1. 200
   Labyrinths por Jorge Luis Borges (WSB7)

   WSB7: Both have wonderfully imaginative but controlled semiotic exercises.

2. 171
   Ficciones por Jorge Luis Borges (Carnophile)

   Carnophile: Both books are liesurely contemplations of fantastical situations, not plot- or character-driven, but conceptual.

3. 113
   La ciudad y la ciudad por China Miéville (snarkhunt)

   snarkhunt: Calvino's book is a travelogue of impossible societies while China's book is a sweet little noir stuck in the middle of one.

4. 30
   Kalpa Imperial por Angélica Gorodischer (spiphany)
5. 30
   Tainaron: Mail from Another City por Leena Krohn (ari.joki)

   ari.joki: An allegory of the human condition by revealing one facet at a time through presenting a foreign, strange city with foreign, strange inhabitants.

6. 30
   Palomar por Italo Calvino (P_S_Patrick)

   P_S_Patrick: Thes two books are in some ways very like each other, and in some ways quite the opposite. In Mr Palomar various locations, things, and thoughts are described precisely with the utmost eloquence and detail, whereas in Invisible Cities, it is one place being described in many different ways, hazy, as if seen through lenses of different qualities, and warping mirrors. But the effect is much the same, both books give you something to think about, make you see things in different ways, and are a pleasure to read. Both books also contain no strong plot, and consist of many small and diverse sections, and in a way, could be dipped into. Where Palomar gets very much into the mind of the protagonist, and his fixed, elaborate, and definite interpretations of reality, Invisible Cities is similar in that the recollections are also told from the point of view of the narrator, but differ each time, none being tied to reality, all of them containing aspects of truth found through how you interpret them. If you enjoyed reading one of these books, you should enjoy the other.… (más)

7. 52
   El libro de los seres imaginarios por Jorge Luis Borges (Torikton)
8. 20
   Solution 11-167: The Book of Scotlands por Momus (Kolbkarlsson)

   Kolbkarlsson: Written in the same vein, The Book of Scotlands lists a series of alternative scotlands previously unheard of. Every Scotland is written in it's own style, but with similar wit and daunting imagination.

9. 10
   Espejismos por Jeanette Winterson (WSB7)

   WSB7: Each has a partially factual/partially imagined frame.

10. 21
    Viriconium: "The Pastel City", "A Storm of Wings", "In Viriconium", "Viriconium Nights" por M. John Harrison (Torikton)
11. 32
    Breve guía de lugares imaginarios por Alberto Manguel (VanishedOne)

    VanishedOne: One is systematic and compendious, the other flows freely from one impression to another, but both flit between windows onto imaginary vistas.

12. 10
    Paintings por Victor Segalen (defaults)

    defaults: A series of descriptions of imaginary ancient Chinese paintings. Uncannily similar in tone, hieratic and surreal, rabbit-holes inscribed in rabbit-holes... and written several decades earlier.

13. 10
    Palimpsest por Catherynne Valente (PhoenixFalls)
14. 10
    Libro de las Maravillas por Marco Polo (Jannes)
15. 10
    Marcovaldo o sea las estaciones en la ciudad por Italo Calvino (unctifer)
16. 10
    The Logogryph: A Bibliography Of Imaginary Books por Thomas Wharton (unctifer)
17. 00
    Freud's Alphabet: A Novel por Jonathan Tel (hdcanis)

    hdcanis: A novel starring a historical person (Marco Polo or Sigmund Freud) exploring a city (Venice or London) in fragmentary manner, each fragment handling a different aspect of the city.

18. 00
    Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will por Judith Schalansky (CGlanovsky)

    CGlanovsky: Little vignettes about places. Calvino's are more fanciful and there's a twist, while Schalansky's are little anecdotes based on actual bizarre and out-of-the-way places.

19. 00
    Ring (Swiss Literature Series) por Elisabeth Horem (Nickelini)
20. 00
    The Aphorisms of Kherishdar por M. C. A. Hogarth (sandstone78)

    sandstone78: Vignettes that create a picture of something greater.

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