Jorge Luis Borges' "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"
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February 4, 2026 · 40 min
About this episode
This episode explores Jorge Luis Borges' work 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius' and its themes within Gnostic Fiction.
Links:• Kerri Pierce "An Unnatural History: Borges, Tlön, and the Myth of Self": https://journals.openedition.org/trans/675 • Alejandro Riberi "Tlon and the Philosophy of “As If”: https://www.borges.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/1510.pdf This month, we read Gnostic Fiction. • The Weird (ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer) • Dangerous Visions (ed. Harlan Ellison) • The Complete John Silence (by Algernon Blackwood) • Patreon (Free Bonus Episodes) • Email us at genrepodcast@gmail.com
People in this episode
Host: Wheel of Genre
Topics covered
- Gnostic Fiction
- Borges
- Tlön
- Philosophy
- Weird Fiction
- Literature
Keywords
- Borges
- Tlön
- Gnostic Fiction
- Weird Fiction
- Literature
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Patreon
Books & works: An Unnatural History: Borges, Tlön, and the Myth of Self, Tlon and the Philosophy of “As If”, The Weird, Dangerous Visions, The Complete John Silence
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