All of the readings were from Burroughs' novels Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, and Nova Express.
They took their name from a gang of street kids, featured in the novel Nova Express by William S. Burroughs.
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He is also a regular reviewer for print magazines Asimov's Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Interzone, and Nova Express, as well as online at Science Fiction Weekly.
The origins of this name are unknown, though it has been variously suggested that it was inspired by William S. Burroughs' novel Nova Express, indie band Pale Saints and the 1986 film Short Circuit.