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You could be reading Borges right now.

>> No.14231556
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>>14231519
And you could be cooming right now.

>> No.14231560

best Borges story to coom to?

>> No.14231582

>>14231519
you should be reading Tolstoi right now.

>> No.14231797

And yet here I am, staring into a magic mirror that feeds me a never-ending torrent of nonsensical drivel bottled by lonely losers and cast into some great metaphorical sea, thinking that somehow, out there, someone will care that they exist

>> No.14231805

>>14231519
I only read novels written before 1940.

>> No.14231855

>>14231519
hello zero HP lovecraft

>>14231560
The Zahir

>> No.14231907

>>14231805
What about short stories written in the 20’s?

>> No.14232372

>>14231797
Go away lucy

>> No.14232423

>>14231519
I already read some Borges today, currently going through Labyrinths. I’ve read a Ficciones and The Aleph collections as well. Favorite recent stories = “The Zahir” and “Everything and Nothing,” favorite all time = “The Aleph,” “The South,” and “Tlön...”

>> No.14232426

You’re right what the fuck am I doing

>> No.14233895

>>14231797
HOLDING ON TO WHAT I AM

>> No.14233934

75% of this board doesn't say Borges right.

>> No.14234013

>>14231560
The Aleph

>> No.14234030

>>14233934
BE-OR-YES

>> No.14234031

Anyone else not devour entire ouvres because they want to stretch out the well of works of a certain author? that's how I feel about Borgy boy and some others. I've read a few of his collections, but I dont want to read everything at once.

>> No.14234140

>>14231519
>>14231556
>>14231560
>>14231582
>>14231797
>>14231805
>>14231855
>>14231907
>>14232372
>>14232423
>>14232426
>>14233895
>>14233934
>>14234013
>>14234030
>>14234031
You could be reading Hubbard's work right now.
Start with Dianetics and then take it from there.

>> No.14234141

>>14234031

I'm the same way. Whenever I get a "collected" or "complete" works I typically split them into smaller bits. Really helpful with writers that have enormous catalogs.

>> No.14234148

>>14233934
Boar-hace

>> No.14234160

>>14234031
When I find an author I like I feel the need to read everything, but I don’t really care all that much about the “newness” of it, and its a foregone conclusion that I will reread anything I think is really good. I’ve read Moby-Dick and Dubliners 3-4 times each and found them much more enjoyable when rereading because I wasn’t focusing on keeping my bearings, I was exploring and peering into the dark corners and overlooked passages.

>> No.14234161

>>14233934

It's like the Star Trek villain right?

>> No.14234235

>>14231519
Reading Fictions right now. Are his other short stories very similar? I feel like it's good but repetitive. Wish he had written some huge novel gathering several of his bright ideas.

>> No.14234312

>>14231519
What is his opinion on blacks and Basques?

>> No.14234410

>>14234235
very similar in terms of a realistic world being somehow invaded by the fantastic, but his stories are structured around different metaphysical concepts and ideas in literary theory, rather than just the same few written in different ways. "Pierre Menard" and "Emma Zunz" are very different for instance, or "The Secret Miracle" and "The Garden of Forking Paths"

>> No.14235442

Favorite story of his? I've always liked The Other.

>> No.14235922

>>14233934
boar-hayes
bore-hess

Which one, /lit/?

>> No.14235926

>>14235922
Hub bard

>> No.14236213

>>14234140
Ok

>> No.14236598

>>14235442
The Lottery in Babylon.