num_pages: 153
description: Italo Calvino's extraordinary imagination and intelligence combine here in an enchanting series of stories about the evolution of the universe. He makes his characters out of mathematical formulae and simple cellular structures. They disport themselves among galaxies, experience the solidification of planets, move from aquatic to terrestrial existence, play games with hydrogen atoms, and even have a love life.During the course of these stories Calvino toys with continuous creation, the transformation of matter, and the expanding and contracting reaches of space and time. He succeeds in relating complex scientific concepts to the ordinary reactions of common humanity.William Weaver's excellent translation won a National Book Award in 1969“Naturally, we were all there," old Qfwfq said, "where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?”The distance of the moon --At daybreak --A sign in space --All at one point --Without colors --Games without end --The aquatic uncle --How much shall we bet? --The dinosaurs --The form of space --The light-years --The spiral.
language: English
title: Cosmicomics
titlecomplete: Cosmicomics
characters: Qfwfq
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, Science Fiction, Literature, Italian Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Italy, Fiction, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 18133
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award
category: Translation, awardedAt: 1641024000000
name: Metų verstinė knyga
category: Fiction
publisher: Mariner Books