Burroughs, William S. 1914-1997
Overview
| Works: | 2,329 works in 6,263 publications in 24 languages and 98,566 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Science fiction Psychological fiction Satire Black humor Autobiographical fiction Drama Satirical literature Biographies Interviews |
| Subject Headings: | Novelists, American |
| Roles: | Author, Actor, Interviewee, Artist, Performer, Narrator, Contributor, Author of introduction, Bibliographic antecedent, Illustrator, Editor, Other, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Author in quotations or text abstracts, Creator, wpr, Former owner, Speaker, Publisher, Inscriber, Dedicatee, nft, wst, Lyricist, Author of dialog, Photographer, Translator, Compiler, Depicted, Singer, Printer, Signer, Honoree, Commentator, Dedicator, pre, Engraver, Collector, Scenarist, Composer |
| Classifications: | PS3552.U75, 813.54 |
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Most widely held works about
William S Burroughs
- Wising up the marks : the amodern William Burroughs by Timothy S Murphy( )
- William S. Burroughs at the front : critical reception, 1959-1989 by Jennie Skerl( )
- William Burroughs and the secret of fascination by Oliver Harris( )
- Retaking the universe : William S. Burroughs in the age of globalization by Philip Walsh( )
- Shift linguals : cut-up narratives from William S. Burroughs to the present by Edward S Robinson( )
- City of words: American fiction, 1950-1970 by Tony Tanner( Book )
- The green ghost : William Burroughs and the ecological mind by Chad Weidner( )
- Vulnerable people : a view of American fiction since 1945 by Josephine Hendin( Book )
- Call me Burroughs : a Life by Barry Miles( Book )
- Literary outlaw : the life and times of William S. Burroughs by Ted Morgan( Book )
- Naked angels : the lives & literature of the Beat generation by John Tytell( Book )
- The birth of the beat generation : visionaries, rebels, and hipsters, 1944-1960 by Steven Watson( Book )
- Mosaic of juxtaposition : William S. Burroughs' narrative revolution by Micheal Sean Bolton( )
- William S. Burroughs by Jennie Skerl( Book )
- The stray bullet : William S. Burroughs in Mexico by Jorge García-Robles( )
- The beats : a graphic history by Harvey Pekar( Book )
- Waiting for the end by Leslie A Fiedler( Book )
- The typewriter is holy : the complete, uncensored history of the Beat generation by Bill Morgan( Book )
- The red hot vacuum : and other pieces on the writing of the sixties by Ted Solotaroff( Book )
- Word virus : the William S. Burroughs reader by William S Burroughs( Recording )
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Most widely held works by
William S Burroughs
Naked lunch by
William S Burroughs(
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314 editions published between 1959 and 2016 in 20 languages and held by 5,178 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bill Lee, an addict and hustler, travels to Mexico and then Tangier in order to find easy access to drugs, and ends up in the Interzone, a bizarre fantasy world, in an edition that features restored text, archival material, and an essay on psychoactive drugs
314 editions published between 1959 and 2016 in 20 languages and held by 5,178 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bill Lee, an addict and hustler, travels to Mexico and then Tangier in order to find easy access to drugs, and ends up in the Interzone, a bizarre fantasy world, in an edition that features restored text, archival material, and an essay on psychoactive drugs
Cities of the red night by
William S Burroughs(
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68 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Clem Snide, a private detective, has to solve a case of ritual murder. In the Gobi Desert 100,000 years ago, a red virus has erupted. And in the 18th century, gay pirates have set up their own republics in South America and are at war with the conquistadors. All three stories are merged at the end in a giant trans-time, trans-space battle
68 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,414 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Clem Snide, a private detective, has to solve a case of ritual murder. In the Gobi Desert 100,000 years ago, a red virus has erupted. And in the 18th century, gay pirates have set up their own republics in South America and are at war with the conquistadors. All three stories are merged at the end in a giant trans-time, trans-space battle
The ticket that exploded by
William S Burroughs(
Book
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82 editions published between 1962 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Inspector Lee and the Nova Police have been forced to engage the Nova Mob in one final battle for the planet
82 editions published between 1962 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Inspector Lee and the Nova Police have been forced to engage the Nova Mob in one final battle for the planet
Nova express by
William S Burroughs(
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92 editions published between 1964 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 1,343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this novel of future violence and corruption, the anarchic Nova Mob descends on humankind, while the Nova Police try to match them
92 editions published between 1964 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 1,343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this novel of future violence and corruption, the anarchic Nova Mob descends on humankind, while the Nova Police try to match them
The soft machine by
William S Burroughs(
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104 editions published between 1961 and 2014 in 9 languages and held by 1,319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this surreal, savage fantasy, the sequel to "Naked Lunch", Burroughs develops his "cut-up" technique, randomly cutting up and folding in words to transform the narrative into a new, imaginative form of prose poetry
104 editions published between 1961 and 2014 in 9 languages and held by 1,319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this surreal, savage fantasy, the sequel to "Naked Lunch", Burroughs develops his "cut-up" technique, randomly cutting up and folding in words to transform the narrative into a new, imaginative form of prose poetry
Queer by
William S Burroughs(
Book
