and stories:
** Use of opiates and otherdrugs, homosexual sodomy, erotic asphyxiation (particularly drugs
** Homosexual sodomy
** Erotic asphyxiations, especially images ofa hanged man men getting an erection erections or ejaculating as his neck snaps in a noose), firearms, his revulsion toward when their necks snap
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** Pseudoscientific theories
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* CreepyCrawlies: Burroughs had very strong feelings of disgust towards centipedes and to a lesser extent other venomous arthropods like scorpions and spiders. They appear prominently in all of his works, turning up particularly frequently in the Nova trilogy.
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* CreepyCrawlies: BigCreepyCrawlies: Burroughs had very strong feelings of disgust towards centipedes and to a lesser extent other venomous arthropods like scorpions and spiders. They appear prominently in all of his works, turning up particularly frequently in the Nova trilogy.
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* AuthorAvatar: William Lee is a stand-in for the author in ''Junkie'', ''Literature/NakedLunch'', and the Cut-Up trilogy. In the cut-up novels (''The Soft Machine'', ''The Ticket that Exploded'', ''Nova Express''), Lee is a secret agent fighting an interplanetary conspiracy.
** In his later novels, starting with ''The Wild Boys'', the character Audrey Carsons appears as an avatar of William Burroughs in his youth, i.e. a troubled, bookish homosexual social outcast with an interest in firearms and drug use.
* ConspiracyTheorist: The cut-up trilogy is full of bizarre conspiracy theories involving mind control by government agencies, alien entities, etc.
* CreepyCrawlies: Burroughs had very strong feelings of disgust towards centipedes and to a lesser extent other venomous arthropods like scorpions and spiders. They appear prominently in all of his works, including the cut-up novels.
* FantasticDrug: In addition to actual drugs like opiates, psychedelics, etc, many of Burroughs' books involve the use of various exotic substances (e.g. scorpion venom, body fluids of various fictional organisms) as recreational drugs.
** In his later novels, starting with ''The Wild Boys'', the character Audrey Carsons appears as an avatar of William Burroughs in his youth, i.e. a troubled, bookish homosexual social outcast with an interest in firearms and drug use.
* ConspiracyTheorist: The cut-up trilogy is full of bizarre conspiracy theories involving mind control by government agencies, alien entities, etc.
* CreepyCrawlies: Burroughs had very strong feelings of disgust towards centipedes and to a lesser extent other venomous arthropods like scorpions and spiders. They appear prominently in all of his works, including the cut-up novels.
* FantasticDrug: In addition to actual drugs like opiates, psychedelics, etc, many of Burroughs' books involve the use of various exotic substances (e.g. scorpion venom, body fluids of various fictional organisms) as recreational drugs.
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* AuthorAvatar: William Lee is a stand-in for the author in ''Junkie'', ''Literature/NakedLunch'', and the Cut-Up trilogy. In the cut-up novels Nova trilogy (''The Soft Machine'', ''The Ticket that Exploded'', ''Nova Express''), Lee is a secret agent fighting an interplanetary conspiracy.
** In his later novels,starting with from the ''The Wild Boys'', Boys'' on, the character Audrey Carsons appears as an avatar of William Burroughs in his youth, i.e. a troubled, bookish homosexual social outcast with an interest in firearms and drug use.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Thecut-up Nova trilogy is full of bizarre conspiracy theories involving mind control by government agencies, alien entities, etc.
* CreepyCrawlies: Burroughs had very strong feelings of disgust towards centipedes and to a lesser extent other venomous arthropods like scorpions and spiders. They appear prominently in all of his works,including turning up particularly frequently in the cut-up novels.
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* FantasticDrug: In addition to actual drugs like opiates, psychedelics, etc, many of Burroughs' books involve the use of various exotic substances (e.g. scorpion venom, body fluids of various fictional organisms) as recreationaldrugs.drugs, especially in the Nova Trilogy.
** In his later novels,
* ConspiracyTheorist: The
* CreepyCrawlies: Burroughs had very strong feelings of disgust towards centipedes and to a lesser extent other venomous arthropods like scorpions and spiders. They appear prominently in all of his works,
* FantasticDrug: In addition to actual drugs like opiates, psychedelics, etc, many of Burroughs' books involve the use of various exotic substances (e.g. scorpion venom, body fluids of various fictional organisms) as recreational
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* SurrealHorror: Much of the Nova trilogy, particularly the first chapters of ''The Ticket that Exploded'' and much of ''The Soft Machine'' are nightmarish due to their juxtaposition of strange events (often involving murder, torture, rape), non-sequitur sentences, and grotesque creatures. Many scenes manage to be simultaneously this and SurrealComedy, in the same vein as ''Literature/NakedLunch''.
* WordSaladHorror: The stream-of-consciousness writing together with the cut-up collage technique in the Nova Trilogy generates a lot of bizarre sentences and paragraphs, sometimes nonsensical in a funny way, more often in a disturbing or disorienting way.
* WordSaladHorror: The stream-of-consciousness writing together with the cut-up collage technique in the Nova Trilogy generates a lot of bizarre sentences and paragraphs, sometimes nonsensical in a funny way, more often in a disturbing or disorienting way.