Nova Express

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Nova Express takes William S. Burroughs’s nightmarish future one step beyond The Soft Machine. The diabolical Nova criminals have gained control and plan on wreaking untold destruction. It’s up to Inspector Lee of the Nova Police to attack and dismantle the word-and-imagery machine of these “control addicts” before it’s too late.

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Remind you of something?.......2004-03-15

I don't have much to add to the other reviews, except to note that one of the techniques of the Nova Mob is to provoke conflict by playing back the worst things opposing groups have to say to each other in a positive feedback loop. I started to think about this when tracking the Clinton sex scandal and impeachment on the Web, and have had cause to think of it since....

the cut-up trilogy.......2002-09-16

my god, man! Burroughs is a sheer genius. I read the trilogy as well as Naked lunch and the Wild Boys (also cut-ups) three years agoo. This is the one I remember most. I took awhile to read it, and I tried to compete in an interpretive speech with it, but ended up using a piece from The Ticket that Exploded. Every one of these books fascinates me. I also highly reccomend the Soft machine. This got me hooked. I also read Junky, Place of Dead Roads and Queer last year. I am now currently reading Western Lands!!! The man's resume is endless. His genius continues to influence in many deconstructionists today. Look at Radiohead, Andy Kaufman, David Lynch, all of those abstract thinking break down the cell wall artists. They are of a special breed. and this is a special writer!

"Give me that kimono!"-The Captain.......2002-01-05

I won't be as vivid and descriptive as an eel in hot pursuit over gravy, er, I won't be as evil and malignant as Cortez babies, er, want I....EGAD! Start over...

I won't be as descriptive and detailed (there we go) on this review as on THE Wild Boys. This too is a good book, but my least favorite of my collection. It also seems to be the shortest, and less memorable. Parts of it seem to be more preachy than other releases, opening with Agent Lee talking about how the mass media is controlled by psuedo-punk poseurs addicted to controlling the brainwashed populace. From what I remember, Burroughs seems to make fun of these individuals (who have such elaborate names as Jimmy The Butcher, Jackie Blue Note, etc.) who are portrayed as racist punks fooling everyone with actually being the enemy of true revolutionaries. The plans they hatch up to keep the world controlled are amusing.

Aside from this most coherent of writing, the rest is pure Burroughs insanity...classics include the section "Twilight's Last Gleeming", in which a ship is going down and all hell is breaking loose (the immortal line quoted above is said by the drag-wearing captain of that ship). This may come as a shock, but some of the sections actuall bored me...mainly the more scientific information packed parts like the relationship between parasites and hosts, other easily forgettable things. But look past this, and Burroughs knows what he's talking about.

As before, there are some downright beauties and truths around...this may have been from one of the other books since they all seem to flow together as a whole, but I remember a story about a house shifting over a dsert plain and the tenants trying to socialize with lonely lemurs hanging in a tree. There's a great peice of poetry existing right around there. about angry warriors waitng around with their arrows loking for someone to shoot. It just proves that WSB would've been good at straitforward poetry, possibly better than Allen Ginsburg. He actually tried it with Tom Waits on The Black Rider album, remind myself I gotta get that. Wancha all stripped down, all stripped down....wrong album. Point blank, this book is just as worthy/signifigant/brown propeller on a fasion moon as any of his others. Dig? Flat, baby. Flatfooted and pure goulash on my headset tonight. Burroughs, my man...you know it...you...

Fadeout in classic form.

