Editing The Soft Machine (section)

{{Short description|1961 novel by William S Burroughs}}
{{about|the William Burroughs novel|the rock band|Soft Machine|other uses|The Soft Machine (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox book| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name         = The Soft Machine
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| image        = Image:SoftMachine.jpg
| caption      = First edition
| author       = [[William S. Burroughs]]
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| country      = United States
| language     = English
| series       = ''[[The Nova Trilogy]]''
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| publisher    = [[Olympia Press]]
| release_date = 1961
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| isbn         = <!-- First released before ISBN system implemented -->

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'''''The Soft Machine''''' is a 1961 [[novel]] by American author [[William S. Burroughs]]. It was originally composed using the [[cut-up technique]] partly from manuscripts belonging to ''[[The Word Hoard]]''. It is the first part of ''[[The Nova Trilogy]]''.