Naked Lunch
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Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
7 people recommended it in 6 threads, 2015–2025.
2 commenters pushed back on it — worth reading the threads.
What people on Hacker News said
This book tore me up when I first read it when I was 12 years old. Not your atypical yoot book.
After reading it I find myself in a state of mind that only a couple other works have achieved in me, one of free poetic openness to human experience, particularly when in society. It's a strange experience bordering on solipsism or paranoid schizoprenia but feels very liberating from the demands of stuffy "rational" existence.
of the 10, not all of which i have read, only "naked lunch" is really funny.
Where it comes up
- J.G. Ballard: My Favorite Books 2024 · 2 recommendations
- The Mensa Reading List for Grades 9-12 2025 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? 2024 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately? 2023 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Which book/essay changed your life? 2021 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life? 2015 · 1 recommendation