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The soft machine. : The restored text
- Title
- The soft machine. : The restored text / William S. Burroughs ; edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris.
- Author
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
- Publication
- New York : Grove Press, 2014.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 14-580 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll Burroughs S645 2014 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Harris, Oliver (Oliver C. G.)
- Description
- liii, 272 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- "The Soft Machine is Burroughs' original cut-up novel, first in an experimental trilogy that includes Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded. A surreal space-age odyssey and a total assault on the powers that turn humans into machines, the book draws the reader into an unmappable textual space where nothing is true and everyting is permitted"--Back cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Science fiction.
- Black humor.
- Note
- First published in 1961.
- "Third revised edition published by Grove Press in 2014" --Verso of title page.
- "A book of the cut-up trilogy"--Spine.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. l-liii).
- Access (note)
- Berg Collection copy restricted access ;
- Contents
- Dead on arrival -- Who am I to be critical? -- Public agent -- Trak trak trak -- Early answer -- Case of the celluloid Kali -- The Mayan caper -- I Sekuin -- Pretend an interest -- Last hints -- Where the awning flaps -- 1920 movies -- Where you belong -- Uranian Willy -- Gongs of violence --Male image in black -- Dead fingers talk -- Cross the wounded galaxies.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-580
- ISBN
- 9780802122117 (pbk.)
- 0802122116 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 878079335
- Author
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
- Title
- The soft machine. : The restored text / William S. Burroughs ; edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris.
- Imprint
- New York : Grove Press, 2014.
- Edition
- Third revised edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. l-liii).
- Access
- Berg Collection copy restricted access ; request permission in holding division.
- Local Note
- Berg Collection copy with dedication inscription from Oliver Harris to Issac Gewirtz, curator.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Harris, Oliver (Oliver C. G.)Harris, Oliver (Oliver C. G.) ContributorHarris, Oliver (Oliver C. G.) Inscriber
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-580