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| name = The Adding Machine<br />
| image = File:AddingMachine.jpg<br />
| caption = First edition<br />
| author = [[William S. Burroughs]]<br />
| country = United States<br />
| language = English<br />
| publisher = [[Calder Publishing]]<br />
| pub_date = 1985<br />
| media_type = Print<br />
| pages = 216<br />
| isbn = 0714540730<br />
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'''''The Adding Machine: Collected Essays''''' is a collection of essays written by [[Beat Generation]] writer [[William S. Burroughs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB36D1B8D4E8C89&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=William Burroughs, an inspired thief|last=Herman|first=Jan |date=17 August 1986|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|accessdate=1 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/02/13/specials/burroughs-adding.html|title=Featured Author: William S. Burroughs|last=SCHMITZ|first=ANTHONY |work=[[New York Times]]|publisher=17 August 1986|accessdate=1 May 2010}}</ref> This collection was first published in the United Kingdom in 1985, followed by an American edition in 1986. The subtitle for this book differs between editions: the first edition was published in the UK with the subtitle ''Collected Essays'' while the American version is subtitled ''Selected Essays''.<br />
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The subject matter of the essays featured in this book vary widely; the pieces were written over a period of three decades. Topics include discussions about colleagues such as [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[Allen Ginsberg]], as well as essays on other writers who influenced Burroughs such as [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[Joseph Conrad]] and [[Samuel Beckett]]. Also included are some semi-autobiographical pieces.<br />
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The book lacks a sources or acknowledgements page to indicate where any of these essays were originally published.<br />
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The title of the book refers to the [[adding machine]] invented by the author's grandfather, [[William Seward Burroughs I]].<br />
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