Kids asked who they thought better magical realist, of some two, and older son declares

"Borges!"

"Welp", says I, "just a minute..."

and fetch the collection of Borges stories that has the "Zahir", hand it to younger kiddo.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zahir

#zahir

Here's the second Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on Jorge Luis Borges' short story "The Zahir", discussing the effects of an ongoing fascination and obsession with a coin the narrator received, which turns out to be the Zarir itself

https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/jorge-luis-borges-the-zahir-illness-and-misfortune-the-zahir-brings
#podcast #Borges #Zahir #story #philosophy #obsession #fiction #speculativefiction

Here's the second of the two Speculative Fiction Studies videos on Jorge Luis Borges story "The Zahir". Try not to think about it too much, though, or you might just end up like the narrator!

https://youtu.be/grbMnrzTRK4
#Video #Borges #SpeculativeFiction #Zahir #Story #Obsession

Want to watch a film starring the actors who played the following #StarTrek characters?

• #Kurn's Tony Todd
• #DoctorPhlox's John Billingsley
• Seamus, #JeremyLucas and #Batai's Richard Riehle
• #Zahir's David Lee Smith

as well as #AnnikaPeterson, #AlexisThorpe, #EllenCrawford and #WilliamKatt?

Then here's my periodic reminder that #TheManFromEarth exists and is proof you don't need a big budget and a lot of sets to make a brilliant film.
Just a great story (in this case a screenplay by #JeromyBixby, who also penned several #STTOS episodes) and good actors who can portray that story.

You can watch it on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAX2RuZm-Fk

#TonyTodd #JohnBillingsley #RichardRiehle #DavidLeeSmith #ManFromEarth #FiXatoRecommends #FilmsFiXatoWatches