Pinthouse Pizza
Argentinian, Not Mexican
RECEIVED Tue., Jan. 24, 2012
Dear Editor,
Re: “South-of-the-Border Speculation” [Books, Jan. 20]: I was startled to read Roberto Ontiveros' opening line, which began, "The notion of Mexican science fiction may, to some minds, go no further than that Borges story 'There Are More Things.'” Surely Ontiveros is aware that Jorge Luis Borges was not a Mexican. He was an Argentinian.
Re: “South-of-the-Border Speculation” [Books, Jan. 20]: I was startled to read Roberto Ontiveros' opening line, which began, "The notion of Mexican science fiction may, to some minds, go no further than that Borges story 'There Are More Things.'” Surely Ontiveros is aware that Jorge Luis Borges was not a Mexican. He was an Argentinian.
Jesse Mischel
[Roberto Ontiveros responds: Thanks for bringing up where Borges, one of my favorite writers, is from. I was attempting in my introduction to point out the invisibility of Mexican science fiction, by noting a Latin American parody of a Lovecraft story that begins in North America, ends in South America, and somehow skips Mexico all together.]