The library of babel

‘There’s so much to see and smell here! Whole levels of the library that nobody has been into for a hundred thousand years! Locked rooms full of ancient secrets. Treasure! Knowledge! Fu…

Library Of Babel (A library of every word possible with the Alphabet, using an algorithm that is beyond my understanding)

My first read through of the text was a struggle and so my initial reaction was 'needs styling up, graphics and emphasis of key points' – this angle was for purely selfish reasons – I felt it was hard to read and needed some simplification for myself! However as the request wasn't to style up the text but to find a theme of interest and follow I resisted from doing the obvious. An initial thought that came to mind was to explore other authors that I find easier to read. I like the…

library of babel letterpress broadside; reminder to self to rephotograph old stuff

Illustration of Jorge Luis Borges's "Library of Babel." From PLOTTED, by @drewpatroopa17. (cc @Oniropolis)

Jorge Luis Borges specialized in envisioning the unenvisionable: a map the same size as the land it depicts, an event whose possible outcomes all occur simultaneously, a single point in space containing all other points in space, a vast library containing all possible books.

Rice+Lipka Architects — THE LIBRARY OF BABEL

Amazon.com: The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel: 9780195334579: Bloch, William Goldbloom: Books

Erik Desmazieres--etchings for an edition of Borges' "Library of Babel."

Title: Illustration for "The library of Babel" by Jorge Luis Borges, artist: Lesya Smirnova, process: oil based pencil on paper, year: 2013

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The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges | 9 Awesome Literary Maps Every Book Lover Needs To See

March 24, 2016 – A brief survey of fictional books.I’m soon to move across the country, and surveying my bookcases—the three in the living room and the three in the

Inspired by the 1941 short story La Biblioteca de Babel by Argentine author and poet Jorge Luis Borges, Sydney-based designer/director James van den Elshout conjures otherwordly spaces to hold all of human knowledge. [Read more]

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