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The phrase "magnetic claws feeling for virus punch cards" comes from William S. Burroughs' 1964 "cut-up" novel Nova Express. It appears in the section often referred to as "Crab Nebula".

In this passage, Burroughs uses the image to describe the intrusion of the "Nova Mob"—alien entities controlling humanity—through the metaphor of a computer reading a punch card.

Key details regarding this passage:

The Metaphor: The "virus" is defined as a three-dimensional coordinate point of a controller, passing through the human host (the "soft machine").

The Imagery: It describes "transparent sheets with virus perforations like punch cards" passing through the host and "magnetic claws feeling for a point of intersection".

The Meaning: The virus of "rage hate fear ugliness" swarms around the subject, searching for a "point of intersection" to perpetrate a disgusting act and record it in the victim's mind, creating a loop of virus words and images.

Context: The scene involves "K9" battling these alien mind screens in a "vertiginous" spin.