Notes From The Grey Room.......2000-06-06

This installation into the Nova series helps establish the reality of Interzone, first introduced in Naked Lunch. The Nova Police are the only thing keeping the Nova gangsters from harboring the monopoly on the universe's only source for Apomorphine. Burroughs appears in the novel as Agent Lee, the primary factor for the Nova Police. From incidious mass-poisonings to wild goose-chases across Interzone, Nova Express is an essential bridge between Naked Lunch and The Soft Machine. In my mind, one cant/shouldn't read either of the other two without having read Nova Express as well.

thirty-six years old and still ahead of its time.......2000-06-05

Oh, this book is superb; thrilling. Burroughs' critique of media/information culture has never been more relevant (he even predicts, in 1964, the emergence of something that sounds very much like the Web - "more and more images in less space pounded down under the sex acts and torture ever took place anywhere"). Great chunks of the book function practically as a Machiavellian instruction manual on how those in power might use a stream of words and images to generate fear, passivity, and conflict in a human population.

Some of Burroughs' incisiveness may derive from his usage of the famous cut-up and fold-in techniques (using passages plagiarized / "sampled" from other texts, including psychology journals, newspapers, pulp science fiction and true crime texts, and literary sources like T. S. Eliot and Rimbaud) - when he uses these, he gets at a radical (if illogical) analysis of the source texts. The illogical / nonlinear structure that results might throw some, but to my mind, this fits in perfectly with the book's overall critique - if you believe that certain forms of language (and thought) are politically corrupted, as Burroughs does, then the answer may be to compose a text that exists outside of those structures. The result feels vital and exciting - it is practically a new way of thinking on the page - and Burroughs' ideas on how to resist and defeat "the machine" and the nova process are similarly thought-provoking and unexpected (they bring to light a spiritual (monastic) side of Burroughs that I hadn't been previously familiar with).

Three Novels: The Soft Machine, Nova Express, the Wild Boys
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Three Novels: The Soft Machine, Nova Express, the Wild Boys
William S. Burroughs
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The Soft Machine; Nova Express; The Wild Boys: Three Novels
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The Soft Machine; Nova Express; The Wild Boys: Three Novels
William S. Burroughs
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La Machine molle - Le Ticket qui explosa - Nova Express
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La Machine molle - Le Ticket qui explosa - Nova Express
William Seward Burroughs , Mary; Gérard-Georges Bleach , and Gérard-Georges
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Nova Express
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Nova Express
William S. Burroughs
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Nova Express
William S Burroughs
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NOVA EXPRESS
William, S. Burroughs
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Nova Express

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This is a First edition Hardcover with Dust cover is Excelent condition

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Nova Express
William S. Burroughs
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Nova Express 1ST Edition
William S Burroughs
Manufacturer: GROVE PRESS @ (NY)
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A fast-attack nuclear submarine cuts silently through the waters of the North Atlantic, hijacked by two dozen armed terrorists. The target: New York City.

Fighting for their lives aboard the hijacked submarine, ship superintendent Amy Russell and Commander Darius McCann have only one hope for survival. With the lives of millions at stake, they must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse, where capture would mean certain death.

On land, Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Connelly and Commander Bruce Dunn are working to learn the details of the hijacking in time to stop the attack. As mass hysteria paralyzes New York City, the two investigators uncover a trail of secrets as dangerous as the silent weapon aimed at the heart of America.

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Love it!!.......2007-03-16

I'm only half-way through this, and I can't wait to get back to it each day.

Ha! Several have written the political-left view is annoying, but it's great in my view. It's unusual to find a military book with a left slant--I love it.

I'm glad to have found this author. She has good character development, complex scenes and good info about technical details (think Tom Clancy), and a kindly viewpoint on the whole thing.

Bravo!

Second Rate Propaganda.......2006-07-31

Because of problems with its navigation system, Los Angeles class submarine USS Hartford docks at the Electric Boat shipyard for repairs. One night while ship superintendent Amy Russell is on duty, the sub is hijacked, with her aboard. She had been in the control room going over the ship's navigation systems with its skipper, Darius McCann, when the sub was taken. The two of them are locked in a room but manage to escape and wreak havoc on the hijackers' plans. On land, Lieuitenant Colonel Sarah Connelly and Commander Bruce Dunn are investigating the sub's disappearance and finding a lot of clues that don't add up.

