[Eric]

I know what you're getting at Kingbee, but maybe you're overstating your case a bit. "The greatest writer of all time" implies a ranking or hierarchy where every book ever written is assessed and put on a scale. Who can read all the world's books in all the world's languages and still have energy left over to choose?

But I agree with most of you here that his mixture of erudition and genius makes Borges a very readable, yet clever, writer. His stories are indeed some of my favourites.