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I've been meaning to read some Borges for sometime now, so I should get on that.

Is there a particular collection you'd recommend? I have no idea where to even start.
Fictions is by far his best, I think. Both the Borges stories listed in my original post are in it. It's the only thing I've read that I'd describe as mind-blowing. He has an incredible way of crystallizing fundamental ideas about reality, examining their facets, and then turning them inside out.

I also loved The Aleph. It and Fictions are his most conceptual. His earlier stuff is more twists on genres. His later stuff started to feel a bit meandering to me; more personal, maybe, but less interesting.

But you might as well go for the whole deal: http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Fict.../dp/0140286802 It's got everything, probably for a similar price as any individual collection. It's also conveniently organized according to the individual collections, so you can go right to reading whichever of them you want.