They're Made Out of Meat (1991)
Nostalgic and appreciative sentiment for Terry Bisson's classic sci-fi literature and its adaptations.
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- ableal: Somehow this story isn't as fun today as it was when first printed ...
- michaelsmanley: Bisson once lived in the town just across the river from where I grew up and was an inspiration for me as a nerdy kid from the sticks who just wanted to write science fiction. His novels Talking Man, Fire on the Mountain, Voyage to the Red Planet, and Pirates of the Universe (don't be fooled by those last two titles; he was always undermining old sci-fi tropes) were among my favorites. This story is one of his goofier ones. I wasn't as big a fan of his short stories as they tended towards the jokey style of absurdism, but a favorite of mine is his "Bears Discover Fire."
- fridder: The short film someone made is pretty great: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6JFTmQCFHg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6JFTmQCFHg</a>
- sl-1: Related: Carl Sagan's Cosmos resampled to make a "Meat Planet"
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7K9SycELA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7K9SycELA</a>
- api: Great short film version: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6JFTmQCFHg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6JFTmQCFHg</a><p>I do wonder sometimes if someone out there is waiting for something actually intelligent to emerge down here.
- tomhow: Previously...<p><i>They're Made Out of Meat (1991)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38420111">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38420111</a> - Nov 2023 (168 comments)<p><i>They're made out of meat (1991)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31965062">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31965062</a> - July 2022 (151 comments)<p><i>They're Made Out of Meat (1991)</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24737993">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24737993</a> - Oct 2020 (292 comments)<p><i>They're Made out of Meat</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8152131">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8152131</a> - Aug 2014 (170 comments)<p><i>"They're Made out of Meat?" Short first contact sci-fi story</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3549320">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3549320</a> - Feb 2012 (62 comments)
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