false 23944 12 While young men wage war against an evil empire of zealous mutants, the population of this modern inferno is afflicted with the epidemic of a radioactive virus. An opium-infused apocalyptic vision from the legendary author of Naked Lunch is the first of the trilogy with The Places of the Dead Roads and his final novel, The Western Plains. 936760 1981 Cities of the Red Night: A Novel total:731|5:205|4:254|3:190|2:59|1:23| 731 2752 992 52 3 2 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 14:00:52 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 10:24:04 -0700 2008 The Rolling Stone Book Of The Beats got me interested in checking out some Beat writing. It's been a long time since I read any Burroughs or Kerouac. The last thing was Burroughs' Exterminator!, which I really enjoyed, so I thought I'd have a go at Cities Of The Red Night. It...more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 21 13:32:50 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 13:57:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 1985 Sat Feb 28 11:56:58 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 11:59:40 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 10:47:09 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 11:12:46 -0700 2009
CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT is more “readable” than NAKED LUNCH…kind uh. The beginning is intriguing…then there are the cities of the red night which, I am not sure, may have been a long description of a smutty delirium. I began to merely hear...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 13:58:53 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 13 10:38:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 10:15:44 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 07:55:40 -0800 2009
"The usual costume is boots and chaps, bare ass and crotch. Some have tight-fitting chamois pants up to midthigh and shirts that come to the navel. Many are naked except for boots, gun belts, and hang-noose scarves. Nooses dangle every ten feet from a...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 10:18:30 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 19:53:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 02 07:21:20 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 18 07:35:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 true false Sun Feb 17 18:11:09 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 20:45:51 -0800 2008
I really loved this book in high school. Not anymore. I cannot handle non-linear books right now.

The first two hundred pages uses a dual narrative with the occasional chapter related to a virus. One story is ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 27 21:57:04 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 05 19:18:18 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 21:57:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 18:01:53 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 13:13:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 21:26:10 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 21:29:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Mon Dec 29 13:14:41 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:20:16 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Tue Jan 15 20:40:11 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 21:11:11 -0800 2008
Star...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 20 14:35:32 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 13:49:44 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 08:20:08 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 08:22:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 07 14:02:17 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 24 11:03:51 -0800 2009 This also had more of an illusion of a plot then Naked Lunch, which made me like it more. Admittedly, it's jumping ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 14 14:15:03 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 14:18:21 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Sep 10 16:12:33 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 16:13:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 15:19:57 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 15:20:30 -0700 2009