Editing Nova Express (section)

{{Short description|Novel by William S. Burroughs}}
{{about|the novel}}
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{{infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name = Nova Express
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| translator = 
| image = NovaExpress.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = [[William S. Burroughs]]
| cover_artist = [[Roy Kuhlman]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = ''[[The Nova Trilogy]]''
| genre = [[Science fiction]] novel
| publisher = [[Grove Press]]
| release_date = November 9, 1964<ref>{{cite journal |last=Elliott |first=George P. |date=November 8, 1964 |title=Speaking of Books: Nihilism |journal=[[The New York Times]] |page=BR2 |quote=With the novel 'Nova Express,' published tomorrow... }}</ref>
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 
| congress = 64-10597
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}}
'''''Nova Express''''' is a 1964 novel by American author [[William S. Burroughs]]. It was written using the 'fold-in' method, a version of the [[Cut-up technique|cut-up method]], developed by Burroughs with [[Brion Gysin]], of enfolding snippets of different texts into the novel. It is part of [[The Nova Trilogy]], or "Cut-Up Trilogy', together with ''[[The Soft Machine]]'' and ''[[The Ticket That Exploded]]''. Burroughs considered the trilogy a "sequel" or "mathematical" continuation of ''[[Naked Lunch]]''.

''Nova Express'' was nominated for the [[Nebula Award]] for [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Best Novel]] in 1965. It is listed in [[David Pringle]]'s 1985 book ''[[Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels]]''.

In 2014, [[Grove Press]] published a "Restored Text" edition, edited by [[Oliver Harris]], which included a number of corrections and added an introduction and extensive notes. The introduction argued for the care with which Burroughs used his methods and established the text's complex manuscript histories.