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Have you guys read him? I think he's fascinating, brilliant and utterly enigmatic at times.

My favourite short story writer, one of my favourite writers. Brilliant. If one of those horrible future sci fi dystopias came true, and I had to explain the value of the human imagination to our new robot masters, I would hold up one of his books just prior to being zapped.

Not crap.

All I've read, sadly, is Labyrinths, but it was not crap.

Greatest fiction writer of the second half of the 20th century, bar none.

crap !
He's Argentinian. I know his background. It really sucks. He is soooooo overrated

Not crap, and I don't care what Sebastian says. Some of the greatest philosophical fiction ever written.

Anyone see the Borgesian film Moebius?

Sure, he lived with his mother and had dodgy politics, but still, very good stuff, he's buried in Switzerland and his "first time" was with a prostitute.

NOT CRAP.

I cherish my first edition copy of The Book of Imaginary Beings. Not c**p!

I used a piece by Borges on a track I made a few years ago: Inferno 1, 32. It’s in The Aleph. I’d borrowed the book to read on my journey home to Middlesbrough after the shit hit the fan in London and I had to get out. I picked the piece out at random just based on its length, just to try out how it would sound being read over the music. Only later on did I realise that I could never have consciously picked a more appropriate piece to totally represent what had been going on in my life in the few months before going home.

I can only find an inferior translation of it on the net right now, so maybe I’ll put the one I like on here when I get home.

His pieces can sit in my mind for months and only release their full power very slowly. Or maybe I’m just a dumb motherfucker. Either way, I think he’s awesome.

Not crap!

hmm I think is kinda weird that a lot of people like this guy's writings, but anyway, I respect your not crappines (?)
Just the other day I passed by his maternal home. It's close to where I work.