# Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended on Hacker News as a source of inspiration for other creative work, though only a few people mention it.

## Why people recommend it

- Cited as inspiration for other work (1 comments): "definitely check out his 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius' and 'Library of Babel' as inspiration" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48052993))

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- [Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ficciones.md): 6 recommend
- [The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/decameron.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0889840725?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780889840720) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tl-n-uqbar-orbis-tertius/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).