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Italo Calvino’s Forgotten Science Fiction Masterpiece

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Imagine a brilliant work of science fiction that wins the National Book Award and is written by a contender for the Nobel Prize in literature. Imagine that it is filled with dazzling leaps of the imagination, stylish prose, unique characters, philosophical insights and unexpected twists and turns, but also draws on scientific concepts at every juncture.…

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