Meanwhile, it's the last day before a presidential election. The authors have taken the liberty of assuming that all Americans hate President Bush as much as they do, and created a caricature of their opinion of him in President Will Hawkins, a cold-hearted, war-mongering bumbler that the nation has tired of. His opponent, humanitarian and all-around good guy Senator John Penn, is everything Hawkins is not. In addition to Penn's all-around good-heartedness, he's the black half of a biracial couple, and out of his three children, one is gay and one is handicapped. How...quaint that one family can cover so many agendas, though they did neglect any mention of a beloved house staff of illegal aliens.

The political propaganda in this book is nauseating. I suppose it never occurred to the authors that a person may pick up a work of fiction because one is tired of the political bipartisanship that saturates the media. Instead, we're subjected to their personal views with no attempt at restraint. I tried to be open-minded and even ignore it, but wound up insulted by the propaganda they're trying to shove down my throat.

That aside, this is a second-rate thriller that concentrates more on the drama of events than on the action, and while one of the romances works, the other is just cumbersome. Its premise is implausible and its villain eye-rollingly obvious. It's safe to say my bookshelves are safe from any more Jan Coffey novels.

Action-Packed!!.......2006-05-31

Darius McCann is the commander of the USS Hartford submarine and Amy Russell is the superintendent in charge of making the repairs on board. Before Amy boards the sub with Darius to make a needed repair, Lee Brody, petty officer second class, spies someone in the torpedo room. He inquires as to who they are and what they are doing but before he gets his answer he is knocked out.

After boarding Hartford, Amy does some preliminary testing but the results don't show much, then Amy receives a call telling her there is a fire on the docks. She is on her way up when she gets side tracked and heads to the sub's office with McCann. They are in the office when someone slams the door shut and locks them in.

On the docks, investigators realize the fire was set as a decoy and everyone is scrambling to find out why Hartford is leaving the dock unauthorized and why commander McCann and a civilian are on board. It becomes evident that Hartford has been hijacked. What's not clear is whether or not commander McCaan is a hostage or an accomplice.

Finding a nuclear reactor, McCann has to disable it before the hijackers can use it. He and Amy go toe to toe with the hijackers. Since torpedoes have been fired, capturing them is no longer an option. They need to kill them to stop them.

McCann and Amy have to work together to save themselves and a fellow crewmember. A turn of events has them rescued. But getting off Hartford is only part of the fight. They need to find out who the hijackers are, as they still pose a threat to the United States and until they are stopped no one is safe.

Silent Waters is realistic, thrilling and suspenseful. The entire time I was reading, I was picturing the events unfolding on the big screen. This story is completely engrossing and extremely entertaining. McCann is a hero in every sense of the word. Amy is the perfect partner for him both romantically and intellectually. Silent Waters is fantastic. It has an action-packed and riveting storyline. I highly recommend this exciting and romantic story!

Nannette
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clever authors.......2006-04-23

It took me but two pages to realize that this team of authors uses their political stand to create the plot of this drama. It is truly a good story... movie type thing... but I was disturbed by the fact that I could pick out an anti Bush/Republican approach and a pro John/Theresa Kerry pro democratic slant. I liked the plot... but not the political smell of a leftist liberal feel. Can't endorse their politics but sure do like their drama. I suggest that they can sell more books if they don't lean so far left. Make it more a moderate appeal.

action packed thriller .......2006-04-04

The USS Hartford nuclear submarine needs to make emergency repairs. However, Commander Darius McCann soon realizes that there is more to the stop then just a repair. Terrorists have gained control of the sub leaving him and his engineer Amy Russell in a precarious position of trying to stay alive while thwarting the enemy.

Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Connelly and Commander Bruce Dunn conclude something is not right about the Hartford. They team up to figure what that is and soon reach the horrifying conclusion that cold-blooded killers, probably suicide bombers having access to nukes, have gained control of the vessel driving it on a path that is taking it to a panic stricken New York City.

