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Re:Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public by nottorp on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @02:06AM (#49518500)
Or chronologically, you may like Ted Chiang if you like Borges. I mean, who was there first?
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Re:Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public by simiones on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @04:12AM (#49519357)
This comes off as claiming that no one could possibly read Harry Potter if they haven't read The Illiad yet, nor the Illiad if they haven't read the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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Re:Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public by compyman on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @09:48AM (#49521991)
I am taking this as a reference to "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote"[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Menard,_Author_of_the_Q...

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