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The Nova Trilogy or The Cut-up Trilogy is a name commonly given by critics to a series of three experimental novels by William S. Burroughs: ''The Soft Machine'' (1961, revised 1966 and 1968), ''The Ticket That Exploded ''(1962, revised 1967) and ''Nova Express''. Like ''Naked Lunch'', ''The Soft Machine'' derived in part from ''The Word Hoard'', a number of manuscripts Burroughs wrote mainly in Tangier, between 1954 and 1958. Commenting on the trilogy in an interview, Burroughs said, "I am attempting to create a new mythology for the space age."〔(''Conversations with William S. Burroughs'' ). Allen Hibbard. University Press of Mississippi. 2000.〕 All three novels use the Cut-up technique that Burroughs invented in cooperation with painter and poet Brion Gysin and computer programmer Ian Sommerville. In 2014, restored editions of the three novels were published, edited by Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris. The new editions made a number of changes to the texts and included notes and previously unpublished materials that showed the complexity of the books' manuscript histories and the precision with which Burroughs used his methods. ==Recurring themes== The Nova Trilogy (as well as a passage in the book on the cut-up technique named ''Minutes to Go'') feature the character Hassan-i Sabbah and his final words ''Nothing is true — everything is permitted.'' Burroughs was introduced to Hassan through Betty Bouthoul, who had written an extensive book on the assassins titled ''The Master of the Assassins'' (French title ''Le grand maître des Assassins''). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Nova Trilogy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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