Naked Lunch Naked Lunch Naked Lunch (sometimes The Naked Lunch) is a novel by American writer William S. Burroughs, originally published in 1959. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the U.S. to Mexico, eventually to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. The vignettes (which Burroughs called "routines") are drawn from Burroughs' own experiences in these places and his addiction to drugs (heroin, morphine, and while in Tangier, majoun [a strong
The Naked Now basis, he turned to the "" episode "The Naked Time." Executive producer Rick Berman described "The Naked Now" as "a[n] homage, not a copy" of "The Naked Time," while director Paul Lynch described it as "slightly more adult and a lot more comic than the original". "The Naked Now" is based on an incomplete teleplay by Roddenberry for "The Next Generation," titled "Revelations." The first few scenes remained largely similar, but in "Revelations" La Forge infected Yar while making unsuccessful sexual advances toward her. "Original Series" writer D.C. Fontana wrote a new draft of the teleplay with several further changes