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  <title><![CDATA[Cartoon History of the Universe 1  Vol. 1-7 From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great]]></title>
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  <default_description>One of the beautiful things about comics is that it is possibly the best medium for combining education and entertainment. No one knows this better than Larry Gonick, whose Cartoon History series spans many subjects.  Whether you are a fan of history, comics, or Gonick's books, &lt;b&gt;The Cartoon History of the Universe I&lt;/b&gt; is a great place to start. Part I contains volumes 1 to 7, from the Big Bang to Alexander the Great.  </default_description>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jul 16 01:34:49 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pertama-tama, thanks untuk Miss Leli atas pinjaman komik ini. <br/>Kedua, ada kabar gembira untuk Gieb. Ternyata cacing itu mahluk pertama di bumi yang punya otak (hal. 14). Jadi Gieb yang cacing direkomendasikan baca buku ini. Hehehe...<br/><br/>Ini reviewku yang sederhana: <em>I love history. I lov...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27175661">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 15 22:37:16 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[jalan ceritanya kayaknya dah lupa deh *garuk garuk*<br/>tapi yang inget buku ini bikin gw cekikikan<br/><br/>malah ingetnya kejadian beli bukunya di BBC palasari. gak niat beli, gw niat beli buku lain. pas iseng2 ngeliat, buku ini ada yang sampulnya dah dibuka. iseng baca, eh.. malah asik sendiri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27391243">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12018181">
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    <name><![CDATA[Leli]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 08 18:08:45 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 14 21:07:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[gw beli n baca komik ini rekomendasi nafi (eh..helo)<br/><br/>gw suka sejarah, gw suka gambar, gw suka humor, baca buku ini serasa di surga, bahagiaa banget hahaha.. tiap halaman bisa sampe guling2an ketawanya<br/><br/>content sejarahnya kaya &amp; simpel <br/>riset si ahli math Gonick super bgt (c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12018181">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really fun—and actually quite comprehensive—historical overview. It's very handy as sort of a quick-reference guide and/or as a supplemental companion to the reading of primary source history texts. (I found it to be fabulously helpful along these lines with respect to Herodotus.)<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74852845">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8836148">
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 08 09:10:51 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 09 13:36:42 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is such an *awesome* book. From the time I was about 7 to, oh, a few months ago, I have picked up this book and disappeared for an hour or so at a time just reliving this very wrily funny (re: British) &quot;comic&quot; on human history, from the Big Bang up to Alexander's conquest. It helped m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8836148">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5695972">
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    <name><![CDATA[Gphatty]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 05 05:56:26 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great epic view of history, with lots of synthesis between events/movements occurring concurrent in different parts of the world.  This volume covered many time periods I already knew a great deal about -- Greek &amp; Roman empires; the Biblical era -- but there were still many nuggets of history that w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5695972">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2387402">
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    <body><![CDATA[History might not have traumatized me if this were among my highschool textbooks. In his Cartoon History series, Gonick reminds us about two things:<br/>a) History is fun<br/>b) Especially since you'll learn that there were people more stupid than you. (Unless you find out that some of those peopl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2387402">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61730375">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 01 00:58:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 01 20:53:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Larry Gonick pastilah seorang ilustrator berbakat sekaligus maniak kutu buku! Bukunya yang seri &quot;Kartun Riwayat Peradaban&quot; ini benar-benar fantastis, kita diajak melihat dari awal kelahiran alam semesta, teori terciptanya kehidupan pertama, evolusi ikan menjadi amfibi, reptil, dinosaurus, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61730375">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3245897">
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    <name><![CDATA[mahatma]]></name>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jul 18 18:44:29 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[maunya sih beli buat anak, tapi si anak nggak suka.<br/>ini komik buat &quot;siapa&quot; sih?<br/>untuk anak-anak tidak menarik, komik hitam putih begini tidak menyergap mata. msaih lebih menarik komiknya teguh santosa :-) yang mengeksplorasi abu-abu dan arsiran di samping warna hitam dan putih.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3245897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53723346">
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pada awalnya saya mengharapkan bacaan yang ringan, menenangkan dan menyenangkan, sehingga memilih untuk membaca komik ini. Yang saya dapatkan adalah bacaan padat berisi, runtut dan komprehensif, meski masih tetap menyenangkan, dari 350 juta tahun sejarah bumi dan sejarah dunia. <br/><br/>Berbeda d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53723346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12999769">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nila]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Refreshing, belajar sejarah jadi gak perlu serius banget.<br/>Di buku I ini, Larry Gornick mencampur adukkan teori2 ilmu pengetahuan, sejarah, dan sedikit mitology2 dalam bentuk komik yang lucu. <br/>Walaupun mungkin ada beberapa hal yang masih jadi perdebatan oleh para ahli di bidang ilmu pengeta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12999769">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59541700">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 13 14:29:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 13 14:35:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what it says about me that this book counts as one of my major comfort books.  My wife reads <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2384.Janet_Evanovich" title="Janet Evanovich">Janet Evanovich</a>'s Stephanie Plum books, I re-read the Cartoon History.  I guess it's just been a stressful few weeks for me.<br/><br/>My one off-note of this book is a change in the style of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59541700">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it and hated it.  It has excellent descriptions of some things (like why sexual reproduction is better for improving a species than asexual reproduction), and very sacrilegious descriptions of other things (he comes down pretty hard on the Old Testament prophets--do not let children read it un...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56699933">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18298178">
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned a lot about Evolution, even though I am told it doesn't exist. The pictures helped get through some of the more boring parts...]]></body>
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    <review id="27807480">
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    <body><![CDATA[Larry Gonnick adalah seorang Darwinis!<br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dalam buku ini, Larry berusaha memperkenalkan sejarah pada kita mulai dari proses terbentuknya tata surya (dia lebih memilih teori &quot;Bintang Kembar&quot;) sampai zaman-zaman 8 peradaban tertua di dunia. Ada beberapa nabi juga muncul disana seperti Musa, Nuh, dll. Larry menggambarkannya dalam ben...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12618614">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it, but I like comics and I also like history.  After reading this book I read Cartoon Guide to the Modern World.  Gonick couldn't help himself and his political correctness was obvious when writing about the modern world.  Made me think that my lack of understanding of the universe probably...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69108598">more...</a>]]></body>
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