Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)

This book was kind of charming. My favorite story was the first, in which the narrator tells of the time in the history of the Earth when the moon was close enough for Earth-dwellers to access with a ladder. This book really demonstrates the aspect of Calvino's writing for which he is known, which is that particularly quaint and whimsical imagination. Sort of like a juvenile "Brief History of Time" for adults...however, some of the stories made me think to myself "ok, here he goes, and I know what this is, and it's kind of tiresome." I guess that's the danger of writing like this: although it's very amusing, it has the capacity to annoy.