Ask HN: What's a favorite short story of yours? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What's a favorite short story of yours?

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Post by alashley » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 6:15 PM UTC

I like Who Moved my Cheese - Dr. Spencer Johnson

http://jef.mentalis.org/hersenspinsels/downloads/WhoMovedMyC...

Re: Ask HN: What's a favorite short story of yours?

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Post by jfaucett » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 9:57 PM UTC

much of O. Henry, "The gift of the Magi", and "The Last Leaf" are really good. Also virtually anything by Borges, "The Library of Babel" is a nice place to start.

Re: Ask HN: What's a favorite short story of yours?

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Post by Nadya » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 10:09 PM UTC

jfaucett wrote: post #22

much of O. Henry, "The gift of the Magi", and "The Last Leaf" are really good. Also virtually anything by Borges, "The Library of Babel" is a nice place to start.

You're probably already familiar with it - but for those who are not. A form of the Library of Babel exists online [0]. Also includes an image form of every image that has ever existed and ever will exist (at a specific size/resolution). Mostly noise. :)

[0] https://libraryofbabel.info