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2. Tower of Babylon (story) - Wikipedia

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   "Tower of Babylon" is a science fantasy novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in 1990 by Omni. [1] The story revisits the Tower of Babel myth as a construction megaproject , in a setting where the principles of pre-scientific cosmology ( flat Earth , geocentrism and the Firmament ) are literally true.

3. The City Coat of Arms - Wikipedia

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   The short story details the creation of the Tower of Babel. [2] The narrator notes how many different people, from various nationalities had a hand in the construction. The massive scale of the project creates so many logistical and societal complications that it becomes impossible for civilization to ever achieve the original plan, or to even seriously believe in the plan.

4. Tower of Babel - Wikipedia

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   In the web-based game Forge of Empires the Tower of Babel is an available "Great Building". Argentinian novelist Jorge Luis Borges wrote a story called "The Library of Babel". The Tower of Babel appears as an important location in the Babylonian story arc of the Japanese shōjo manga Crest of the Royal Family.

5. The Library of Babel - Wikipedia

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   "The Library of Babel" (Spanish: La biblioteca de Babel) is a short story by Argentine author and librarian Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), conceiving of a universe in the form of a vast library containing all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set.

6. The Enormous Radio and Other Stories - Wikipedia

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   The Enormous Radio and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by John Cheever published in 1953 by Funk and Wagnalls. All fourteen stories were first published individually in The New Yorker. These works are included in The Stories of John Cheever (1978) published by Alfred A. Knopf. [1] [2]

7. Henry Cuyler Bunner - Wikipedia

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   Henry Cuyler Bunner (August 3, 1855 – May 11, 1896) was an American novelist, journalist and poet. [1] He is known mainly for Tower of Babel.. Bunner's works have been praised by librarians for its "technical dexterity, playfulness and smoothness of finish".

8. The Stories of John Cheever - Wikipedia

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   The Stories of John Cheever is a 1978 short story collection by American author John Cheever. ... "Clancy in the Tower of Babel" "Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor"

9. Babel II (short story) - Wikipedia

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   "Babel II" is a comedic science fiction short story by Damon Knight. The protagonist accidentally causes a second Tower of Babel through his interactions with a trans-dimensional traveller. First published in Beyond Fantasy Fiction in 1953, the story has been a topic of commentary ever since.