chavez@harvard.UUCP (R. Martin Chavez) (04/13/84)
James Jones isn't the first to suggest that God might
be running a large-scale simulation-in-the-sky. For some
interesting perspectives on the subject, I suggest \\Niebla//
("Mist") by Miguel de Unamuno and "Ruinas Circulares"
("Circular Ruins") by Jorge Luis Borges. Unamuno fears that
he may be no more than a dream of God; the magician
in Borges' marvelous short story discovers, to his humiliation
and astonishment, that he is no more than a fleeting
thought. The theme seems to be a common one in 20th century
Spanish and Latin American literature.
R. Martin Chavez
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