Brion Gysin books

A list of books by / about / and related to, Brion Gysin.

This page will list books that are still available to purchase, and titles that are out of print.

Books by Brion Gysin

• To Master, a Long Goodnight: The History of Slavery in Canada (1946). Open Library
• The Process (1969). Overview
• Here to Go: Planet R-101 (first published 1982; later editions vary). Archive.org record
• Stories (1984). Google Books
• The Last Museum (1986). Open Library
• Morocco Two (1986). NYPL catalogue search
• Beat Museum – Bardo Hotel (chapter 2) (1982). NYPL catalogue search
• Who Runs May Read (2000). Open Library
• Back in No Time: The Brion Gysin Reader (2001). Google Books
• Dreamachine Plans (1992; later printings). NYPL catalogue search
• Living with Islam (2010). Google Books

Books in which Gysin is a collaborator or contributor

• Minutes to Go (1960) — with William S. Burroughs, Sinclair Beiles, Gregory Corso. RealityStudio entry
• The Exterminator (1960) — Burroughs collaboration; cover design by Gysin. RealityStudio entry
• The Third Mind (1978) — with William S. Burroughs. RealityStudio entry
• Oeuvre croisée (1976) — Burroughs/Gysin cut-up collaboration (French volume often discussed alongside The Third Mind). RealityStudio note
• Brion Gysin Let the Mice In (1973) — includes texts by Burroughs and Ian Sommerville alongside Gysin material. Open Library
• The Soft Machine (1961) — Burroughs novel; Gysin credited for cover/dust-jacket design in some editions. Open Library search
• Time — Burroughs work incorporating drawings by Gysin (edition details vary). RealityStudio search
• The Electronic Revolution — Burroughs work incorporating drawings by Gysin (edition details vary). RealityStudio search
• The Cat Inside (1986) — Burroughs; illustrated by Gysin. RealityStudio search
• Re/Search #4/5: A special book issue (1982) — substantial Gysin/Burroughs material (and more). Open Library (works list)
• Eight Feet in the Andes (1989) — Dervla Murphy & Brion Gysin. Open Library

Books about Gysin

• Brion Gysin: Tuning in to the Multimedia Age (2003) — José Férez Kuri (ed.). British Museum bio note
• Brion Gysin: Dream Machine (2010) — Laura Hoptman (ed.). Library record
• Nothing Is True – Everything Is Permitted: The Life of Brion Gysin (2005) — John Geiger. Google Books
• Chapel of Extreme Experience: A Short History of Stroboscopic Light and the Dream Machine — John Geiger. Referenced in bibliographies
• Man from Nowhere: Storming the Citadels of Enlightenment with William Burroughs and Brion Gysin (1992) — Joe Ambrose, Terry Wilson, Frank Rynne. WorldCat
• Brion Gysin: His Name Was Master: Texts and Interviews (2018) — Genesis Breyer P-Orridge & Peter Christopherson. Edition details
• Hysteresis: A Profile of Brion Gysin (2024) — Roger Knoebber. Publisher listing
• Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs (1988; later editions exist) — Ted Morgan (contains substantial Gysin material). Bibliography mention
• Re/Search #4/5: William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Throbbing Gristle (1982) — V. Vale (ed.). Cited as a key source
• Calligraffiti of Fire (1986) — publication/catalogue associated with Gysin’s late work. Listing
• Brion Gysin: A selection of books and works on paper — exhibition/brochure-style publication. PDF record

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William S. Burroughs went on to create a number of experimental novels that drew on text revealed by Gysin’s cut-up method. Burroughs’ Nova Trilogy (or The Cut-up Trilogy) books are: The Soft Machine (1961), The Ticket That Exploded (1962) and Nova Express (1964).

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