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Complete Cosmicomics
Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
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We were peering into this darkness, criss-crossed with voices, when the change took place: the only real, great change I ve ever happened to witness, and compared to it the rest is nothing. from"The Complete Cosmicomics" Italo Calvino s beloved cosmicomics cross planets and traverse galaxies, speed up time or slow it down to the particles of an instant. Through the eyes of an ageless guide named Qfwfq, Calvino explores natural phenomena and tells the story of the origins of the universe. Poignant, fantastical, and wise, these thirty-four dazzling stories collected here in one definitive anthology relate complex scientific and mathematical concepts to our everyday world. They are an indelible (and unfailingly delightful) literary achievement. Nimble and often hilarious . . . Trying to describe such a diverse and entertaining mix, I have to admit, just as Calvino does so often, that my words fail here, too. There s no way I or anyone, really can muster enough of them to quite capture the magic of these stories . . . Read this book, please. Colin Dwyer, NPR"
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vivastory
The Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
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Two things read in the past hour that bring me joy:
-Thunberg's burn of Trump, nearly a year in the making
-Calvino's essay Why Read the Classics? I'd read excerpts of this before, but never the entire piece which is actually fairly short. A lot of great passages in this one, will definitely be visiting it again:
nybooks.com/articles/1986/10/09/why-read-the-classics/

twohectobooks That Why Read the Classics essay is one of my favourites of all time. I‘m glad I saved it because they hide it behind a paywall sometimes! (edited) 2y
Eyelit That is a pretty sweet burn! 2y
LeahBergen That “dish best served cold” was frigging AWESOME. 2y
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Eyelit
Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
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I don't have many #blackandwhitecovers - but the few that I do have are pretty cool looking 😄 #maybookflowers

ephemeralwaltz Um the tagged book is just adorable. 6y
Reviewsbylola I've had my eye on Death's Acre. 6y
Eyelit @ephemeralwaltz isn't it just? I love the new series of Calvino's - and I want them all 😄 6y
Eyelit @Reviewsbylola it's pretty good! 6y
TsundokuAleax I love that cover of Pride and Prejudice. I debated between getting that one and a cloth hardcover, which won out this year. 6y
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romacalderon
The Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
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A different take in learning about the origins of the universe through the eyes of Italo Calvino.

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Gregman6
The Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
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Always buying more books.

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Eyelit
Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
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JoeStalksBeck Boink is hilarious and sometimes makes you blush 😳 7y
GinaAnderson Calvin and Hobbes 💗💗💗 My then-11-year old read those books to shreds. 7y
MrBook Nice! @GinaAnderson It's my favorite comic strip, love it! 7y
readinginthedark Serenity! ❤️ I still need to read that one! 7y
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Eyelit
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Today's bookpeople #bookhaul - one I've read and wanted to own, two books I learned about through #litsy and one I've wanted to read for a long time (and just discovered was in affordable paperback). Excited for all! 🤓📚💜

JPeterson I love everything about this stack. Bitch Planet is amazing! 7y
brendanmleonard This stack is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 7y
Carol Yaaaaaaaasssssss!!!!!!! 7y
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Wiji
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"We fell into a special mood on those nights off the Zinc Cliffs: gay, but with a touch of suspense, as if inside our skulls, instead of the brain, we felt a fish, floating, attracted by the Moon." - from the story The Distance of the Moon