A review by eb00kie
Cosmicomics by William Weaver, Italo Calvino

challenging dark lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Distance to the moon - loved the ricotta and the flying fish and the sparkling sea

Daybreak - nani the fuck mucho confusion, family of celestials confronted with the universe coagulating

A Sign in Space - the artist's competition and torment and how superimposed art and references muddle reality and our perception of it

All at one point - celestials inhabiting one point like a closed community, with xenophobia, gossip, bonding through food, the village mother Virgin Mary and the pain of separation

Without Colors - people growing apart, reference to Orpheus and Eurydice

Games - need for dominance, vs. pleasure of the game

Aquatic - clash of generations

How much shall we bet - wheel of fortune

Dino - group identity static vs dynamic, individual vs group, and what others see

Light Years - person sees Twitter reactions to his life 200m years ago and tries reacting to them, while separated by 1000m years delay. Awesome idea

Spiral