SILENT WATERS is an action packed thriller that never slows down from the moment that the Commander realizes his ship has been taken until the final climatic countdown to either the ultimate terrorist act or its prevention. The key players seem genuine especially the beleaguered Americans racing against time to stop a potential suicide bombing that will make 9/11 seem trivial in scope. Jan Coffey provides a strong thriller with a superb political twist that will stun the audience.

Harriet Klausner

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Toxic Dumping and a Serial Killer too
BERNHARDT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER
A Terrific Thriller
JUST DIDN'T CUT IT!!!!
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Silent Justice
William Bernhardt
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Murder One

ASIN: 0345428129
Release Date: 2000-02-01

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"I think we're doing the right thing here. Not the smart thing. Certainly not the safe thing. But the right thing." Such is attorney Ben Kincaid's assessment of the case he has just taken on--despite his professional belief that the class action suit is a suicide mission. Logic tells him to turn away eleven angry, devastated parents, but his underdog's heart cannot forget their innocent children whose untimely deaths cry out for justice.

H. P. Blaylock Industrial Machinery Corporation is charged with dumping toxic chemicals into the community's drinking water. Facing off against the small Kincaid staff and their meager resources is Tulsa's largest law firm and Ben's onetime employer: Raven, Tucker & Tubb. And challenging Ben in the courtroom is the firm's fabled top gun, Charlton Colby--not to mention a hot-headed judge with a notorious soft spot for big business.

But as Ben prepares for legal battle, a select group of Blaylock employees are fighting for their very lives against a sadistic killer. With each gruesome murder, a terrifying connection is more deeply drawn between Ben's quest for justice and another man's relentless hunt for the spoils of his own private--and very dirty--war.

Critics hailed William Bernhardt's earlier bestsellers as "captivating" (New York Law Journal) and "throat-grabbing" (New York Daily News). Now the author's storytelling prowess reaches heightened levels of intensity and ingenuity. Constructed with enough twists to keep even expert whodunit solvers offbalance, Silent Justice proves that--as Library Journal declares--Bernhardt is "the master of the courtroom drama."

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Toxic Dumping and a Serial Killer too.......2005-01-07

A twelve year old child dies from acute lymphocytic leukemia and he's not the first in the small town of Blackwood, Oklahoma. Eleven other children between the ages of eight and fifteen have recently died of the disease. Blaylock Industrial Machinery has been doing a little toxic dumpin and Attorney Ben Kincaid, champion of the underdog, is seeking justice for the victims. This is almost a suicide case for Ben as he's a sole practioner up against a well heeled, powerful law firm.

Then there is the small matter of the serial killer who appears to be targeting Blaylock employees. So you can see there is room for plenty of suspense in this book and Mr. Bernhardt does not disappoint or shrirk his writer's duties. He delivers well rounded characters, a first-rate plot and plenty of action in this gem of a story that showcases Mr. Bernhardt's great trial writing.

BERNHARDT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER.......2004-02-16

A practicing attorney in Tulsa, Bernhardt has added Silent Justice to his well received series beginning with Primary Justice. To date, this series has won him a legion of fans and garnered the Oklahoma Book Award.

With Silent Justice Bernhardt continues the story of almost-too-honest-and-courageous-to-be-true lawyer Ben Kincaid. This time, although every nerve ending urges him to back off, Ben takes on a powerful manufacturing company that has contaminated the city's water supply by dumping toxic waste. Ben's stance puts him head to head with Tulsa's most powerful law firm and his former employer, Raven, Tucker & Tubb.

A hater of civil defense "because there's nothing civil about it" Ben prepares to take on the city's legal and financial structures as well as a judge who leans toward big business. He has been moved by the plight of the middle class families whose children died dreadful deaths due to the contaminated water. "I think we're doing the right thing here. Not the smart thing," Ben declares. "Certainly not the safe thing. But the right thing."