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56 editions published between 1985 and 2017 in 10 languages and held by 1,244 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"For more than three decades, while its writer's world fame increased, Queer remained unpublished because of its forthright depiction of homosexual longings. Set in the corrupt and spectral Mexico City of the forties, Queer is the story of William Lee, a man afflicted with both acute heroin withdrawal and romantic and sexual yearnings for an indifferent user named Eugene Allerton."--Publisher
56 editions published between 1985 and 2017 in 10 languages and held by 1,244 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"For more than three decades, while its writer's world fame increased, Queer remained unpublished because of its forthright depiction of homosexual longings. Set in the corrupt and spectral Mexico City of the forties, Queer is the story of William Lee, a man afflicted with both acute heroin withdrawal and romantic and sexual yearnings for an indifferent user named Eugene Allerton."--Publisher
The place of dead roads by
William S Burroughs(
Book
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75 editions published between 1983 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A good old-fashioned shoot-out in the American West of the frontier days serves as the springboard for this hyperkinetic adventure in which gunslingers, led by Kim Carson, fight for galactic freedom. The Place of Dead Roads is the second novel in the trilogy with Cities of the Red Night and The Western Lands."--Goodreads
75 editions published between 1983 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A good old-fashioned shoot-out in the American West of the frontier days serves as the springboard for this hyperkinetic adventure in which gunslingers, led by Kim Carson, fight for galactic freedom. The Place of Dead Roads is the second novel in the trilogy with Cities of the Red Night and The Western Lands."--Goodreads
Exterminator! by
William S Burroughs(
Book
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56 editions published between 1960 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaiclike, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best.--Back cover of paperback edition
56 editions published between 1960 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Conspirators plot to explode a train carrying nerve gas. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. Science-fantasy wars, racism, corporate capitalism, drug addiction, and various medical and psychiatric horrors all play their parts in this mosaiclike, experimental novel. Here is William S. Burroughs at his coruscating and hilarious best.--Back cover of paperback edition
The western lands by
William S Burroughs(
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51 editions published between 1987 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 1,135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this novel, Burroughs completes a trilogy that began with Cities of the Red Night and The Place of Dead Roads, with a profound, revealing, and often astounding meditation on the themes of mortality, loneliness, nuclear peril-and the inextinguishable hope for an existence beyond bodily death."
51 editions published between 1987 and 2015 in 7 languages and held by 1,135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In this novel, Burroughs completes a trilogy that began with Cities of the Red Night and The Place of Dead Roads, with a profound, revealing, and often astounding meditation on the themes of mortality, loneliness, nuclear peril-and the inextinguishable hope for an existence beyond bodily death."
And the hippos were boiled in their tanks by
William S Burroughs(
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27 editions published between 1945 and 2013 in English and held by 1,124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This novel from the dawn of the Beat movement by two hugely influential writers shows the two authors' developing styles. On August 14, 1944, Lucien Carr, a friend of William S. Burroughs from St. Louis, stabbed a man named David Kammerer with a Boy Scout knife and threw his body in the Hudson River. For eight years, Kammerer had fawned over the younger Carr, but that night something happened: either Carr had had enough or he was forced to defend himself. The next day, his clothes stained with blood, Carr went to his friends Bill Burroughs and Jack Kerouac for help. Doing so, he involved them in the crime. A few months later, they were caught up in the crime in a different way. Something about the murder captivated the Beats, especially Kerouac and Burroughs, who decided to collaborate on a novel about the events of the previous summer. At the time, the two authors were still unknown, yet to write anything of note. Narrating alternating chapters, they pieced together a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, full of drugs and art, obsession and violence, with scenes and characters drawn from their own lives. They submitted their manuscript - called And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks after an absurd line from a radio bulletin about a circus fire - to publishers, but it was rejected and confined to a filing cabinet for decades. Finally published, at long last, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks tells the story of Ramsay Allen and the object of his fixation, the charismatic, idealistic young Phillip Tourian. Phillip and his friends drink and dream in the bars and apartments of the West Village, until, with his friend Mike Ryko (Kerouac's narrator), he hatches a plan to ship out as a merchant marine. They'll catch a boat for France and jump ship, then make their way through the front to Paris
27 editions published between 1945 and 2013 in English and held by 1,124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This novel from the dawn of the Beat movement by two hugely influential writers shows the two authors' developing styles. On August 14, 1944, Lucien Carr, a friend of William S. Burroughs from St. Louis, stabbed a man named David Kammerer with a Boy Scout knife and threw his body in the Hudson River. For eight years, Kammerer had fawned over the younger Carr, but that night something happened: either Carr had had enough or he was forced to defend himself. The next day, his clothes stained with blood, Carr went to his friends Bill Burroughs and Jack Kerouac for help. Doing so, he involved them in the crime. A few months later, they were caught up in the crime in a different way. Something about the murder captivated the Beats, especially Kerouac and Burroughs, who decided to collaborate on a novel about the events of the previous summer. At the time, the two authors were still unknown, yet to write anything of note. Narrating alternating chapters, they pieced together a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, full of drugs and art, obsession and violence, with scenes and characters drawn from their own lives. They submitted their manuscript - called And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks after an absurd line from a radio bulletin about a circus fire - to publishers, but it was rejected and confined to a filing cabinet for decades. Finally published, at long last, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks tells the story of Ramsay Allen and the object of his fixation, the charismatic, idealistic young Phillip Tourian. Phillip and his friends drink and dream in the bars and apartments of the West Village, until, with his friend Mike Ryko (Kerouac's narrator), he hatches a plan to ship out as a merchant marine. They'll catch a boat for France and jump ship, then make their way through the front to Paris
