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1、CITIESOFTHEREDNIGHTWilliamBurroughstoBrionGysinWilliamBurroughswhopaintedthisbookbeforeitwaswrittenCITIESOFTHEREDNIGHTtoJamesGrauerholzwhoeditedthisbookintopresenttimetoStevenLoweforhisvaluableworkonthemanuscripttoDickSeavermypublishertoPeterMatsonmyagenttoallthecharac
2、tersandtheirreal-lifecounterpartslivinganddeadWilliamS.Burroughs,theworld-renownedauthorofNakedLunch,Junky,Queer,CitiesoftheRedNight,ThePlaceofDeadRoads,TheWesternLands,Interzone,TheCatInside,MyEducation:ABookofDreamsandTheLettersofWilliamS.Burroughs1945-1959,isamem-be
3、roftheAmericanAcademyandInstituteforArtsandLetters,andaCommandeurdel'OrdedesArtsetdesLettresofFrance.HelivesinLawrence,Kansas.FirstpublishedinGreatBritain1981byJohnCalder(Publishers)Ltd.2Fore!anaddressdenouncingslavery,holdingthatmenwhosoldotherslikebeastsprovedtheirre
4、ligiontobenomorethanagrimaceasnomanhadTheliberalprinciplesembodiedintheFrenchandAmericanrevolu-poweroflibertyoveranother....tionsandlaterintheliberalrevolutionsof1848hadalreadybeencodi-fiedandputintopracticebypiratecommunesahundredyearsearlier.MissionexploredtheMadagas
5、carcoastandfoundabaytenleaguesHereisaquotefromUndertheBlackFlagbyDonC.Seitz:northofDiégo-Saurez.Itwasresolvedtoestablishheretheshorequar-tersoftheRepublic—erectatown,builddocks,andhaveaplacetheyCaptainMissionwasoneoftheforbearsoftheFrenchRevolution.Hemightcalltheirown.
6、ThecolonywascalledLibertatiaandwasplacedwasonehundredyearsinadvanceofhistime,forhiscareerwasbasedunderArticlesdrawnupbyCaptainMission.TheArticlesstate,amonguponaninitialdesiretobetteradjusttheaffairsofmankind,whichotherthings:alldecisionswithregardtothecolonytobesubmit
7、tedtoendedasisquiteusualinthemoreliberaladjustmentofhisownfor-votebythecolonists;theabolitionofthedeathpenalty;andfreedomtotunes.ItisrelatedhowCaptainMission,havingledhisshiptovictoryfollowanyreligiousbeliefsorpracticeswithoutsanctionormolestation.againstanEnglishman-o
8、f-war,calledameetingofthecrew.ThoseCaptainMission'scolony,whichnumberedaboutthreehundred,whowishedtofollowhimhewouldw
