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Re:Benjamín Labatut Will Not Be Profiled by chestertn on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @01:52AM (#38851462)
I really disliked the book. Probably one of the worst books I’ve ever read.

Some times HN shows well-written and researched blog pieces about events or characters in scientific history. This book felt like the author read a bunch of these and put them together in a book. Then the reality-fantasy aspect of it makes no sense to me.

Why did you like it?

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Re:Benjamín Labatut Will Not Be Profiled by StayTrue on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @09:30AM (#38854438)
The reality-fantasy aspect turned me off too. Majorly. On the other hand the writing is pretty terrific. The similies are especially evocative.

> like deducing all the rules of Wimbledon from the few balls that flew out of the stadium, without ever having witnessed what takes place on the court

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Re:Benjamín Labatut Will Not Be Profiled by jojohohanon on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:03AM (#38855607)
How do you feel about borges?
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Re:Benjamín Labatut Will Not Be Profiled by jerojero on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @06:46PM (#39020854)
The speed of the narration is intense. How it weaves one story to another, feels like you're going into a fractal.
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