The Ticket That Exploded
 

The Ticket That Exploded

by William S. Burroughs

"Earth was under attack, but by whom? The Insect People of Minraud? The Nova Mob? The 'White Hunters'? Representatives of Hassan i Sabbah or the White Goddess?" "Language is the worn coin pressed silently into my hand. Inspector J. Lee of the Nova Police knew them by many names - but he only knew one way to stop them." "The only weapon was silence: silence to say goodbye - by silence to say... (read more)

Top tags: science fictionfictionliteraturenova tetralogypostmodern fiction (all tags)

Readers

Groups

  • Transgressive Discussion Group
  • Books that will induce mindf*ck Discussion Group

Other Reviews

Amazon Reviews (5)
 

Most Helpful Reviews

Liked It

Ivácson András Áron
  • Rated 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book...though it really is necessary to read the other books in this story arc: Naked Lunch, The Ticket that Exploded and The Nova Express. These 4 books explore the same situation from different angles and this one explores it from a sort of experimental and linguistic angle dealing with reality, perception of it, the "word virus", faking and distortion of facts and so on. It is quite difficult to read at points but it is overwhelming and rewarding and revolting to...

Ivácson András Áron’s full review »
more reviews »
Community:
  • Rated 4 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4 stars
 

Newest Comments

No discussions have been posted for this book yet. Go to the discussions page to start one!

© 2008 Shelfari, Inc. | Portions of Shelfari.com are Copyright © 1996-2008 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy