Talk:Cities of the Red Night
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[edit] Accuracy?
Does the following phrase, revolutionary homosexual drug addicts, found in this article really sound accurate? I think some kind of rephrasing is necessary. ---Charles 17:54, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
- It sounds right for Burroughs, but since I haven't read this book in 20 years I'm afraid my memory of the plot is rather hazy. (Actually I find it near impossible to describe most WSB plotlines!) 23skidoo 18:08, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
- Well, you have a point as far as describing his plotlines is concerned. But, I still think that a rephrasing of that line is in order. ---Charles 04:37, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- I'm in agreement there. The article could stand quite a bit of expansion too. 23skidoo 16:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- One of the projects I have set for myself (before I take a long Wiki-break sometime in August) is to expand all the articles on Burroughs final trilogy Cities of the Red Night, The Place of Dead Roads, and The Western Lands, all of which are currently just stubs. I am, of course, very interested in receiving assistance. ---Charles 16:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- I'd certainly like to lend a hand with that. It's been years since I read Cities or Dead Roads, but I'm reading Western Lands at the moment. Unfortunately, I have not idea how to do it - as you mentioned, simply describing the plotline is a bit useless. Maybe discussing general themes and techniques? Deleuze 08:46, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, I think that would be a good start. ---Charles 18:48, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'd certainly like to lend a hand with that. It's been years since I read Cities or Dead Roads, but I'm reading Western Lands at the moment. Unfortunately, I have not idea how to do it - as you mentioned, simply describing the plotline is a bit useless. Maybe discussing general themes and techniques? Deleuze 08:46, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- One of the projects I have set for myself (before I take a long Wiki-break sometime in August) is to expand all the articles on Burroughs final trilogy Cities of the Red Night, The Place of Dead Roads, and The Western Lands, all of which are currently just stubs. I am, of course, very interested in receiving assistance. ---Charles 16:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- I'm in agreement there. The article could stand quite a bit of expansion too. 23skidoo 16:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- Well, you have a point as far as describing his plotlines is concerned. But, I still think that a rephrasing of that line is in order. ---Charles 04:37, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] disease
Is the disease AIDS or an allution to it? --euyyn 11:57, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- There is no evidence to support that the disease in the story is intentionally an allusion to any real disease or virus, and the AIDS epidemic didn't take off until long after the book was actually written as far as I know. Oddity- 14:20, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
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- It is a prophetic allusion, which is one of Burrough's spookier literary tricks. Magic is a theme in his work, and the man at least believed himself to practice it. I might add something to the author's page if I can find precedent on, say, William Butler Yeats' page for discussing an author's spiritual ideosyncracies, as well as external sources on Burroughs referencing this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.213.144.148 (talk) 10:23, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:CitiesRedNight.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
