Why Jorge Luis Borges’ ‘Ficciones’ is the Defining Sci-Fi Work of the 20th Century

 

Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again.
—  Ray Bradbury

In any discussion of the great science fiction writers of the 20th Century, Jorge Luis Borges’ name is not likely to come up. Ray Bradbury, Stanislaw Lem, JG Ballard, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick…many names, but Borges, an Argentine composer of heady short stories better associated with magical realis...

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Published on February 22, 2017 06:16
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