In a message dated 10/24/99 3:35:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Excordis@aol.com writes: << Anyone familiar with him? I've volunteered to do a bio of him for Spainish. What should I read? -Terrence >> Oh gawd. Do a websearch on Borges, and read the little intro to him at The Libyrinth. It's a good place to start. Then I'd pick up an anthology of his works...probably short stories and a few essays. His Personal Anthology is good enough. Umberto Eco was strongly influenced by this guy, so perhaps if you can find some works by Eco on Borges that might be useful as well. Jim