A New Universal History of Infamy is the title of a 2004 collection of short fiction by Welsh fantasy writer Rhys Hughes. The book serves as a parody and homage to Jorge Luis Borges' collection A Universal History of Infamy, following the plan of the original closely but not slavishly.

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  • A New Universal History of Infamy is the title of a 2004 collection of short fiction by Welsh fantasy writer Rhys Hughes. The book serves as a parody and homage to Jorge Luis Borges' collection A Universal History of Infamy, following the plan of the original closely but not slavishly. The book was published in Portuguese translation as Uma nova história universal da infâmia in April 2006. Greek and Spanish editions appeared in 2007. The contents of the original American edition are as follows, including the names of the authors parodied by Hughes in the relevant sections:* Preface to the Unpublished Edition* Preface to an Imaginary EditionA NEW UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF INFAMY* The Brutal Buddha, Baron von Ungern-Sternberg * The Honest Liar, Denis Zachaire * Chewer of Hearts, François l'Olonnais * Trader of Doom, Basil Zaharoff * The Worm Supreme, Francisco Solano Lopez * The Worst Hero, Dick Turpin * The Maddest King, Henry Christophe STREETCORNER MOUSEET AL* City of Blinks (Herbert Quain) * The Landscape Player * The Spanish Cyclops * The Unsubtle Cages * Celia the Impaler * Alone with a Longwinded Soul * Monkeybreath * Of Exactitude in Theology SURPLUS PARODIES* Finding the Book of Sand * The Hyperacusis of Chumbly Mucker * Ictus Purr UNWISE APPENDIX* Life and the Plumbline (only included in the limited edition) (en)
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  • ISBN 1892389835 (en)
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  • A New Universal History of Infamy (en)
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  • 183 pp (en)
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  • 2004 January 29 (en)
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  • A New Universal History of Infamy is the title of a 2004 collection of short fiction by Welsh fantasy writer Rhys Hughes. The book serves as a parody and homage to Jorge Luis Borges' collection A Universal History of Infamy, following the plan of the original closely but not slavishly. (en)
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