RealityStudio.org, William S. Burroughs site
Found : RealityStudio.org, William S. Burroughs site
Perceiving the need for a dynamic and comprehensive site dedicated to Burroughs, RealityStudio was launched by Supervert in October 2004. The premier online community of Burroughs enthusiasts, RealityStudio provides news, analysis, scholarship, research, reviews, interviews, texts, and a thriving member forum. RealityStudio is proud to say that its community [...]
William Burroughs, parasitism, language and the virus
Found : William Burroughs, parasitism, language and the virus
"Which came first, the intestine or the tapeworm?" In this epigram, Burroughs suggests that parasitism–corruption, plagiarism, surplus appropriation–is in fact conterminous with life itself. The tapeworm doesn't simply happen to attach itself to an intestine that was getting along perfectly well without it. Say rather that the [...]
Robots, Goblins and Alien Amoeba: Fermis Paradox
Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #100, expanded and revised with original illustrations. Was the Earth colonized by extraterrestrial scientists?
The Incredibly Strange Story of Intelligent Design
Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #97, expanded and revised with original illustrations. A fascinating survey of alternative human origins theories and their links to Gnostic mythology!
Cut-ups
“Burroughs… developed the concept of ‘cut-up’ in using it to demonstrate the controlling quality intrinsic to ‘the Word’; possession over human beings by language. The cut-up is a way of exposing word and image controls thereby freeing oneself from them, an alteration of consciousness that occurs in both the writer and the reader [...]
Biological Disaster Story
“Burroughs imagines the beginning of humanity as a biological disaster story. Apes become human as a result of a virus infection that kills most of the species and mutates the rest. The survivors feel a painful invasion of their bodies by an external force that gradually produces human behavior. Humanity develops from language (“the talk [...]
One God Universe
“Consider the One God Universe: OGU. The spirit recoils in horror from such a deadly impasse. He is all-powerful and all-knowing. Because He can do everything, He can do nothing, since the act of doing demands opposition. He knows everything, so there is nothing for him to learn. He can’t go anywhere, since He [...]
The Shits & The Johnsons
In the metaphysics of science fiction author W.S. Burroughs, there are only two types of people in the world – Shits and Johnsons.
Johnsons mind their own business, and are generous, helpful and kind, with no thought of reward; Shits are infected by an alien virus called the "right virus" which makes them literally incapable [...]
Americans
"It is one of my firmest and most sacred beliefs… that the government of the United States, in both its legislative and its executive arm, is ignorant, incompetent, corrupt, and disgusting… that the administration of justice in the Republic is stupid, dishonest, and against all reason and equity… that the foreign policy of the [...]
Apocalypse
"What a tragic world this is. Those down here are prisoners, and the ultimate tragedy is that they don't know it, they think they are free because they never have been free, and do not understand what it means. This is a prison and few men have guessed. But I know, he said to himself. [...]
