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# Cosmos
- URL: https://tombeaverbooks.ghost.io/cosmos/
- Published: 2026-10-06T02:47:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T03:49:12.000Z
- Author: Tom Beaver
- Tags: Book: Movies And TV, #Import 2026-10-09 17:51

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*STORYSUBTITLE: Aug. 31, 2014*

STORYCONTEXT: 1\. **Cosmos** (Neil deGrasse Tyson, Miniseries, 2014) 

Okay, time to eat crow. I jumped all over Neil deGrasse Tyson after I had watched about 15 minutes of *Cosmos*. I’ve now watched most of the series. Have been gorging on it. And I take back all that bad stuff I said about him. He does a great job narrating the series, adds a lot of personality to the storytelling and facts. And the writing is often beautiful. Don’t know how much credit Tyson gets for the actual writing, but someone did a fine job. 

The best bit of writing, though, is an extended quotation of Carl Sagan’s “pale blue dot” passage. Really a remarkable bit of prose, delivered beautifully. Perfectly, I would say. 

Wish this were a weekly series that would run 52 new episodes a year for the rest of my life. Is that too much to ask?*\~ Aug. 31, 2014 / On Facebook* (1)