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Labyrinths

Jorge Luis Borges

Gathers stories about other worlds, paradoxes, and philosophical puzzles, and essays about literature

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Freakonomics Radio

It was mentioned as a rereading of a favorite book of the speaker's, who found its ideas about the universe and an infinite library of books appealing, particularly in a short story called 'The Library of Babel'.

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I've been rereading Jorge Luis Borges Labyrinthos or labyrinths. He's my favorite author and the moment that we ever think we have the world organized I just read about one of my favorite short storie...

— Episode: 252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician

Episode: 252. Confessions of a Pothole Politician

It was mentioned as a rereading of a favorite book of the speaker's, who found its ideas about the universe and an infinite library of books appealing, particularly in a short story called 'The Library of Babel'.

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I've been rereading Jorge Luis Borges Labyrinthos or labyrinths. He's my favorite author and the moment that we ever think we have the world organized I just read about one of my favorite short stories and it is the library of Babel which says that the universe essentially is a set of interconnected hexagonal rooms of books and Every book that could ever be written in every combination of words and every language is in this infinite library And I love that as an idea.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

It was mentioned as a trade paperback version of the book that was seen by one of the speakers while on public transit, briefly causing a strange moment of shared interest with another person.

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I was reading Borges on public transit, right, and stopping in a train station. And I turned to look. There was another train across the platform going in a different direction. I turned to look and t...

— Episode: La Llorona is Older Than You Think

Episode: La Llorona is Older Than You Think

It was mentioned as a trade paperback version of the book that was seen by one of the speakers while on public transit, briefly causing a strange moment of shared interest with another person.

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I was reading Borges on public transit, right, and stopping in a train station. And I turned to look. There was another train across the platform going in a different direction. I turned to look and there was this lady staring at me and I was by the window. I was holding this book and she held up the exact same, not just the same book, but the exact same trade paperback version of Labyrinths by Borges.

Episode: La Llorona is Older Than You Think

It was mentioned as a trade paperback version that was seen by one of the hosts on public transit, leading to a bizarre encounter with another person holding the same book.

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Just for one example, I was reading Borges on public transit, right, and stopping in a train station. And I turned to look. There was another train across the platform going in a different direction. I turned to look and there was this lady staring at me and I was by the window. I was holding this book and she held up the exact same, not just the same book, but the exact same trade paperback version of Labyrinths by Borges.

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