Talk:The Library of Babel
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Purpose of the stairwell is unclear
[edit]The description of the arrangement of the rooms seems unclear. It says the hexagonal rooms are adjacent, but then each room has an exit to the room above and below so they're not adjacent on a plain. Two wall have exits to a room with a latrine, etc., followed by another hexagon so they're not tessellated but must have an unused space behind the shelving until the next room. And where does the stairwell access; does it ascend and descend; how does it differ to leaving a room by the exit to the rooms above and below? Ralph Corderoy (talk) 11:31, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
- This was an ambiguity I encountered while translating this article; The way I understood it, the library is structured in multiple "floors" of tesselated hexagons, with the stairwells giving access to others floors. Probably something similar to the illustrations linked in the article. Probably the text needs to be rewritten in this section to avoid confusion... WiredAlexandria (talk) 14:58, 18 January 2026 (UTC)