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The Complete Cosmicomics
The Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
10 posts | 12 read | 6 reading | 6 to read
Together for the first time, a new translation of the revered, contemporary Italian author's short stories describing the beginning of the universe and other natural phenomena builds creative tales around well-known scientific facts.
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GatheringBooks
The Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
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#HumbleHarvest Day 29: #Stars in this gorgeous cover. Recent book haul while in Italy last week - naturally I have to get me a Calvino. 💕

Eggs Beautiful 🌟👍🏼✨ 12mo
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TalesandTexts
The Distance of the Moon | Italo Calvino
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Strangely enchanting.

Based in an interstellar, possibly extraterrestrial, sci-fi world - this modern classic showcased four small (and engrossing) works by an author I hadn‘t known about.

The stories are memorable. But there‘s a strong ephemeral quality to them. Like star dust, these stories make their presence felt, but in an obscure way. They seem to exist in our universe, but are completely disconnected from reality.

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anushareflects
The Distance of the Moon | Italo Calvino
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The 29th in a 50 penguin classics box set expedition I set for myself last year (2022) which i accidentally began reading backwards. My first try at Italo Calvino. Well it‘s science fiction with fantasy, two genres that I tend to run away from haha but I did find them strange and fascinating. The weird cosmic facts mingled with love stories was a unique blend. Not for me per se but I‘m sure lovers of either or both genres will enjoy it!

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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. 8y
Reviewsbylola I've had my eye on Death's Acre. 8y
Eyelit @ephemeralwaltz isn't it just? I love the new series of Calvino's - and I want them all 😄 8y
Eyelit @Reviewsbylola it's pretty good! 8y
TsundokuAleax I love that cover of Pride and Prejudice. I debated between getting that one and a cloth hardcover, which won out this year. 8y
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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 😳 8y
GinaAnderson Calvin and Hobbes 💗💗💗 My then-11-year old read those books to shreds. 8y
MrBook Nice! @GinaAnderson It's my favorite comic strip, love it! 8y
readinginthedark Serenity! ❤️ I still need to read that one! 8y
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Eyelit
Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
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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! 8y
brendanmleonard This stack is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 8y
Carol Yaaaaaaaasssssss!!!!!!! 8y
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Wiji
Complete Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino
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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