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  • Nigel specified the height of the Borges labyrinth hedges in inches mistaking them for feet.
    by dramm
  • Given his themes, I wonder if the exit is just an illusion, or if you truly feel lost inside. Peak Borges tribute.
    by bywater
  • Well I guess its neat they added a tactile map for the blind at the beginning of the maze, except the solid hard barrier at the bottom within the very narrow spaces and with hard corners is a massive tripping hazard even for people who can see.
    by AngryData
  • "House of Asterion" is Borges's main labyrinth story as far as I can remember. "Library of Babel", "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbits Tertius", "The Immortal" and "The Aleph" are my favorites. His collected works fit in a single book and is a great example of quality beats quantity.
    by officehero
  • I love this book so much (Labyrinths, by Borges).

    I once calculated the number of books in The Library of Bable, and had to try a number of numerical libraries to do so. one after another they kept puking on the large integers.

    I also think of "the secret miracle" often.

    by schaefer
  • What a coincidence - I'm currently reading his collection Labyrinths. If you've enjoyed the short stories of Ted Chiang I'd highly recommend it.
    by crabmusket
  • It's not a labyrinth though!?

    Begin argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth

    by a_number_of_his
  • I don't think I've come across anything related to Borges that hasn't been worth reading. I really need to investigate him more.

    My first introduction was the 'Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge'[0], from which I will never forget "those that tremble as if they were mad"

    And in rare scenarios I've found 'On Exactitude in Science'[1] to be pertinent. The thing itself is it's own map (maybe even: the code _is_ the documentation).

    [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevole...

    [1]: https://neilgreenberg.com/ao-quote-borges-on-exactitude-in-s...

    by BLKNSLVR

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