Complete short stories
by William Somerset Maugham · first published 1951
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Inner Experience by George Bataille The Complete Short Stories by Jorge Luis Borges (especially The Library of Forking Paths; The Library of Babel; Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote and The Aleph) and his essays. Poems by William Blake especially the Marriage…
on “Ask HN: What books have helped make who you are today?” ↗…reverting to base, animal, violent behaviour. We didn't really need those; he'd already made his point. I do recommend getting his "The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard" (not to be confused with "The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1" and "Volume 2", both of which it supercedes). It includes classics such as "The Concentration City", "Studio 5, The Stars", "A Question of Re-Entry", "Billenium", and "The…
on “JG Ballard's Apocalyptic Art” ↗