ENGL 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jorge Luis Borges, Thought Experiment
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Attained international success in 1960s when his work was made available in english. Somewhere between a short story and thought experiment. Where it is implied the library is in nite but the number of books is not. See epigraph at start of the story for a clue. Very famous and one of the best known sci- /fantasy writers of all time. The ones who walk away from omelas. Imaginative construction of a perfect world or society. Plato"s republic is an early example but the term originates with sir thomas more in. Utopia is a pun - means not a place or nowhere.
