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 +"In "[[Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius]]" (1940) Borges playfully explores the imaginary world Tlön where the 18th century philosophical [[subjective idealism]] of [[George Berkeley]] is viewed as [[common sense]] and "the doctrine of [[materialism]]" is considered a heresy, a scandal, and a paradox." --Sholem Stein
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[[Image:Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho).jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Trylon and Perisphere]], two [[Modernist architecture|modernistic structures]] at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair of 1939-1940]]<br> [[Image:Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho).jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Trylon and Perisphere]], two [[Modernist architecture|modernistic structures]] at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair of 1939-1940]]<br>
<small>Photo: [[Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho)]]</small>]] <small>Photo: [[Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho)]]</small>]]
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*''[[The Book of Fantasy]]'' by Borges et al *''[[The Book of Fantasy]]'' by Borges et al
*''[[The Tartar Steppe]]'' by Dino Buzzati *''[[The Tartar Steppe]]'' by Dino Buzzati
-*''[[Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius ]]'' by Borges+*"[[Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius ]]" by Borges
===Visual arts=== ===Visual arts===
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* [[Roy Ayers]] * [[Roy Ayers]]
* [[Pharoah Sanders]] * [[Pharoah Sanders]]
-* [[Angela Carter]] (died 1992)+* [[Angela Carter]] (d. 1992)
* [[Brian De Palma]] * [[Brian De Palma]]
-* [[Frank Zappa]] (died 1993)+* [[Frank Zappa]] (d. 1993)
* [[Herbie Hancock]] * [[Herbie Hancock]]
-* [[George A. Romero]] (died 2017)+* [[George A. Romero]] (d. 2017)
-* [[H. R. Giger]] (died 2014)+* [[H. R. Giger]] (d. 2014)
* [[Dario Argento]] * [[Dario Argento]]
* [[Just Jaeckin]] * [[Just Jaeckin]]
-* [[Vito Acconci]] (died 2017)+* [[Vito Acconci]] (d. 2017)
-* [[Tony Conrad]] (died 2016)+* [[Tony Conrad]] (d. 2016)
* [[Terry Gilliam]] * [[Terry Gilliam]]
* [[Nobuyoshi Araki]] * [[Nobuyoshi Araki]]
-* [[Richard Kostelanetz]]+* [[Fontella Bass]] (d. 2012)
-* [[Fontella Bass]] (died 2012)+* [[Pina Bausch]] (d. 2009)
-* [[Pina Bausch]] (died 2009)+
-* [[Peter Haining]] (died 2007)+
*October 22: [[Hiroshi Yoshimura]], musician (d. 2003) *October 22: [[Hiroshi Yoshimura]], musician (d. 2003)

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"In "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" (1940) Borges playfully explores the imaginary world Tlön where the 18th century philosophical subjective idealism of George Berkeley is viewed as common sense and "the doctrine of materialism" is considered a heresy, a scandal, and a paradox." --Sholem Stein

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