A William Burroughs Birthday Book

Brighton, England: Temple Press Ltd. (ISBN 1-871744-90-3, wraps, green cover variant), 1994.

A stapled book edited by Paul Cecil prepared for the 80th birthday of William S. Burroughs, as celebrated at the Phoenix Gallery, Brighton. Likely a second printing, as the first printing did not have P-Orridge's "Splinter Test" bound-in, and was loosely included; additionally the first printing omits the Psychic Cross on the cover, and the mention of "Splinter Test". Still uncommon. 

Contents include: 

• Paul Cecil: 
• introduction
• "Nothing Is True. Everything Is Permuted: The Last Words of Hassan i Sabbah" (essay)
• Simon Strong: "William Burroughs: A Biological Mistake" (essay)
• Genesis P-Orridge: "Splinter Test: Implications Ov Cut-Ups & Samples as Quantum Memes" (essay)
• Caspar Williams: "Bill Explains Aesthetics" (comic)
• Brion Gysin: 
• "THEY: An Extract from The Process" (prose, selected by Catherine Lupton)
• "Pistol Poem No. 1" [actually: ""Junk Is No Good Baby"] (permutation poem)
• Robert Hill: "A Cool and Savage Number" (prose)
• Marco Polo: "The Temple of the Assassins" (journal entry)
• Naomi Riches: "After the Fact (extracts)" (prose)
• unstated (Robert Hill?): 
• "Will I Am" (permutation)
• "Sawn-Off Shotgun Poem No. 1" (permutation)
• "Pistol Poem No. 2" (permutation)
• "Pistol Poem No. 3" (permutation)

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External Links: 

• Unoriginal Sins: an example of the 1st printing