Nova Express
Crab Nebula
(Excerpt from Nova Express) William S. Burroughs They do not have what they call "emotion's oxygen" in the atmosphere. The medium in which animal life breathes is not in that soulless place -Yellow plains under white hot blue sky — Metal cities controlled by The Elders who are heads in bottles — Fastest brains preserved forever — Only form of immortality open to the Insect People of Minraud — An intricate bureaucracy wired to the control brains directs all movement — Even so there is a devious underground operating through telepathic misdirection and camouflage — The partisans make recordings ahead [...]
The Death Dwarf in the Street
(Excerpt from Nova Express) William S. Burroughs Biologic Agent K9 called for his check and picked up supersonic imitation blasts of The Death Dwarfs — "L'addition — Laddition — Laddittion — Garcon — Garcon — Garcon" — American tourist accent to the Nth power — He ordered another coffee and monitored the café — A whole table of them imitating word forms and spitting back at supersonic speed — Several patrons rolled on the floor in switch fits — These noxious dwarfs can spit out a whole newspaper in ten seconds imitating your words after you and sliding in suggestion [...]