3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Mary Gaitskill's 1988 debut story collection — exploring sexuality, power, and moral ambiguity in contemporary New York — which established her literary reputation and was adapted into the film Secretary.
Jorge Luis Borges — Argentine writer who is one of the most influential figures in 20th century literature — author of Labyrinths, Ficciones, and The Aleph — whose short stories created a literary genre of philosophical fantasy where libraries, mirrors, labyrinths, and dreams explore the nature of infinity, time, and identity.
American science fiction writer who has published only a handful of short stories and novellas — yet has won four Hugo Awards, four Nebula Awards, and four Locus Awards — known for philosophically rigorous explorations of language, consciousness, free will, and technology; his story Story of Your Life was adapted as Arrival (2016).