Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Cosmicomics, Calvino takes a scientific fact as a starting point for a surprising story. E.G. Fact: At one stage in evolution animals left the sea and came to live on land. Story: A family living on land is a bit ashamed of their old uncle who still lives in the sea and refuses to come ashore like civilized people. Especially at Christmas it's really embarrassing. See also : Italo Calvino This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.