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The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs · Booklabria

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William S. Burroughs
The Soft Machine

Science FictionAmerican Science fiction

The Soft Machine

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Part ofThe Nova Trilogy2 books in the catalogue

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First published: 1961
Editions: 15 in 3 languages
Series: The Nova Trilogy

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: Science Fiction
American Science fiction
Roman
Gay men
Drug abuse
LGBTQ fiction before Stonewall

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15 in 3 languages

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English12 French1 Russian1

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