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The trilogy of experimental novels is composed of The Soft Machine (1961, revised 1966 and 1968), The Ticket That Exploded (1962, revised 1967) and Nova Express (1964). Like Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine derived in part from The Word Hoard, a number of manuscripts Burroughs wrote mainly in Tangier, between 1954 and 1958.
Nova Express is a social commentary on human and machine control of life. The Nova Mob—Sammy the Butcher, Green Tony, Iron Claws, The Brown Artist, Jacky Blue Note, Limestone John, Izzy the Push, Hamburger Mary, Paddy The Sting, The Subliminal Kid, Blue Dinosaur, Mr. and Mrs. D —are viruses, "defined as the three-dimensional coordinate point of a controller" [2]... "which invade the human ...
The Ticket That Exploded is a 1962 novel by American author William S. Burroughs, published by Olympia Press and later by Grove Press in 1967. Together with The Soft Machine and Nova Express it is part of a trilogy, referred to as The Nova Trilogy, created using the cut-up technique, although for this book Burroughs used a variant called 'the fold-in' method.
The Nova Trilogy: Publisher: Olympia Press: Publication date. 1961: Publication place: United States: The Soft Machine is a 1961 novel by American author William S ...
The Nova Trilogy (1961-1967): The Soft Machine (1961–1966) [1] (ISBN 0-8021-3329-0) The Ticket That Exploded (1962–1967) [2] (ISBN 0-8021-5150-7) Nova Express (1964) (ISBN 0-8021-3330-4) Dead Fingers Talk (1963) (ISBN 9780426050049) – sections of Naked Lunch, Soft Machine, and Ticket that Exploded re-arranged into a new narrative. Often ...
Nova 1 through Nova 4, anthologies of original science fiction edited by Harry Harrison; Nova Awards, UK science fiction award; The Nova Trilogy, a series of novels by William S. Burroughs; Nova (Brazilian magazine), a monthly feminine magazine; Nova (UK magazine), a British magazine 1965–75; Nova Science Fiction, a Swedish magazine for ...
A new trilogy of "Star Wars" films, set to be written and produced by Simon Kinberg, is in the works at Lucasfilm, a person familiar with the studio's plans who was unauthorized to speak publicly ...
The Word Hoard was a large body of text (approximately 1000 typewriter pages) produced by author William S. Burroughs between roughly 1954 and 1958.. Material from the word hoard was the basis for Naked Lunch and the Interzone collection, as well as much of The Soft Machine and minor parts of Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded.