[nesfa-reading-group] My choices for November or December book

[Wesley Brodsky]

I searched “ Carter and Lovecraft” and the only reference to a book by Burroughs I found was “The Place of Dead Roads” is a 1983 novel by William S. Burroughs, the second book of the trilogy that begins with Cities of the Red Night (1981) and concludes with The Western Lands (1987). It chronicles the story of a gay gunfighter in the American West, beginning with the gunfighter's death in 1899, incorporates contrasting themes and time travel episodes, and makes use of Burroughs’ extensive knowledge of firearms. Non-linear in construction, it makes use of vivid imagery and repetition but does not employ the famous “cut-up” method of literary collage used in his earlier novels.

I did not read that book,  but it seems it might have more of a plot that “The Ticket That Exploded”

- Wes

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My humble suggestion is just to let the group vote on it, knowing what they are voting on.

-Wes

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The second in the series was mentioned in  Carter and Lovecraft as a description of Providence which made me curious so I put this one on my list.  I can suggest a replacement if the group prefers.

On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 12:30 PM Wesley Brodsky <wesbrodsky at alum.mit.edu<mailto:wesbrodsky at alum.mit.edu>> wrote:
Have others read  “The Ticket that Exploded”? What do they think about it as a source for discussion? A totally random sample of the text;

“Don’t know how i’ll make it, baby — Electric fingers removed ‘Love’ — Do you love me? — Love is red sheets of pain hung oh oh baby oh jelly — The guide slipped off his jelly — I’ve got you under my skin pulsing red light — Clouds of Me always be true to you — Hula hoops of color formed always be true to you darling in my Bradly — Weak and torn i’ll hurry to my blue heaven as i sank in suffocation panic of rusty St. Louis woman — With just a photograph, Mary, you know i love you through sperm — Contraction turnstile hoped you’d love me too —”

Yes, it is all like that.

-Wes

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I loved Burroughs, William S.   “The Ticket that Exploded:” SciFi or dream imagination? The reader will have to decide. Certainly, passages reference things from SciFi; I forgot what. “Language is a virus from outer space.”
-Wes

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Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 8:04 PM
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Here are my 3 picks for voting on:
Morris, Brandon Q        The Disturbance Hard Science Fiction
Burroughs, William S.   The Ticket that Exploded:  The Restored Text
Brunner, John                The Jagged Orbit

On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 6:21 PM David G. Grubbs <dggrubbs at gmail.com<mailto:dggrubbs at gmail.com><mailto:dggrubbs at gmail.com<mailto:dggrubbs at gmail.com>>> wrote:
In the NESFA Reading Group, we have Carter & Lovecraft coming up for September and Growing Up Weightless coming up for October.  I was asked to select three books you all can vote on to pick for either November or December.

Here are three:  (They all have around 3.8 averages on Goodreads.)
Gibson,William             2003 Pattern Recognition  (356 pages)
Lethem,Jonathan            1994 Gun, with Occasional Music  (262 pages)
Moorcock,Michael           1972 An Alien Heat   (147 pages)

I have not read the Gibson. It is the first in a series, but I don't get the feeling that it is the first in a "trilogy". It should stand alone. It looks like it is typical Gibson with Tech, Web activity and Spies.

The other two are on my "reread" list of books I rated highly in the past. I read the Lethem almost 30 years ago (it is a mixture of Fantasy and Noir mystery) and the Moorcock almost 50 years ago (it is an odd mix of Victorian fantasy, multi-universes, and humor). I would like to read them again.


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