![]() ![]() Only in Borges do all elements seem equal, similar in concept to his own aleph, to return in a style similar to Borges himself. Genre writing seems to emphasize the gimmick, in mainstream writing it is simply one part of the landscape against which the characters are placed. I like Borges because his approach to a fantastic concept is unlike any found in the genre. ![]() It is hard to find a match for Borges in the genre, because he was always succinct, and could never have survived in the dog-eat-dog world of pay by word.) The gimmick is simple–the aleph is to space what eternity is to time–but the method by which the author discovers it is unusual. Ballard condensed novel with more connections and a higher sense of the fantastic. (For those who don’t read outside of SF, imagine a J.G. “The Aleph”–Like most of his stories, this one is brief but packs a lot of information into its short length. ![]() The Aleph and Other Stories, Jorge Luis Borges. ![]()
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