Dead Fingers Talk (1963) (
ISBN9780426050049) – sections of Naked Lunch, Soft Machine, and Ticket that Exploded re-arranged into a new narrative. Often erroneously called a compilation because of this.
Note: Burroughs published revised and rewritten editions of several of the above novels, including The Soft Machine and The Ticket that Exploded, while re-edited versions of some books such as Junkie and Naked Lunch have been published posthumously.
Non-fiction and letters
"Letter From A Master Addict To Dangerous Drugs," British Journal of Addiction, Vol. 53, No. 2, 3 August 1956
The Final Academy Documents, with experimental film collaborations of
Brion Gysin,
Antony Balch,
John Giorno, and others, based on a tour organized by David Dawson, Roger Ely, and
Genesis P-Orridge. A DVD of edited highlights from the tour, including Burroughs's 1982 appearance reading from his work at Manchester's
The Haçienda, a performance by Giorno and includes the experimental film collaborations with Balch, Gysin, and others, Towers Open Fire and Ghosts at No. 9.[6][7][8]
Burroughs appeared as himself in a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s, including the 1986
Laurie Anderson concert film Home of the Brave (in which Burroughs dances a slow-motion tango with Anderson during one number and provides vocal samples in other parts of the film), and the documentaries Heavy Petting and What Happened to Kerouac?
Burroughs also played a cameo part in the film Drugstore Cowboy, and his recording of The Junky's Christmas formed the basis for a 1993 animated short film of the same title in which Burroughs himself appears. He collaborated on the documentary Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs on the Road eventually released in 2007. An animated short film based upon his story "
Ah Pook is Here" has also been produced.
Gus Van Sant, director of Drugstore Cowboy, made a short film in 1981 based on Burroughs's "The Discipline of DE".
Recordings (partial list)
Call Me Burroughs (1965) - The English Bookshop, Paris (reissued in 1995)
Long song for Zelda (1971) - by Dashiell Hedayat and
Gong, LP
shandar record production SR83512, Paris, ( reedited as a CD in 1992 and 2008 on "Mantra production"), Obsolete, Burroughs says a sentence of 10 seconds at the end of track at the 7'32 mark.
The Nova Convention (1979) by Burroughs and others - LP
GPS
Home of the Brave (1986) by Laurie Anderson - Burroughs sample is used in the song "Late Show"
UnCommon Quotes (1986) - Recorded at CARAVAN of DREAMS, September 11, 1986 (
ISBN0 929856 00 7); cassette only; includes foldout essay "William S. Burroughs: A Shift in Vision" by Robert Palmer
Break Through In Grey Room (1986) - A collection of readings and cutups -
Sub Rosa Records
Smack My Crack (1987) with Tom Waits and various artists - LP GPS
Like A Girl I Want To Keep Coming (1989) by John Giorno - LP GPS
Seven Souls (1989) by
Material - remixed in 1998 as The Road to the Western Lands