Liu Qixin is a recipient of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Award; "For the Influence of Imagination on Society"; the Sky Award "For a Special Look"; the Hall of Fame of the Chinese Galaxy and Nebula Awards as the best author and for special contributions to fiction.The novel is a finalist of the Polish Book of the Year Award.145 million years ago. The Mesozoic era. The Cretaceous period.The great empires of ants and dinosaurs coexist peacefully. Working together, they have achieved great success, but despite this, the differences between them remain too great. Will their union be able to survive, or will suspicion and interspecific hatred lead to extinction?Science is trying to find an answer to the global philosophical questions of existence in the novel "About Ants and Dinosaurs" and the collection of short stories "The Song of the Whale", which make up a new book by Liu Qixin, the leader of Chinese fiction.The edition is in the popular clutchbook format (hardcover and reduced format)."Liu Qixin is the author of your next favorite science fiction novel." — Wired"Deceptively simple, but delightfully clever book, I just love it." — Love Reading "Liu's sense of humor is very contagious." — Locus"There is a valuable lesson to be learned from this book, but Liu is not going to impose it on you. If, after closing the book, you have new thoughts, it is only because you have voluntarily opened your mind." — At Boundary`s Edge