This incredibly short little science fiction tale will take you only a couple minutes to read. BoingBoing pointed it out a while back and I just stumbled upon it again. It’s a thing of brilliance. Also funny.
The title is: “They’re Made Out of Meat.” The author is Terry Bisson. Read it.
There is also a well-made little film on YouTube but I prefer the text.
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July 25th, 2006 at 7:04 pm
Well, yeah. But I read it when it was first published in… Omni? Playboy? Omni, I think… back in, oh, early 90s, I think.
Also hunt down Bisson’s “The Bears Discover Fire,” a great story that won the Nebula a decade ago. And his novels aren’t bad either, although his best work is in the short form.
August 4th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
Meat in the Universe…
Here’s a very short story on why we still haven’t heard from the space aliens yet. “They’re Made Out of……