I started reading The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati when I learned that J. M. Coetzee had written Waiting for the Barbarians while inspired by Buzzati's novel. Now The Tartar Steppe is one of my favourite books. ❤️

Also I read The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester when I learned that Stephen King had written The Jaunt as a homage to Bester's book. It's curious that Bester's novel, in its turn, is a homage to The Count of Monte Cristo. So The Stars My Destination is a great novel as The Jaunt is a great short story (and one of the scariest I have ever read).