Borges, et al

[Hershom K. Bazerman]

On the subject Borges, I find that "The Book of Sand" stands out in my 
mind when I think of _GR_. Another story that I don't hear much about, 
but which reminds me of Pynchon, and deserves merit on it's own as well 
is "The Babylon Lottery".

--bazerman at cs.ucsb.edu
On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Brian D. McCary wrote:

> > 
> > Borges' ficciones always have struck as being not so much stories, as 
> > descriptions of what those stories would be like if someone actually wrote
> > them!
> > 
> > Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
> > 
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, The Tale of the Traitor (is this the right title?)
> says as much; it claims early on to be an outline of a story which will
> never be written.
> 
> Brian McCary
>