……我尤其对那种关于看淡人生、与生命达成和解的书感兴趣。我也喜欢能逗人开心、让人放松的作品。我书单上的头号推荐是 William S. Burroughs 的最后三部曲（特别是《死路之地》和《西方之境》），以及 Matthew Stover 的《凯恩》系列（尤其是《凯恩黑刀》和《凯恩法则》）。Burroughs 出版那套三部曲时年纪和我差不多，里面有些关于记忆如何浮现的描写简直神了。……
…I'm especially interested in books about getting complete with life. I'm also into amusing and distracting. Top on my list are William S. Burroughs' last trilogy (especially Place of Dead Roads and The Western Lands) and Matthew Stover's Caine series (especially Caine Black Knife and Caine's Law). Burroughs published that trilogy when he was about my age, and there's some amazing stuff about how memory shows up.…
……往往不被算作他常规的经典代表作（前一本写得最早，但死后才出版）。当然它们都是传记性质的，而且很好读。晚年他写了《西方之境》（The Western Lands），那是一部相当直白的传记，很值得一读。
…often not counted as part of his ordinary canon of work (the former was written first and published only posthumously). They're both biographical of course, and approachable. Later in life he wrote The Western Lands which is a fairly straightforward biography, and worth reading.
All great books but missing some important items: - Candide - A Peoples History... - Manufacturing Consent - Dharma Bums - Naked Lunch/Western Lands - Infinite Jest - Something Thompson, Campaign Trail '72 maybe.
William S. Burroughs：“请快点。时间到了。”好吧，这不是他的临终遗言。这是他在最后一本书《西方之境》（The Western Lands）里的最后一句话。也许这话更多是在表达坦然赴死的心境。他的最后一批日记以《最后的遗言：终极日记》（Last Words: The Final Journals）为名出版。我最喜欢的一句是：> 我与三只老猫围坐在此，离永恒越来越近……
William S. Burroughs: "Hurry up, please. It's time." And OK, those weren't his last words. They were the last words in his last book, The Western Lands. Maybe they were more about being ready for death. His final journal entries were published as Last Words: The Final Journals. My favorite: > Here I sit with my three old cats, getting closer to eternity…
换个视角的话，我推荐 William S. Burroughs 的《西方之境》（The Western Lands）。
For a different perspective, I recommend The Western Lands by William S. Burroughs.
……我尤其对那种关于看淡人生、与生命达成和解的书感兴趣。我也喜欢能逗人开心、让人放松的作品。我书单上的头号推荐是 William S. Burroughs 的最后三部曲（特别是《死路之地》和《西方之境》），以及 Matthew Stover 的《凯恩》系列（尤其是《凯恩黑刀》和《凯恩法则》）。Burroughs 出版那套三部曲时年纪和我差不多，里面有些关于记忆如何浮现的描写简直神了。……
…I'm especially interested in books about getting complete with life. I'm also into amusing and distracting. Top on my list are William S. Burroughs' last trilogy (especially Place of Dead Roads and The Western Lands) and Matthew Stover's Caine series (especially Caine Black Knife and Caine's Law). Burroughs published that trilogy when he was about my age, and there's some amazing stuff about how memory shows up.…
……往往不被算作他常规的经典代表作（前一本写得最早，但死后才出版）。当然它们都是传记性质的，而且很好读。晚年他写了《西方之境》（The Western Lands），那是一部相当直白的传记，很值得一读。
…often not counted as part of his ordinary canon of work (the former was written first and published only posthumously). They're both biographical of course, and approachable. Later in life he wrote The Western Lands which is a fairly straightforward biography, and worth reading.
全是神作，但还漏掉了几本大部头：- 《老实人》 - 《人民的历史……》 - 《制造共识》 - 《达摩流浪者》 - 《裸体午餐》/《西方之境》 - 《无尽的玩笑》 - Thompson 的随便哪本，《72年竞选之路》可能算一本。
All great books but missing some important items: - Candide - A Peoples History... - Manufacturing Consent - Dharma Bums - Naked Lunch/Western Lands - Infinite Jest - Something Thompson, Campaign Trail '72 maybe.
对。不好意思啊。我绝没有不敬的意思。我只是从 Burroughs 的《西方之境》（The Western Lands）里知道这些的，那是他眼中的一种“亡灵书”。
Yeah. Sorry. I mean no disrespect. I only know that stuff from Burroughs' The Western Lands, which is his take on a "book of the dead".
William S. Burroughs：“请快点。时间到了。”好吧，这不是他的临终遗言。这是他在最后一本书《西方之境》（The Western Lands）里的最后一句话。也许这话更多是在表达坦然赴死的心境。他的最后一批日记以《最后的遗言：终极日记》（Last Words: The Final Journals）为名出版。我最喜欢的一句是：> 我与三只老猫围坐在此，离永恒越来越近……
William S. Burroughs: "Hurry up, please. It's time." And OK, those weren't his last words. They were the last words in his last book, The Western Lands. Maybe they were more about being ready for death. His final journal entries were published as Last Words: The Final Journals. My favorite: > Here I sit with my three old cats, getting closer to eternity…