William Burroughs

Burroughs as a writer, wanted to explore areas "opened by the space age." He speaks of developing a technique as "new and definte" as the techniques of physical space travel. His techniques involved moving parts of the story around, almost out of "order," as a way to get out of the bounds of basic time. This is called the "fold-in method." This is similar to the way films use flashbacks. This is very unconventional for a writing technique. The method, as stated by Burroughs, is used in music where we are moved backward and forward on the time track by repetition and the rearrangement of musical themes and ideas.