Robert Stevens

This story is kind of confusing, it seems almost like we are introduced into it about ½ way through. The first (and longest) part of the story seems to involve the search for any information related to the nation of Uqbar. Eventually it is determined that Uqbar is actually a fictional country on the fictional planet of Tlön. The information seems to be scattered across many different encyclopedias scattered across the world. The main characters spend a lot of time gathering as much information from as many places as they can. Eventually, they realize that the entire Tlön saga was created by a conspiracy of intellectuals (their organization was called Orbis Tertius) as an attempt to show that God was not necessary to create a world.

As the investigation continues, the world at large learns of the investigation, and starts to adopt Tlönian culture. At the end of the story the Earth is well on its way to becoming Tlön.