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Title: Who is William S. Burroughs ?
Post by: Ulli on October 13, 2008, 05:06:50 PM
I got an invitation on youtube from an William S. Burroughs  fan.

Who is this William S. Burroughs?
Title: Re: Who is William S. Burroughs ?
Post by: Roadwarrior on October 13, 2008, 05:12:17 PM
wrote a book called Naked Lunch from my recollection
Title: Re: Who is William S. Burroughs ?
Post by: Ulli on October 13, 2008, 05:30:34 PM
wrote a book called Naked Lunch from my recollection

Is this book immoral?
Title: Re: Who is William S. Burroughs ?
Post by: Roadwarrior on October 13, 2008, 05:38:55 PM
I think it had some harsh stuff in it ...drugs and probably violence

It was a book from the 60s counterculture
Its considered a classic ....
Title: Re: Who is William S. Burroughs ?
Post by: Roadwarrior on October 13, 2008, 05:54:22 PM
Brief Summary from Wiki

William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914(1914-02-05) – August 2, 1997; was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs's work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life. A primary member of the Beat Generation, he was an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature. In 1984, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.





Title: Re: Who is William S. Burroughs ?
Post by: judeanoncapta on October 15, 2008, 07:44:46 AM
wrote a book called Naked Lunch from my recollection

Is this book immoral?

Yes, extremely.

Burroughs was a homosexual who married a woman and shot her in the head.
Title: Re: Who is William S. Burroughs ?
Post by: Ulli on October 15, 2008, 08:20:19 AM
wrote a book called Naked Lunch from my recollection

Is this book immoral?

Yes, extremely.

Burroughs was a homosexual who married a woman and shot her in the head.

I think this youtube-person is nobody I should mess around with. I will block him.

Thanks Judeanoncapta & Roadwarrior :)