The wild boys : a book of the dead by
William S Burroughs(
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59 editions published between 1969 and 2012 in English and held by 926 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states
59 editions published between 1969 and 2012 in English and held by 926 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states
The adding machine : selected essays by
William S Burroughs(
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35 editions published between 1984 and 2013 in English and held by 917 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Scintillating essays about the author himself, his interests, his influences, his friends and foes. He offers candid and not always flattering assessments of other writers. He ruminates on science and the often dubious paths into which it seem intent on leading us, whether into outer or inner space. Burroughs reviews his reviewers, explains his famous "cup-up" method, and discusses the role coincidence has played in his life and his work
35 editions published between 1984 and 2013 in English and held by 917 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Scintillating essays about the author himself, his interests, his influences, his friends and foes. He offers candid and not always flattering assessments of other writers. He ruminates on science and the often dubious paths into which it seem intent on leading us, whether into outer or inner space. Burroughs reviews his reviewers, explains his famous "cup-up" method, and discusses the role coincidence has played in his life and his work
Writers at work : the Paris review interviews, third series by
George Plimpton(
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3 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Interviews and biographical notes, prepared for book publication by George Plimpton."
3 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Interviews and biographical notes, prepared for book publication by George Plimpton."
Junky by
William S Burroughs(
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88 editions published between 1977 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 871 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Depicts the addict's life: his hallucinations, his ghostly nocturnal wanderings, his strange sexuality, and his hunger for the needle. Following its hero from his midwestern birthplace to New York, New Orleans, and Mexico City. Based on the author's own experiences
88 editions published between 1977 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 871 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Depicts the addict's life: his hallucinations, his ghostly nocturnal wanderings, his strange sexuality, and his hunger for the needle. Following its hero from his midwestern birthplace to New York, New Orleans, and Mexico City. Based on the author's own experiences
The last words of Dutch Schultz : a fiction in the form of a film script by
William S Burroughs(
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32 editions published between 1969 and 2008 in English and French and held by 759 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Before he was gunned down in the Palace Chop House in Newark, NJ, October 1935, Arthur Flegenheimer, alias Dutch Schultz, was generally considered New York's Number One racketeer. He survived for two days, with a police stenographer to record his last words. He talked of his childhood and youth, as well as his recent past. Burroughs has taken these last words as a starting point to create his own fiction about the man
32 editions published between 1969 and 2008 in English and French and held by 759 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Before he was gunned down in the Palace Chop House in Newark, NJ, October 1935, Arthur Flegenheimer, alias Dutch Schultz, was generally considered New York's Number One racketeer. He survived for two days, with a police stenographer to record his last words. He talked of his childhood and youth, as well as his recent past. Burroughs has taken these last words as a starting point to create his own fiction about the man
Interzone by
William S Burroughs(
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34 editions published between 1989 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 726 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
While living in Tangiers in the 1950s, Burroughs wrote "a startling collection of short stories, autobiographical sketches, letters, and diary entries, all of which showcase his trademark mordant humor, while delineating the addictions to drugs and sex that are the central metaphors of his work."--Cover, Penguin ed
34 editions published between 1989 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 726 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
While living in Tangiers in the 1950s, Burroughs wrote "a startling collection of short stories, autobiographical sketches, letters, and diary entries, all of which showcase his trademark mordant humor, while delineating the addictions to drugs and sex that are the central metaphors of his work."--Cover, Penguin ed
Ghost of chance by
William S Burroughs(
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22 editions published between 1991 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 694 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 18th-century Madagascar, a pirate establishes a settlement with laws to protect the local flora and fauna, the latter comprising a large lemur population. The pirate's ideal is destroyed by greedy developers and the lemurs go the way of so many other species, victims of "Homo Sap, the Ugly Animal."
22 editions published between 1991 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 694 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 18th-century Madagascar, a pirate establishes a settlement with laws to protect the local flora and fauna, the latter comprising a large lemur population. The pirate's ideal is destroyed by greedy developers and the lemurs go the way of so many other species, victims of "Homo Sap, the Ugly Animal."
Stoned immaculate : the music of the Doors by
Doors (Musical group)(
Recording
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2 editions published in 2000 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 649 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The songs made famous by the musical group The Doors performed by a variety of artists
2 editions published in 2000 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 649 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The songs made famous by the musical group The Doors performed by a variety of artists
Drugstore cowboy by
Gus Van Sant(
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14 editions published between 1989 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A group of junkies rob drugstores to fund their addictions in the Pacific Northwest of the 1970s
14 editions published between 1989 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A group of junkies rob drugstores to fund their addictions in the Pacific Northwest of the 1970s
Port of saints by
William S Burroughs(
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21 editions published between 1973 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 515 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The mind-boggling story of a man whose alternate selves take him on a fantastic journey through space, time, and sexuality."--Back cover
21 editions published between 1973 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 515 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The mind-boggling story of a man whose alternate selves take him on a fantastic journey through space, time, and sexuality."--Back cover
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- Ginsberg, Allen 1926-1997 Other Interviewee Performer Contributor Author of introduction Author Interviewer Actor Editor Photographer
- Kerouac, Jack 1922-1969 Other Interviewee Author Contributor
- Grauerholz, James Other Arranger Contributor Author of introduction Annotator Author Editor Signer Author of afterword, colophon, etc. Redactor
- Miles, Barry 1943- Other Editor Author of introduction Author Interviewer Redactor
- Harris, Oliver (Oliver C. G.) Other Author of introduction Publishing director Author Editor Redactor
- Bellow, Saul
- Corso, Gregory Interviewee Performer Author Interviewer Actor Narrator
- Skerl, Jennie Other Author
- Gysin, Brion Other Interviewee Illustrator Recipient Honoree Author Contributor Author of afterword, colophon, etc. Narrator
- Lydenberg, Robin 1947- Other Author
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Alienation (Social psychology) American fiction American literature Authors Authors, American Barth, John Barthelme, Donald Beats (Persons) Bellow, Saul Borges, Jorge Luis, Brautigan, Richard Burroughs, William S., Cassady, Neal Civilization Conroy, Frank, Dissenters in literature Drug abuse Drug addicts Drug withdrawal symptoms Ellison, Ralph Gaddis, William, Gass, William H., Gay men Ginsberg, Allen, Hawkes, John, Heller, Joseph Heroin abuse Imaginary wars and battles Kerouac, Jack, Kesey, Ken Mailer, Norman Malamud, Bernard Miller, Arthur, Miller, Henry, Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, New York (State)--New York Novelists, American Percy, Walker, Plath, Sylvia Purdy, James Pynchon, Thomas Recovering addicts Roth, Philip Salinger, J. D.--(Jerome David), Science fiction Science fiction, American Sontag, Susan, United States Updike, John Vonnegut, Kurt
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Baroouz, Ouiliam.
Baroouz, Ouiliam 1914-
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William S. Burroughs American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914-1997)
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Γουίλιαμ Μπάροουζ
Барроуз, Уильям 1914-1997
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Берроуз У. С. ст. 1914-1997
Берроуз, Уильям 1914-1997
Вільям Барроуз
Вільям Барроуз американський письменник-новеліст і есеїст
Уильям Сьюард Берроуз американский писатель и эссеист
Уилям Бъроуз
Уільям С'юард Бероуз
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בורוז, וויליאם ס., 1914-
בורוז, ויליאם ס 1914-1997
בורוז, וילים ס.
ויליאם ס. בורוז
ויליאם ס. בורוז אמן אמריקאי
ويليام بوروز
ویلیام اس. باروز
ویلیام بورو دوم نویسنده و شاعر آمریکایی
विलियम एस बरोज
উইলিয়াম বাৰোজ
უილიამ სიუარდ ბეროუზი
바로우즈, 윌리엄 S. 1914-1997
버로스, 윌리엄 S. 1914-1997
버로스, 윌리엄 시월드 1914-1997
버로즈, 윌리엄 S. 1914-1997
윌리엄 S. 버로스
ウィリアム・S・バロウズ
バロウズ, ウィリアム
バロウズ, ウイリアム・S
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