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Michael
Jul 20, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: burroughs, fiction
Difficult, but wonderful. (first review from prior reading).
(second review from 2016 reading)
Some of it is in cut-up. Some of it is linear.
I once heard that the "soft machine" stands for the human body. After this reading, I would say that makes sense. There is a lot about bodies in this book. Sex. Body swapping. Human sacrifice.
Not sure exactly what to make of the cut up parts. Usually, the cut up is of something that he has presented before, so the words are familiar, if not the gist of what
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Drew Gates
Jun 16, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Svastika Zeta
Aug 12, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: drugs, burroughs
Izzy The Push
Nov 02, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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