Ah, delightful, unread Borges texts still popping up after a four course meal of collected works I got presented with a few years ago (not an English edition).

Ah, delightful, unread Borges texts still popping up after a four course meal of collected works I got presented with a few years ago (not an English edition). Thanks. In Lisbon, there's a small, discrete monument to Borges - just a carved stone with a few lines of one of his poems. It is situated in a small garden diagonally opposite the crossroads from the Argentine embassy (GPS 38.736322, -9.142172 ). I first came across Borges, many moons ago, in an SF collection, with the story of the man who was, recursively, another man's dream ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circular_Ruins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circular_Ruins ). But I think he did catch us out with this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevolent_Knowledge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevolen...): The list divides all animals into one of 14 categories: Those that belong to the emperor Embalmed ones Those that are trained Suckling pigs Mermaids (or Sirens) Fabulous ones Stray dogs Those that are included in this classification Those that tremble as if they were mad Innumerable ones Those drawn with a very fine camel hair brush Et cetera Those that have just broken the flower vase Those that, at a distance, resemble flies