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Just finished this. Holy fuck was it good. Let's rank the stories. For me it's
>Funes the Memorious
>The Library of Babel
>Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote
>The Circular Ruins
>Three Versions of Judas
>The Secret Miracle
>The Lottery in Babylon
>The Garden of Forking Paths
>Theme of the Traitor and the Hero
>The Form of the Sword
>Death and the Compass
>An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain
>Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
>The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim
>The Sect of the Phoenix
>The End
>The South

>> No.18677385

>>18677347
For me it's:
>Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
>the rest

>> No.18677434

I liked all the ones about books

>> No.18677714

>>18677347
I didn't realize a mere ranking could out someone as a brainlet.

>The Garden of Forking Paths
>The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim
>Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
>Death and the Compass
>The Circular Ruins
>The Secret Miracle
>The Lottery in Babylon
>Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote
>The Library of Babel
>Funes the Memorious
>The Sect of the Phoenix
>Three Versions of Judas
>Theme of the Traitor and the Hero
>The Form of the Sword
>An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain
>The End
>The South

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>>18677347
>>18677714
Br0 did you really just put The South at the bottom?

>> No.18677797

>>18677347
For me, it's
>An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain
>Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote
>Theme of the Traitor and the Hero
>The Garden of Forking Paths
>The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim
>Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
>Three Versions of Judas
>Death and the Compass
>The Sect of the Phoenix
>The Form of the Sword
>The Lottery in Babylon
>Funes the Memorious
>The Library of Babel
>The Secret Miracle
>The Circular Ruins
>The South
>The End

>> No.18677988

I read this.
It wasn't very good. Borges was a little too impressed with his own fancy for my taste.

Chesterton is a superior author.

>> No.18678010

>>18677988
filtered

>> No.18678027

>>18677797
>ranks by longest to shortest title
meh

>> No.18678380

>>18678027
OP didn't specify what to rank them by! I can't even tell if his own ranking is ascending or descending.

>> No.18678479

>>18677347
>Tlon is near the bottom
cringe

>> No.18678490

>>18678479
What's your ranking?

>> No.18678498

>>18678490
Garden of Forking Paths
Tlon
The Circular Ruins

the rest

>> No.18678525
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18678525

>>18677347
>El Sur last
Filtered hard, even Borges acknowledged it was his best work.

>> No.18678542

>>18678525
He said it was "perhaps" his best short story. He's not stating it's his best work.

>> No.18678593

>>18678542
He's affecting modesty, dummy.

>> No.18678645

>>18677347
Nice selection. Here's mine
>Funes, his memory
>pierre menard, author of the quixote
>approach to Al'mutasim
>secret miracle
>3 versions of Judas
>Garden of Forking paths
>Library of Babel
>theme of traitor and the hero
>tlön uqbar and orbis tertius
Rest are decent.

>> No.18679016

>>18677347
Putting Tlon so low is just wrong.

>> No.18679177

>>18677988
I agree, anon. Borges is a sociopath. He doesn't give a fuck about people. His stories are just about things and ideas. I heard the guy didn't even have kids despite his success.

>>18678010
WTF, bro? Borges' stories are shit-tier fiction. It's Twilight Zone/Black Mirror style bullshit sugar coated in oriental magical realism. What's wrong with you?

>> No.18679184

>>18679177
>Borges is a sociopath. He doesn't give a fuck about people.
Demonstrably false.
>Borges' stories are shit-tier fiction. It's Twilight Zone/Black Mirror style bullshit sugar coated in oriental magical realism.
Borges predates all that nonsense, nigger. We live in a post-dickian, post-borgesian world.

>> No.18679191

>>18677347
>so many people filtered by The South
Cringe. It's easily one of the best.

>> No.18679201

>>18679191
People filtered by Borges in general are even worse. I didn't know it was possible.

>> No.18679563

I've been spending all this year reading heavily into short stories and I did not enjoy Borges at all.

I expected great things because of his reputation but his stories did nothing for me. They all just felt like neat, little thought experiments that are pretty interesting, but that I felt I have been exposed to multiple times in subtle ways by the generations of science fiction that have come after him.

And all his stories don't feel all that different from one another. Yes, they all have vastly different subjects, but that wound you get, for the lack of a better term to describe that feeling you get when you read something great, feels the same across all his stories.

>> No.18679749

BORGES IS NOT A FUCKING MASTER

HE'S NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS THOSE HE PRAISES

ALSO NO FUCKING NOVEL?

>> No.18680132

>>18678525
This, El Sur is my favorite short story, period.

>> No.18680221

>>18677347
The Aleph is a better collection though.

>> No.18680229

>>18677347
Good:
>Funes the Memorious
>The Library of Babel
>The Circular Ruins
>Three Versions of Judas
>The Secret Miracle
>The Lottery in Babylon
>The Garden of Forking Paths
>Theme of the Traitor and the Hero
>The Form of the Sword
>Death and the Compass
>An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain
>Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
>The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim
>The Sect of the Phoenix
>The End
>The South

Shit:
>Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote

>> No.18680249

>>18680229
I can smell the cock on your breath from here

>> No.18680283

>>18680221
This. So is dreamtigers.

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>>18680221
>le epic 4chan contrarian has arrived

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>>18680293
>le contrarianism

>> No.18680711

>>18677347
Sincerely one of the best books I've ever read
Such a powerful imagination
I recommend reading The Aleph next

>> No.18680791

>>18680249
You sure can, doesn't change the fact that I'm right though.

>> No.18680896

>>18679177
bait like this is boring

>> No.18680917

>>18680229
>>Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote
Why did you dislike it? I thought it was neat. The idea of reading books as if they were by a different author was cool