- The Adding Machine: Collected Essays
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The Adding Machine 
First editionAuthor(s) William S. Burroughs Country USA Language English Publisher Arcade Publishing Publication date April 1993 Media type Print Pages 216 pages ISBN 1559702109 The Adding Machine is a collection of essays written by Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs.[1][2] This collection was first published in the United Kingdom in 1985, followed by an American edition in 1986. The subtitle for this book differs between editions: the first edition was published in the UK with the subtitle Collected Essays while the American version is subtitled Selected Essays.
The subject matter of the essays featured in this book vary widely; the pieces were written over a period of three decades. Topics include discussions about colleagues such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, as well as essays on other writers who influenced Burroughs such as Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Conrad and Samuel Beckett. Also included are some semi-autobiographical pieces.
The book lacks a sources or acknowledgements page to indicate where any of these essays were originally published.
The title of the book refers to the adding machine invented by the author's grandfather, William Seward Burroughs I.
References
- ^ Herman, Jan (17 August 1986). "William Burroughs, an inspired thief". Chicago Sun-Times. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB36D1B8D4E8C89&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ SCHMITZ, ANTHONY. "Featured Author: William S. Burroughs". New York Times. 17 August 1986. http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/02/13/specials/burroughs-adding.html. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
Works by William S. Burroughs Novels and novellas - And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
- Junkie
- Queer
- Naked Lunch
- The Soft Machine
- The Ticket That Exploded
- Dead Fingers Talk
- Nova Express
- The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
- The Wild Boys
- Port of Saints
- Blade Runner (a movie)
- Cities of the Red Night
- Ghost of Chance
- The Place of Dead Roads
- The Western Lands
- My Education: A Book of Dreams
- The Cat Inside
Short story collections Essay collections - The Electronic Revolution
- The Third Mind
- Ali's Smile: Naked Scientology
- The Adding Machine: Collected Essays
Non-fiction - The Yage Letters
- The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs
- Letters to Allen Ginsberg
- The Burroughs File
- Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs
Recording - Dead City Radio
- Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales
- Real English Tea Made Here
Films 
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