Cosmicomics - 2024 ACF Winter at UBC

Question

The Moon is called a “gray ball” in the preface to this collection’s story “Without Colors.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this short story collection that begins with a story in which the narrator falls in love with the captain’s wife, “The Distance of the Moon.” Like the author’s collection t-zero, this collection is narrated by Qfwfq (“KIF-wifk”).

ANSWER: Cosmicomics

[10e] Cosmicomics is a collection by this Italian author, who also wrote the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter’s night a traveler.

ANSWER: Italo Calvino

[10h] Qfwfq’s love for Mrs. Vhd Vhd (“vid vid”) in “The Distance of the Moon” is unreciprocated because of her own love for a character described by this attribute. After that character with this physical trait prods the moon away from Earth with a pole, Mrs. Vhd Vhd remains on the moon because it is that character’s true love.

ANSWER: deafness [accept the Deaf One] (The character is Qfwfq’s deaf cousin, referred to as the Deaf One.)

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	6	13.33	83%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	13.33	89%	44%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	7	12.86	86%	29%	14%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	11	13.64	91%	36%	9%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	10	10.00	80%	20%	0%

Data


UBC A	UW B	10	10	20
UBC B	Alberta	10	10	20
UW A	SFU	10	10	20