/lit/ - Literature

>>11239095
Is Nick Land the modern William S. Burroughs?

Naked Lunch

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand the writings of William Burroughs. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of early 20th century modernism and 1930's T.V. infomercials most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Burroughs's anthropological outlook, which is deftly woven into his characters- his personal philosophy draws heavily from his time spent studying anthropology at Harvard, studying medicine in Vienna and his travels throughout Central America and North Africa, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they’re not just funny- they say something deep about contemporary American culture.

As a consequence people who dislike Burroughs truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humor and wit in one of Burroughs's favorite phrases “Rectal Mucus,” which on one level is a literal term for the naturally occurring moisture inside the rectum, while also doubling as a signifier for the ectoplasmic essence of individuals and the primary means by which this is violated, while also tripling as an anagram of "Scam Culture", which cuts right to the heart of Burroughs's acerbic commentary on 1930's and 40's American culture. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Burroughs's genius unfolds itself across the pages of their books.

And yes, by the way, i DO have a tattoo of Lee. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid.

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>>10278030
I love Burroughs

Did William Burroughs believe in the things he said, for example in the Boy Scout manual, or was it an exercise in literature?

>>10215650
Naked Lunch

>>10057542
I don't think anyone's a fan of his because they think he was a good guy, it's more a morbid fascination thing.

I just typed this in an /x/ thread. Do you guys think I should expand on it? Like maybe make a shot story? It seems like a really interesting idea.
>Heaven and hell are both real
>But we have it the wrong way round
>All the good go to hell and all the bad go to heaven

You see what really matters is what your opinion of your life is. And good people always second guess their past decisions in their mind and blame themselves for what went wrong. Good people are only good people because they go through life knowing that they are fundamentally imperfect and need to change that. While the truly evil people are evil because they have the power to justify all of their actions to themselves and only see themselves as acting in the right.

>All those that were kind, loving, and forgiving in life are eternally tormented in death by the demons they saw their past selves as
>All those that were selfish, sadistic, and cruel in life are rewarded in death for how great they saw themselves as.

>>9769485
He is an introductory work for young adults.
Read Burroughs

>>9695933
>Any Burroughs fans here?
Yeah, just not that one

I tried to read Naked Lunch but I couldn't understand it. It's too complicated for me. Is Soft Machine any better/coherent/accessible? If not, which of his works should I start with?

>>9219818

Fuck this fucking hack and the shitty pseud circle-jerk generation that slithered out of his rancid afterbirth

I've recently listened to some of William S. Burroughs' available lectures and now I'd like to actually read some of his stuff.

I'm specifically interested in his concept of 'synchronicity' do you know any of his books that cover this?

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