Exterminator!

1974 Viking Press paperback edition.
Author	William S. Burroughs
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	short stories
Publisher	Viking Press
Released	1973
Media Type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)

Exterminator! is a short story collection written by William S. Burroughs and first published in 1973 (some editions such as the 1974 paperback illustrated at right label the book a novel). Image File history File linksMetadata ExterminatorBook. ... Viking Press was founded on March 1, 1925, in New York City, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim. ... William Seward Burroughs II (pronounced ) (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Viking Press was founded on March 1, 1925, in New York City, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... This article is in need of attention. ... William Seward Burroughs II (pronounced ) (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ...

It is not to be confused with The Exterminator, another collection of stories Burroughs published in 1960 in collaboration with Brion Gyson. Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

The collection contains a number of Burroughs' most popular short pieces, such as "Twilight's Last Gleamings", "The Disciple of DE", "Wind Die, You Die, We Die", "Ali's Smile", and "The Coming of the Purple Better One". Some of the stories, such as "Ali's Smile", had previously been published in other books and magazines such as Rolling Stone, Village Voice, Evergreen Review, and Esquire Magazine. Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published bi-weekly. ... The Village Voice is a New York City-based weekly newspaper featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ... Evergreen Review was a literary magazine published by Grove Press in the late 1950s and 1960s. ... Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. ...

The title story is about an insect exterminator, a job Burroughs himself once held. Pest control refers to the regulation or management of another species defined as a pest, usually because it is detrimental to a persons health, the ecology or the economy. ...

In the 1980s, actor Ed Asner recorded a spoken word adaptation of "Wind Die. You Die. We Die", while Burroughs and Kurt Cobain recorded a musical version of one of the stories as the "Priest" they called him. Edward Asner Edward Ed Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American Actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and later continued in a spinoff series, Lou Grant. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... the Priest they called him (1992) is a collaboration between William S. Burroughs and Kurt Cobain (Nirvana). ...

Some of the stories were initially published elsewhere, such as "Ali's Smile", which was also later included in Ali's Smile/Naked Scientology. A different story entitled "Twilight's Last Gleamings" appears in the later collection, Interzone. The book by William S. Burroughs entitled Alis Smile/Naked Scientology was published i 1978 by Expanded Media Editions, Herwarthstr. ... 1990 paperback edition by Penguin Books. ...

Story list

Exterminator! contains the following stories:

1. "Exterminator!"
2. The Lemon Kid
3. Short Trip Home
4. Davy Jones
5. The Evening News
6. Astronaut's Return
7. My Face
8. Wind Die. You Die. We Die.
9. End of the Line
10. The Drums of Death
11. "Johnny 23"
12. The Discipline of DE
13. The Perfect Servant
14. Ali's Smile
15. Twilight's Last Gleamings
16. The Coming of the Purple Better One
17. "What Washington? What Orders?"
18. From Here to Eternity
19. The Teacher
20. THey Do Not Always Remember
21. Friends
22. Seeing Red
23. Old Movie
24. Electricals
25. SPUT
26. Reddies
27. The "Priest" They Called Him
28. My Legs Señor
29. The End
30. Cold Lost Marbles