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This is a bibliography of the works of William S. Burroughs.

Novels and other long fiction

  • Junkie (a.k.a. Junky) (1953) (ISBN 0-14-200316-6 – later reprint)
  • Queer (written 1951–1953; published 1985) (ISBN 0-14-008389-8)
  • Naked Lunch (1959) (ISBN 0-8021-3295-2)
  • The Nova Trilogy (1961-1967):
  • Dead Fingers Talk (1963) (ISBN 9780426050049) – sections of Naked Lunch, Soft Machine, and Ticket that Exploded re-arranged into a new narrative. Often erroneously called a compilation because of this.
  • The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (1969) (ISBN 1-55970-211-7)
  • The London Trilogy (1971-1973):
  • The Red Night Trilogy (1981–1987):
  • My Education: A Book of Dreams (1995) (ISBN 0-14-009454-7)

Note: Burroughs published revised and rewritten editions of several of the above novels, including The Soft Machine and The Ticket that Exploded, while re-edited versions of some books such as Junkie and Naked Lunch have been published posthumously.

Non-fiction and letters

Film collaborations

The Final Academy Documents, with experimental film collaborations of Brion Gysin, Antony Balch, John Giorno, and others, based on a tour organized by David Dawson, Roger Ely, and Genesis P-Orridge. A DVD of edited highlights from the tour, including Burroughs's 1982 appearance reading from his work at Manchester's The Haçienda, a performance by Giorno and includes the experimental film collaborations with Balch, Gysin, and others, Towers Open Fire and Ghosts at No. 9.[5][6][7]

Burroughs appeared as himself in a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s, including the 1986 Laurie Anderson concert film Home of the Brave (in which Burroughs dances a slow-motion tango with Anderson during one number and provides vocal samples in other parts of the film), and the documentaries Heavy Petting and What Happened to Kerouac?

Burroughs also played a cameo part in the film Drugstore Cowboy, and his recording of The Junky's Christmas formed the basis for a 1993 animated short film of the same title in which Burroughs himself appears. He collaborated on the documentary Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs on the Road eventually released in 2007. An animated short film based upon his story "Ah Pook is Here" has also been produced.

Gus Van Sant made a short film in 1981 based on Burroughs's "The Discipline of DE".

Recordings (partial list)

References

  1. ^ Burroughs revised the novel for a second edition in 1966.
  2. ^ Burroughs revised the novel for a second edition in 1967.
  3. ^ Burroughs, William S. (2013). Cities of the Red Night: A Novel (illustrated ed.). Holt Paperbacks. p. 110. ISBN 978-1466856608. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  4. ^ James Grauerholz. Word Virus, New York: Grove, 1998
  5. ^ "UbuWeb Sound :: William S. Burroughs". Ubu.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  6. ^ "U B U W E B : William S. Burroughs Films". Ubu.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  7. ^ "U B U W E B :: William S. Burroughs". Ubu.com. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  8. ^ "William S. Burroughs". MobyGames. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
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