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I'm reading through a collection of Borges' short stories right now. The Library of Babel was facinating and definitely reminds me of Invisible Cities. One Borges' short story I especially enjoyed was "The Circular Ruins"... you can see some of the concepts echoed in modern media.

I feel that Borges can insert a bit too much superfluous detail (maybe in an attempt to ground the work?), but the results are still thought provoking. Because the prose is old I sometimes need to force myself to re-read passages when my brain decides to zone out... it was written in a different time.

Makes sense. I read Invisible Cities and really didn't care for it. It seemed decently written but was just terribly uninteresting. I'm trying to work through Borges' Ficciones at the moment and I like it even less.

I wish I could enjoy them!

That would be a really interesting direction for recommendation engines:

"If you didn't like this book, they should absolutely stay away from the following list of books."

May be Nabakov as well, "If on a winters.." reminded me of Pale Fire (though I thought Pale Fire was better.)