In selecting this volume to give to this other writer, I perused my copy of it first, going over the table of contents, reading random paragraphs, remembering my reactions to the stories when I had read it in the past. After he had read several of the stories, this writer and I had a long phone conversation about Borges, his significance, how to approach him, and what other writers can learn from his work. You can’t approach him lightly or flippantly or you’re going to be blown away by the intricacy and intelligence. The short stories of Borges are much more challenging than the works of most other writers. This is not the same as presenting someone with a more or less standard or normal science fiction or fantasy novel. I recently gave a copy of Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges to a young writer as a Christmas present.
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