▁Jorge ▁Luis ▁Borg es , ▁which ▁science ▁fiction ▁and ▁mystery ▁author ▁Peter ▁He ck ▁bel ieves ▁is ▁intent ional . ▁Books ▁feature ▁prom in ently ▁in ▁the ▁novel ▁in ▁both ▁present - day ▁Seattle ▁and ▁the ▁Kal pa ▁in ▁the ▁future , ▁and ▁He ck ▁sees ▁it ▁as ▁" a ▁met ap hor ▁that ▁anyone ▁whose ▁life ▁is ▁built ▁around ▁books — wh ether ▁as ▁a ▁writer , ▁reader , ▁or ▁books eller — can ▁readily ▁em path ize ▁with ." ▁ ▁Cl ute ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁Kal pa ▁is ▁not , ▁as ▁the ▁title ▁suggests , ▁the ▁last ▁city ; ▁they ▁believe ▁they ▁are , ▁but ▁the ▁last ▁city ▁is ▁N atar aja , ▁" the ▁city ▁beyond ▁the ▁city ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁time ". ▁Cl ute ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁Ty phon ▁is ▁" a ▁kind ▁of ▁god ▁and ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁quasi - animate ▁principle ▁of ▁destruction " ▁that ▁is ▁attempting ▁to ▁destroy ▁the ▁universe ▁because ▁it ▁" c annot ▁toler ate ▁being ▁told " ▁or ▁" ob ser ved ". ▁The ▁creation ▁and ▁evolution ▁of ▁the ▁universe ▁is ▁observed ▁and ▁recorded , ▁and ▁the ▁Ty phon ▁will ▁not ▁toler ate ▁this ▁telling . ▁In ▁the ▁Kal pa , ▁Poly bibli os ▁creates ▁B abel ▁fragments ▁(" B org esian ▁libraries ▁that ▁do ▁not ▁end ") ▁that , ▁when ▁brought ▁together , ▁will ▁form ▁a ▁" back story " ▁that ▁ret ells ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁universe ▁and ▁over wh el ms ▁the ▁Ty phon . ▁ ▁City ▁at ▁the