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Some stories focus on simulacra as objects, such as Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. The term also appears in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and in Stanislaw Lem's Solaris.
Another noteworthy example of the usage of the term simulacrum in literature comes from 20th century Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, in his short story "The Circular Ruins". The "dreamed man" in the story is an example of a simulacrum, as he is a representation of a mortal human being. In the context of the prominent magical realism in "The Circular Ruins", a simulacrum can create its own simulacrum.
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