Mark/Space: Anachron City: Library: Authors: William S.Burroughs

William S.Burroughs

Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict
(1953, novel, pulp fiction...Ace Books, New York, US... originally published under the pseudonym William Lee)
The Naked Lunch
(1959, novel, postmodern...Olympia Press, Paris, France)
The Soft Machine
(1961, novel, science fiction...Olympia Press, Paris, France... book 1 of trilogy)
The Ticket That Exploded
(1962, novel, science fiction...Olympia Press, Paris, France... book 2 of trilogy)
Dead Fingers Talk
(1963, novel/cut-up...Calder and Boyars, London, UK)
Nova Express
(1964, novel, science fiction...Olympia Press, Paris, France... book 3 of trilogy)
Valentines Day Reading
(1965, ?, transcription...American Theater for Poets, New York, US)
"Roosevelt After the Inauguration"
(1965, routine...Fuck You Press, New York, US... a small mimeographed booklet containing this 'routine' which was cut from The Yage Letters )
Time
(1965, ?...C-Press, New York, US)
"Apo-33"
(1965, non-fiction, pamphlet...Fuck You Press, New York, US... controversial heroin cure)
The Dead Star
(1969, pamphlet...Nova Broadcast Press, San Francisco, California, US)
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
(1970, screenplay...Cape Goliard Press, London, UK)
The Electronic Revolution
(1970, non-fiction...Expanded Media Editions, Germany)
Ali's Smile
(1971, ?...Unicorn, Brighton, UK)
The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead
(1971, novel...Grove Press, New York, US)
Exterminator!
(1973, short stories, collection...Viking, New York, US)
White Subway
(1973, ?...Aloes seolA, London, UK)
Mayfair Academy Series More or Less
(1973, ?...Urgency Rip-Off Press, Brighton, UK)
Port of Saints
(1973, slipstream...Covent Garden, London, UK)
"The Book of Breathing"
(1974, ?...Ou, Ingatestone, Essex, UK)
Snack
(1975, ?...Aloes, London, UK)
Cobblestone Gardens
(1976, ?...Cherry Valley Editions, Cherry Valley, New York, US)
The Retreat Diaries
(1976, ?...City Moon, New York, US)
Letters to Allen Ginsberg
(1976, non-fiction, correspondence...Givaudon / Am Here, Geneva, Switzerland)
Junky
(1977, novel, pulp fiction...Viking / Penguin, New York, US... same as Junkie , but re-edited, with censored passages restored)
Naked Scientology
(1978, non-fiction, essay...Expanded Media Editions, Bonn, Germany)
Blade Runner: A Movie
(1979, screenplay, science fiction...Blue Wind Press, Berkeley, California, US, pbk)
Dr Benway
(1979, ?...Brad Morrow, Santa Barbara, California, US)
Ah Pook Is Here and Other Texts
(1979, short fiction, non-fiction, collection...Riverrun Press, New York, US)
Streets of Chance
(1981, ?...Red Ozier, New York, US)
Early Routines
(1981, short fiction...Cadmus Editions, Santa Barbara, California, US)
Cities of the Red Night
(1981, novel, detective, slipstream...Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, US... book 1 'Western Lands' trilogy)
Sinki's Sauna
(1982, ?...Pequod, New York, US)
A William Burroughs Reader
(1982, short stories...Picador, London, UK)
The Place of Dead Roads
(1983, novel, western, slipstream...Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, US... book 2 'Western Lands' trilogy)
Ruski
(1984, ?...Hand Job, New York, US)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1984, speech transcript...Expanded Media Editions, Bonn, Germany)
The Burroughs File
(1984, short stories, articles, collection...City Lights Books, San Francisco, California, US)
The Adding Machine: Selected Writings
(1985, short stories, essays...Calder, London, UK, 1985)
Queer
(1985, novel, pulp fiction...Viking, New York, US)
The Western Lands
(1987, novel, slipstream...Viking, New York, US... book 3 'Western Lands' trilogy)
The Whole Tamale
(198?...Horse Press, ?, ?)
Apocalypse
(1988, ?, illustrated...Mulder Fine Arts, New York, US... with Keith Haring)
Interzone
(1989, short stories, notes, journals, autobiographical sketches...Viking / Penguin, New York, US... early manuscripts which later became the novel The Naked Lunch ... edited by James Grauerholz)
Tornado Alley
(1989, ?, illustrated...Cherry Valley Editions, Cherry Valley, New York, US... drawings by S.Clay Wilson)
Ghost of Chance
(1991, ?...Whitney Museum, New York, US)
Seaven Deadly Sins
(1992, ?...Lococo-Mulder Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California, US)
My Education: A Book of Dreams
(1995, non-fiction, personal recollections...Viking, New York, US, pbk, ISBN 0-670-81350-8)
Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader
(August 1998, short stories, collection...Grove Press, New York, US, hbk, ISBN ?... edited by ?)

