Nova Express

Nova Express
First edition
AuthorWilliam S. Burroughs
Cover artistRoy Kuhlman
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Nova Trilogy
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherGrove Press
Publication date
November 9, 1964[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
LC Class64-10597

Nova Express is a 1964 novel by American author William S. Burroughs. It was written using the 'fold-in' method, a version of the cut-up method, developed by Burroughs with Brion Gysin, of enfolding snippets of different texts into the novel. It is part of The Nova Trilogy, or "Cut-Up Trilogy', together with The Soft Machine and The Ticket That Exploded. Burroughs considered the trilogy a "sequel" or "mathematical" continuation of Naked Lunch.

Nova Express was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965. It is listed in David Pringle's 1985 book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.

In 2014, Grove Press published a "Restored Text" edition, edited by Oliver Harris, which included a number of corrections and added an introduction and extensive notes. The introduction argued for the care with which Burroughs used his methods and established the text's complex manuscript histories.

  1. ^ Elliott, George P. (November 8, 1964). "Speaking of Books: Nihilism". The New York Times: BR2. With the novel 'Nova Express,' published tomorrow...