Drift: from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

From Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (Jorge Luis Borges), 12 hops, each to the nearest structurally unvisited work — how local similarity accumulates into global drift.

1. 1Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
   Jorge Luis Borges, 1944
   start
2. 2The Separation
   Christopher Priest, 2002
   step distance 0.1816
   agrees most onConflict StylePacing
3. 3The Sparrow
   Mary Doria Russell, 1996
   step distance 0.2373
   Price TypeProtagonist Fate
4. 4Altruizine or A True Account of How Bonhomius the Hermetic Hermit Tried to Bring About Universal Happiness
   Stanislaw Lem, 1965
   step distance 0.1755
   PacingThreat Scale
5. 5The Circular Ruins
   Jorge Luis Borges, 1944
   step distance 0.4079
   Threat ScaleTime Structure
6. 6Theme of the Traitor and the Hero
   Jorge Luis Borges, 1944
   step distance 0.1337
   Conflict StyleThreat Scale
7. 7The Left Hand of Darkness
   Ursula K. Le Guin, 1969
   step distance 0.3265
   Price TypeProtagonist Fate
8. 8The Years of Rice and Salt
   Kim Stanley Robinson, 2002
   step distance 0.2613
   Conflict StylePrice Type
9. 9The Handmaid's Tale
   Margaret Atwood, 1985
   step distance 0.2630
   PacingConflict Style
10. 10Hyperion
    Dan Simmons, 1989
    step distance 0.3862
    Protagonist FateTime Structure
11. 11The Stone Sky
    N. K. Jemisin, 2017
    step distance 0.2867
    Price TypeProtagonist Fate
12. 12Spook Country
    William Gibson, 2007
    step distance 0.4512
    Time StructureThreat Scale
13. 13Sexplosion
    Stanislaw Lem, 1971
    step distance 0.3109
    Protagonist FateThreat Scale

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