Talking Monkeys
"Other intelligent monkeys have walked this planet. We exterminated them and so now we are unique, but what is loose on this planet is language, self-replicating information systems that reflect functions of DNA: learning, coding, templating, recording, testing, retesting, recodong…
Slave Race
"Human beings appear to be a slave race languishing on an isolated planet in a small galaxy. As such, the human race was once the only source of labor for an extraterrestrial civilization and remains a possession today. To keep…
Cut-ups
"Burroughs… developed the concept of 'cut-up' in using it to demonstrate the controlling quality intrinsic to 'the Word'; possession over human beings by language. The cut-up is a way of exposing word and image controls thereby freeing oneself from them,…
Biological Disaster Story
"Burroughs imagines the beginning of humanity as a biological disaster story. Apes become human as a result of a virus infection that kills most of the species and mutates the rest. The survivors feel a painful invasion of their bodies…
God in the Body
"If you're a child who wants to succumb to "temptation" anyway, banishing the god who can peer under blankets must be at least a bit easier (especially in a dark room where you're not so afraid of eyes) than blocking…
Selfish Replicators
"We are survival machines - robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes." - Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, http://www.arn.org/docs/johnson/pj_robotrebellion.htm)
"We are vehicles for our DNA, we are hosts for DNA parasites which are our genes."…
Revolution in Paradise
"Seen in this light, the 'fall of man' depicts a failed revolution from the victor's standpoint. For attempting to put into practice their slogan 'Our bodies belong to us,' the rebels were sentenced to a life of forced labor… 'Your…
Alien amnesia
"Memory blocks may… have to do with the abductee's role as a "human specimen" unwittingly being studied over a period of years. If people are being picked up as children, implanted with monitoring devices, and abducted a second time after…
Ayahusca Archons
"…they projected a visual scene in front of me. First they showed me the planet Earth as it was eons ago, before there was any life on it. I saw an ocean, barren land, and a bright blue sky. Then…
Retinal Rulers
"The moment I close my eyes, there appear on the retina strange geometrical figures and designs, together with vague lights and even more sinister shapes beyond, as of great creatures past the conception of mankind - and the most frightening…
