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| Title | : | The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | William S. Burroughs |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 184 pages |
| Published | : | January 13th 1994 by Grove Press (first published 1961) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Literature |
William S. Burroughs
Paperback | Pages: 184 pages Rating: 3.36 | 6605 Users | 274 Reviews
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In Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs revealed his genius. In The Soft Machine he begins an adventure that will take us even further into the dark recesses of his imagination, a region where nothing is sacred, nothing taboo. Continuing his ferocious verbal assault on hatred, hype, poverty, war, bureaucracy, and addiction in all its forms, Burroughs gives us a surreal space odyssey through the wounded galaxies in a book only he could create.Specify Books As The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)
| Original Title: | The Soft Machine |
| ISBN: | 0802133290 (ISBN13: 9780802133298) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Nova Trilogy #1 |
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Ratings: 3.36 From 6605 Users | 274 ReviewsAssess Appertaining To Books The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)
If E.L. James were a gay heroin addict... okay you get the point.But there are some startling similarities. An affinity for a limited vocabulary, eroticising of stones (sand- for James, lime- for Burroughs)...Neither of the two authors seemed to know anything about sex. Or how human beings normally interact. The flimsy character of one was hung, and the other hung most of his flimsy characters.James taught me that the sight of black men makes you question your wardrobe (page, like... two?).3 1/2 stars. Brutal, difficult to read, and kind of shallow, but entertaining and thought-provoking.
If you imagine the stereotype of an avant-garde, experimental book, that's The Soft Machine. Sure, it's a clever idea, but actually reading it would be a painful thing. My process reading the book went like this: p.5 (the start) - what's going on here? p.6 - how long is this going to continue? p.9 - oh, it's going on for the whole book. p.13 - I can see how this style conveys a delirious, fractured mind and world. p.20 - but I'm not really getting anything else out of it by reading more. p.27 -
Maybe it's me, but I don't see "genius" at work here at all. The cut-ups are sometimes fun, sometimes arresting, but the huge quantities of jism and rectal mucous in evidence here swiftly become tiresome when there's little of substance to accompany them. I thought I'd give another of the "prime" Burroughs novels a go after abandoning Naked Lunch, but I wish I hadn't. Junky and Queer are brilliant. This isn't.
I know it is experimental. It reminds me of those alchemists' experiments when they tried to produce gold from excrements. And failed. Ultimately they were just dabbling in shit.This book reads as if Burroughs swallowed words like rectal mucous, compost heap, jissom, masturbate, cock, dropped his pants. And just threw them up on the page. This is not even a stream of consciousness, or unconsciousness for that matter. When I am completely off my face, havent had any sleep for 30 hours, and Im
This is the first (or second; or third depends on the edition) volume of Nova trilogy, written by the beat generation icon, William S. Burroughs. I initially planned to read the whole trilogy, because (formally last volume) Nova Express, was nominated for Nebula in 1965. It doesnt worth the effort.The author actively uses his novel cut-up method of composition: take your text, scissors, and start rearranging parts until they lost coherence. This means the story has no plot, no characters, no
I know, that experiment. They are reminded that it is an alchemist experiment to try to produce gold dung. And it failed. In the end, they're just a hobby Sanya shit. I need to get this book? Misunderstanding. In severe cases of amnesia precedence, the stereotype of the avant-garde, experimental book:Page 5 Start - What's going on here?6th - two hours here?P.9 is - this is the entire five books.P.13 - This style is a way to pass the bullshit, fractures of the mind and the world I see.Page 20 -
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