William S.Burroughs, Brion Gysin

Exterminator
(1960, cut-ups...Auerhahn Press, San Francisco, California, US)
The Third Mind
(1977...Flammarion, Paris, France... originally published in french as Oeuvre Croisee )
The Cat Inside
(1986...Grenville, New York, US)

William S.Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg

The Yage Letters
(1963, correspondence...City Lights Books, San Francisco, California, US)

William S.Burroughs, Claude Pelieu

Jack Kerouac
(1971, non-fiction, biography...L'Herne, Paris, France)

William S.Burroughs, Claude Pelieu, Carl Weissner

"So Who Owns Death TV" by William S.Burroughs
(1967, fiction, pamphlet...Beach Books Texts and Documents, San Francisco, California, US... illustrations by Jean-Jacques Lebel and Liam O'Gallagher)

William S.Burroughs, Daniel Odier

The Job
(1969, non-fiction, interview...Pierre Belfond, Paris, France... originally published in Paris as Entretiens avec William Burroughs )

William S.Burroughs, Charles Gatewood

Sidetripping
(1975, ?, illustrated...Strawberry Hill, New York, US... text by William S.Burroughs, photographs by Charles Gatewood)

William S.Burroughs, Lee Harwood

Darayt
(19??, ?...?)

William S.Burroughs, Eric Mottram

Snack: Two Tape Transcripts
(19??, ?...?)

Victor Bockris with William S.Burroughs

A Report From the Bunker
(19??, ?...?)
The Burroughs File
(19??, ?...?... note: uncertain if same as above)
With William Burroughs: Private Conversations with a Modern Genius
(1981, non-fiction...?, ?... revised edition 1997)

Biograph -- William S.Burroughs
(*note: William Burroughs died on Saturday 2 August 1997. At the moment I am unable to update the bio page.)

Online Writings

"They Do Not Always Remember" by William S.Burroughs
(short story, originally published in Argosy , 1967...
also contained in the collection Exterminator! by William S.Burroughs, 1973)

AudioVisual Material

BBC 1 Radio Interview

BBC

William S.Burroughs

Better An Old Demon Than A New God edited by John Giorno
(19??, LP, ?? minutes...Giorno Poetry Systems, New York, US, GPS 033... contains: "Dinosaurs" by William S.Burroughs)

Burroughs
(1983, television documentary, 90 minutes... an episode of the BBC 'Arena' series... directed by Howard Brookner... produced by Howard Brookner and Alan Yentob... featuring: Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Herbert Huncke, John Giorno, Laurie Anderson, Terry Southern, Lucien Carr, William Burroughs Jr, James Grauerholz, Francis Bacon)
"Filmed over a five-year period, gets to the heart of Burrough's terrifying vision, revolutionary style, wit and sense of outrage." -- (in Radio Times , 16-22 August 1997)

Call Me Burroughs by William S.Burroughs
(1965, LP, ?? minutes...ESP Records, New York, US, ESP-1050...first spoken word album... sound engineer: Ian Somerville... features extracts from The Naked Lunch and Nova Express )
"This is a classic recording... Burroughs at his best... highly recommended." --Henry W.Targowski.

