William S. Burroughs
First Published: 1961
In a world compounded of myth and science fiction in which freedom and order are eternally opposed, Burroughs gives us a surreal space odyssey through the wounded galaxies in a book only he could create. The Soft Machine takes place in the underwater cities of Flash Gordon serials, broken-down towns in South America, faded photos, and 1920s films in seedy movie houses to show a hard-edged satirical visions of cancerous and addictive consumerism; sadness and dislocation; where nothing is sacred, nothing taboo.