A review by risky_oak
The Distance of the Moon by Italo Calvino

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So after the bitter disappointment with Calvino's [b:If on a Winter's Night a Traveller|143004|If on a Winter's Night a Traveller|Italo Calvino|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328210872l/143004._SY75_.jpg|1116802]
this Jägermeister shot of a book was Calvino's atonement, and mine as a reader.

I'm not a fan of these tiny books. They feel like those 30-days free trials. You only get a small taste of the whole work/service.


This less than 60 pages book contains four short stories. 2 of which I liked and 2 of which I found just okay.

These four short stories are part of a larger collection called [b:The Complete Cosmicomics|6018080|The Complete Cosmicomics|Italo Calvino|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327969031l/6018080._SY75_.jpg|79114386] with 34 short stories in total.
A combination of science fiction, magical realism, and fantasy.

Stories about the birth of galaxies the extinction of dinosaurs, the creation of our solar system, geological cataclysms and more.


So as a fan of the science theme in literature I want to buy the whole collection now, because as I was saying, with these tiny books you only experience the foreplay and not the whole act, that's the reason I'm not buying them, and that's the reason to look for the complete collection of the Cosmicomics, giving Calvino's one more chance to show me his talent in the craft.