Capitol City Radio by William S.Burroughs
(199?, audio CD, ?? minutes...Island, London, UK)

Commissioner of Sewers
(19??, video, ?? minutes... directed by Klaas Maeck... features: William S.Burroughs)

Destroy All Rational Thought
(19??, video, ?? minutes... features: William S.Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Hakim Bey)

The Dial-A-Poem Poets edited by John Giorno
(1972, LP, ?? minutes...Giorno Poetry Systems, New York, US, GPS 001... contains: excerpts from The Wild Boys by William S.Burroughs, recorded Duke Street, London, UK, 19 November 1971)

A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse edited by John Giorno
(19??, LP, ?? minutes...Giorno Poetry Systems, New York, US, GPS 035... contains: "The President, Colonel Bradford" and "Every Man A God" by William S.Burroughs)

God Bless America
(19??, film, ?? minutes)
"I'm looking for an obscure film of Wm Burroughs a very odd version of 'God Bless America'." --Stafford, e-mail: mixmaster@tenderbuttons.com...
*note: Anyone who knows about this film, please send info.

Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages
(19??, silent film, ?? minutes,Sweden...*note: a special version was re-issued with a voiceover by William S.Burroughs)
"The Burroughs' commentary is absolutely brilliant." --Henry W.Targowski.

Junky by William S.Burroughs
(19??, 2 audio cassettes, ?? minutes... read by the author)

Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness
(19??, audio CD, ?? minutes... contains: tributes by Patti Smith, Lydia Lunch, Hunter S.Thompson, William S.Burroughs)

Like A Girl, I Want You To Keep Coming edited by John Giorno
(19??, LP, ?? minutes...Giorno Poetry Systems, New York, US, GPS 040... contains: "Just Say No To Drug Hysteria (excerpt)" and "Dead Souls" by William S.Burroughs)

Naked Lunch
(1991, feature film, US/Canada, 125 minutes... directed by David Cronenberg... starring: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Roy Scheider... based on the book by William S.Burroughs... beat scene)
"Deftly exploring new shock corridors of disgust, Cronenberg underlines Burroughs's autobiographical concerns over abuses of power." -- in Radio Times , 16-22 August 1997.

OU Revue-Disque 40/41 March 72 edited by Henri Chopin
(1972, LP, ?? minutes...Multi-Techniques, Paris, France... limited edition revue, 500 copies... published by Henri Chopin... contains: "Valentine Day Reading" by William S.Burroughs, recorded 1965)

The "Priest" They Called Him by William S.Burroughs / Kurt Cobain
(1992, audio CD, ?? minutes...Tim Kerr Records, Portland, Oregon, US, TK92CD044... voice: William S.Burroughs; guitar: Kurt Cobain)

The Search for Einstein's Brain
(19??, BBC television documentary... brief unexpected cameo appearance by William S.Burroughs)

Smack My Crack edited by John Giorno
(19??, LP, ?? minutes...Giorno Poetry Systems, New York, US, GPS 038... contains: "Words Of Advice" and "Kim Like The Great Gatsby" by William S.Burroughs)

10%: File Under Burroughs
(19??, 2 audio CD, ?? minutes... features: William S.Burroughs, Terry Wilson, Herbert Huncke)

Thee Films 1950s-1960s
(19??, video, omnibus edition, ?? minutes)

You're The Guy I Want To Share My Money With edited by John Giorno
(19??, LP, ?? minutes...Giorno Poetry Systems, New York, US, GPS 020-021... contains: "Performing on the Red Night Tour from: Cities Of The Red Night , The Place Of Dead Roads , Twilight's Last Gleamings , Nova Express " by William S.Burroughs)

You're A Hook edited by John Giorno
(19??, LP, ?? minutes...Giorno Poetry Systems, New York, US, GPS 030... contains: "Old Man Bickford" by William S.Burroughs)

