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Post number 14576

liam — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 14:52:05 -0800

The Book of Sand - a hypertext puzzle (via the Garden of Forking Paths). "There are people who barely feel poetry, and they are generally dedicated to teaching it." Jorge Luis Borges.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 15:11:21 -0800

gracias, liam!

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 15:52:03 -0800

Very curious. Thanks.

By: MiguelCardoso

MiguelCardoso — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 15:58:26 -0800

The design is beautiful; the puzzle intriguing. I could never understand how some people can look at literature without having read Borges, the reader's reader and the writer's writer. It looks so easy until you try it. Cheers, liam, once again!

By: liam

liam — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 16:03:08 -0800

The Time Machine, a cool touring exhibition of Borges' manuscripts and related documents, photos and artworks, is currently on show at The Grolier Club in New York City. It will be in San Francisco at the Public Library in June, and then goes to Harvard, Penn, and John Hopkins Universities.

By: dlewis

dlewis — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 17:41:35 -0800

Wow. Fantastic link, Liam!

By: dong_resin

dong_resin — Thu, 07 Feb 2002 21:41:29 -0800

Groovy.

By: rory

rory — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 02:15:02 -0800

Thanks, Liam - yet another Excellent Reason to Keep Visiting MeFI™.

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 21:36:34 -0800

Thank you, liam, for the link. Borges has been a favorite of mine for more than 25 years, and that was a very nice site. I enjoyed what the site designer said: "It is strange how many of Borges' stories seem like prophetic references to the dense, mazelike, abstract universe of the World Wide Web. The Garden of Forking Paths, with its labyrinth of possibilities, and The Library of Babel, with its infinite but chaotic collection of texts, are two of the more obvious ones."

By: liam

liam — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 23:23:51 -0800

You're welcome, all. Aside from Borges' greatness as a writer, I'm always interested in artists and philosophers whose work translates in some way to the workings of the web, and to sites which try to make use of this. Long ago, before I was aware of the internet, I was fascinated by work that transcended the basic linear or spatial rules of narrative. It's fun to watch the possibilities evolving.