5/5 - The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft 4/5 - Beachworld, The Monkey, Word Processor of the Gods, Survivor Type, Gramma, The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet,5/5 - The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft 4/5 - Beachworld, The Monkey, Word Processor of the Gods, Survivor Type, Gramma, The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet, Uncle Otto's Truck 3/5 - Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, The Wedding Gig, The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands, Nona, The Reaper's Image, The Reach 2/5 - Here There Be Tygers 1/5 - Cain Rose Up, Milkman #1, Milkman #2...more
5/5 stories *I Am the Doorway *The Boogeyman *Trucks *The Ledge *Quitters, Inc. *Children of the Corn *The Woman in the Room
4/5 *Jerusalem's Lot *Graveyard Shi5/5 stories *I Am the Doorway *The Boogeyman *Trucks *The Ledge *Quitters, Inc. *Children of the Corn *The Woman in the Room
4/5 *Jerusalem's Lot *Graveyard Shift *The Mangler *Gray Matter *Battleground *I Know What You Need *The Last Rung of the Ladder *One for the Road
3/5 *Sometimes They Come Back *Strawberry Spring *Night Surf (possibly biased by having read The Stand first)
Because I am reading Borges' 'Collected Fictions' chronologically, this is the first short story collection of his I have read.
This is basically two bBecause I am reading Borges' 'Collected Fictions' chronologically, this is the first short story collection of his I have read.
This is basically two books - his first 8 stories which were in the first edition, which he disparages in his 1954 foreword, and the rest, which appear to have been written after he'd developed a bit more as a writer, and then added to subsequent editions.
First half - eh its entertaining... but not what I was expecting when I decided to give Borges a go. There were two that particularly stood out for me - the one about a heretical Persian prophet, and a retelling of the 47 Ronin legend. The rest were interesting but did not leave much of an impact, although I did like the prose and a few turns of phrase he used. 3/5
Second half ('etcetera') - Incredible, I'm hooked on Borges now! Was just intending on reading the first collection for now and returning to a book series I had briefly put aside, but now I'm going to read Ficciones as well. Every short story in this half is top notch. 5/5 ...more
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