Books about Burroughs

Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S.Burroughs by Ted Morgan
(19??, non-fiction)
The Man From Nowhere: Storming the Citadels of Enlightenment with William S.Burroughs and Brion Gysin by Joe Ambrose, Terry Wilson, Frank Rynne
(19??, non-fiction)
Ports of Entry: William S.Burroughs and the Arts by Robert A.Sobieszek
(1996, non-fiction... contains: an Afterword by William S.Burroughs)
'The Priest', They Called Him: The Life and Legacy of William S.Burroughs by Graham Caveney
(19??, non-fiction)
"A kitsch attempt to reproduce the appearance of a Burroughs scrapbook." --James Campbell (in The Guardian , Saturday 2 May 1998).
William S.Burroughs by Jennie Skerl
(1985, non-fiction)
William S.Burroughs at the Front: Critical Reception, 1959-1989 by Jennie Skerl, Robin Lydenberg
(1991, non-fiction)
William S.Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible by Barry Miles
(19??, non-fiction)
Wising Up the Marks: The Amodern William Burroughs by Timothy S.Murphy
(19??, non-fiction...University of California, US)

And:

The Beat Generation by Bruce Cook
(1971, non-fiction)
The Beat Generation Writers edited by A.Robert Lee
(February 1996, non-fiction, anthology...Pluto Press, London, UK... contains: the essay "William S.Burroughs and Language" by David Ingram)

Also See

Across the Wounded Galaxies edited by Larry McCaffery
(1990, non-fiction, interviews... contains: an Interview with William S.Burroughs)
The Beats edited by Seymour Krim
(1960, anthology... contains: 2 excerpts from Naked Lunch by William S.Burroughs)
The Beat Scene edited by Elias Wilentz
(1960, anthology...Corinth Books, New York, US)
The Herbert Huncke Reader edited by Benjamin G.Schafer
(199?, collection...Morrow, New York, US... contains: a Foreword by William S.Burroughs)
The Letters of William S.Burroughs 1945-1959 edited by Oliver Harris
(1993, non-fiction, correspondence...Viking / Penguin, New York, US hbk)
The Marijuana Papers: An Examination of Marijuana in Society, History and Literature edited by David Solomon
(1966, anthology... contains: essay "Points of Distinction Between Sedative and Consciousness-Expanding Drugs" by William S.Burroughs)
Mindfield by Gregory Corso
(19??, collection, poetry...contains: Introductory material by Allen Ginsberg, William S.Burroughs, and Douglas Oliver)
Notes From the New Underground: Where It's At and What's Up edited by Jesse Kornbluth
(1968, non-fiction, anthology, essays... contains: "Academy 23: A Deconditioning" by William S.Burroughs)
RE/Search #4/5: William Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Throbbing Gristle
(19??, non-fiction, illustrated, interviews, essays, bibliographies, discographies, chronologies...RE/Search Publications, US, pbk)
Semiotext(e) SF 14, Volume V, Issue 2 edited by Peter Lamborn Wilson, Rudy Rucker, Robert Anton Wilson
(1989, anthology, fiction, non-fiction... contains: "The CIA Reporter" and "The New Boy" by William S.Burroughs)
Storming the Reality Studio edited by Larry McCaffery
(1991, anthology... contains: excerpt from The Wild Boys by William S.Burroughs)
Three-Fisted Tales of Bob edited by Reverend Ivan Stang
(1990, anthology... contains: ? by William S.Burroughs)
White Rabbit: A Psychedelic Reader edited by John Miller, Randall Koral
(1990, anthology... contains: ? by William S.Burroughs)
*note: Could someone inform me of the title of this contribution.

Additional Links

Glossary from Junky

Floris.vancauwelaert@ping.be

Literary Kicks
(website maintained by Levi Asher)
"This site has really developed, it's probably the best overview on the beat scene available on the internet... do check it out... most highly recommended." --Henry W.Targowski.

The Unofficial William Burroughs Homepage
(another site worth a look-see)

The William S.Burroughs Files
(Malcolm Humes' excellent links to all things Burroughs at his InterNetWebZone... located at Hyperreal)

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