Wednesday 3 December 2014

Any Way You Figure It...........Your Best Answer Is Burroughs


"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager'." 
- William S. Burroughs, (grandson of the inventor and founder of the Burroughs Corporation), The Adding Machine: Selected Essays



“When you cut into the present the future leaks out.” - William S. Burroughs 

Coincidence or knowing reference to his family background? Funny................no.....ironic, isn't it, that Burroughs should spend virtually his whole writing career rolling the literary dice in the Game of Words to see what leaks out? His grandfather's adding machine being all about calculating and controlling figures in the name of profit...............Burroughs battling a lack of control over drug/word addiction and all-encompassing virus.................any way you figure it, when looking for an alternative to the control mechanism of traditional bourgeois literature your best answer is William Burroughs..........





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