Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borgesby Jorge Luis Borges
Shares rank 10 of 13 short story collections by recommenders
Recommended on Hacker News as a source of inspiration for other creative work, though only a few people mention it.
Recommended on Hacker News as a source of inspiration for other creative work, though only a few people mention it.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cited as inspiration for other work
“definitely check out his 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius' and 'Library of Babel' as inspiration”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Show HN: Hallucinopedia”
Other short story collections people recommend
The four most recommended other short story collections, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhalationby Ted Chiang | 21 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Stories of Your Life and Othersby Ted Chiang | 15 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Valuable Humans in Transitby qntm | 10 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Ficcionesby Jorge Luis Borges | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertiusby Jorge Luis BorgesThis page | 3 | 1 | 75% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
2 of the 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“just feels like Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius dressing on top of some commitments we are already supposed to be in on”
“definitely check out his 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius' and 'Library of Babel' as inspiration”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.