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Nova Express
William S. Burroughs’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 1964 by Grove Press · 187 pages
Nebula · 1966
FinalistOn the ballot with
This book is recorded on the Nebula ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
★ Winner
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Finalist
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Finalist · this book
Nova Express
William S. Burroughs
Finalist
The Star Fox
Poul Anderson
Synopsis
The Nova Mob, parasitic extraterrestrial criminals who occupy human hosts, manipulate humanity through addiction, language, and mass-media imagery, driving Earth toward an apocalyptic 'nova' of escalating conflicts. Inspector Lee and the Nova Police pursue them across a fractured reality, attempting to expose and dismantle the 'reality film' that enslaves human consciousness. Composed with Burroughs's cut-up and fold-in techniques, the novel enacts its own thesis that scrambling the word lines of control is the path to liberation.
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Details
- Series
- The Nova Trilogy · Book 3
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780802122087