The riveting courtroom drama is set against a string of brutal murders perpetrated by a fiend gone amok.

Bernhardt takes no chances here as he injects suspenseful subplots, which serve to propel the non-stop action. There are plenty of thrills in Silent Justice for those who like their reading spattered with blood and smattered with legalese.

- Gail Cooke

A Terrific Thriller.......2003-10-11

Blaylock Industrial Machinery Corporation has to dispose of chemical waste, but they want to save money, so they bury some of their toxins in leaky drums that contaminate the groundwater. Children get leukemia, many die as did Cecily Elkins' son.

When she learns about Blaylock's illegal dumping, she contacts other parents who have lost children. They want to sue and hire Ben Kincaid to take their case even as a serial killer is torturing and killing Blaylock employees. Who is the killer? Why is killing?

This is a five star legal thriller that I couldn't put down.

Reviewed by Vesta Irene

JUST DIDN'T CUT IT!!!!.......2002-03-17

I have read all the series in order, this being number nine. I really liked the first ones much better. Silent Justice really has two stories at the same time. Ben has a class action suit against a big company for dumping chemicals into drinking water and therefore killing children. Meanwhile, his friend, Mike Morell is after a person who is killing people for no apparent reason. What is the killer looking for? What is the merchandise? I nearly went to sleep reading page after page of much to complicated words for my small brain understand during the trial. I really like Ben, Christina McCall, Jones, Loving and Mike. Maybe its time for me to change instead of thinking Bernhardt will go back to writing like he did earlier. It is sort of a surprise ending but I thought I would read forever to get to that part. Sorry, but the writer has done better.

Disappointing.......2002-01-05

Didn't keep my interest. Found it hard to finish. Maybe I was spoiled by recently reading some old Grisham books. This is no comparison.

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Silent Passage
Mikael Levin
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A Silent Tsunami: The Urgent Need for Clean Water and Sanitation

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A Silent Tsunami: The Urgent Need for Clean Water and Sanitation
William K. Reilly; Harriet C. Babbitt
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Few issues matter more to public health and economic opportunity than the availability of safe, affordable, and ecologically sustainable supplies of water. With the 4th World Water Forum scheduled for Mexico City in March 2006, the Aspen Institute and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University convened a dialogue in spring 2005 to help highlight the importance of water issues. This report underscores both the urgency of the challenge and the expanding array of initiatives by US government agencies, businesses, and non-governmental organizations, often in partnership with each other and with local groups. The report also offers 10 priorities for action agreed to by the participants. Co-chairs William K. Reilly and Harriett C. Babbitt highlight the urgency of the challenge and the array of public and private initiatives to tackle it. A letter from the co-chairs to the organizers of the March, 2006, Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City is also included.

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Deep and Silent Waters
Charlotte Lamb
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Deep & Silent Waters
Charlotte Lamb
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Silent as Waters We Live

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The Silent Killers: Indoor Air Pollution and Unsafe Water

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The Silent Killers

The Silent Killers: Indoor Air Pollution and Unsafe Water
Pete Billac
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The Silent Killers.......2006-05-29

Every single day, tens of thousands of people are hurting, suffering - and dying even - because of indoor air pollution. The EPA calls indoor air pollution "America's most serious enviromental problem affecting the health of humans."

More than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies, many caused or aggravated by polluted air. Colds sinus problems, coughing, headaches, and having to use breathing machines is not normal. Most cases can be prevented.

And, what about unsafe water? It is everywhere, and you need to learn the truth - the facts - from experts in their field about chlorine and fluoride and how unsafe water affects you.

Once you understand how to avoid tha damage this bad air and water causes, you'll live more comfortably. There is no need to hurt, or to live in pain, because of dangers you can't see.

This book gives you facts and answers on how to rid your home of these dangers quickly, safely, inexpensively, and forever!
--- from book's Preface

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Silent Passage

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