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They're Made Out of Meat
– "Meat. They're made out of meat."
– "Meat?"
– "There's no doubt about it. We picked several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, probed them all the way through. They're completely meat..."
They're Made Out of Meat is a short story from Terry Bisson regarding a pair of extraterrestrials baffled by the idea of thinking, talking meat that appears to live in this far-away corner of the universe. Utterly dumbfounded, they ponder over the finding and debate whether some situations are best left alone.
Terry Bisson (1942-) is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his short stories, including Bears Discover Fire (1990), which which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, as well as They're Made Out of Meat (1991), among others.
– "Meat?"
– "There's no doubt about it. We picked several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, probed them all the way through. They're completely meat..."
They're Made Out of Meat is a short story from Terry Bisson regarding a pair of extraterrestrials baffled by the idea of thinking, talking meat that appears to live in this far-away corner of the universe. Utterly dumbfounded, they ponder over the finding and debate whether some situations are best left alone.
Terry Bisson (1942-) is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his short stories, including Bears Discover Fire (1990), which which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, as well as They're Made Out of Meat (1991), among others.
4 pages, ebook
First published April 1, 1991
About the author
Terry Bisson
205 books164 followersTerry Ballantine Bisson was an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his short stories, including "Bears Discover Fire" (1990), which which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, as well as They're Made Out of Meat (1991), which has been adapted for video often.
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December 6, 2020
"Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!" Says one alien to another, in disbelief.
A very short story about intelligent life in the universe, that demotes human beings on planet earth, to mere lumps of meat. Quite amusing.
A very short story about intelligent life in the universe, that demotes human beings on planet earth, to mere lumps of meat. Quite amusing.
January 23, 2022
“We’re supposed to talk to meat.”
Hahahahaha! I feel for the plight of aliens, realizing that humans are beings made out of meat. It’s like us finally finding another civilization across intergalactic void just to discover that they are sentient soup.
“That’s ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You’re asking me to believe in sentient meat.”
It’s very short and pithy and absurdist, and very much satisfying. It’s worth the three minutes it takes you to read and laugh. And very appealing to your inner misanthrope - or at least to mine.
“You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat.”
4 stars.
Free short story is here, on the author’s website: http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
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Also posted on my blog.
January 30, 2021
It's made of meat, and I still prefer not to eat it.
"Do you have any idea what’s the life span of meat?”"
Five days or less, refrigerated?
http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
It more or less confirms everything I've ever thought about alien life.
"Do you have any idea what’s the life span of meat?”"
Five days or less, refrigerated?
http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
It more or less confirms everything I've ever thought about alien life.
January 30, 2021
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."This Nebula-nominated short story is a conversation between two aliens, one of which CANNOT BELIEVE that intelligent beings can be made out of ... meat. It’s very short and funny, but with a bite to it. I love the creativity of the concept.
Free online here on Terry Bisson’s website: http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
January 9, 2019
"We're supposed to talk to meat."
After reading The Egg by Andy Weir, GR had some nice recommendations for me. So, I came upon They're Made Out of Meat.
This is a very short story (only 5 pages long) that was a Nebula Award Nominee for Best Short Story in 1991. You can read it here. It consists of a short briefing between two aliens regarding the human race. And it might as well be the reason why we think we're alone in the Universe.
If you have 5 minutes to spare, I recommend this. I've just discovered that even short stories can touch you in the most unbelievable ways.
After reading The Egg by Andy Weir, GR had some nice recommendations for me. So, I came upon They're Made Out of Meat.
This is a very short story (only 5 pages long) that was a Nebula Award Nominee for Best Short Story in 1991. You can read it here. It consists of a short briefing between two aliens regarding the human race. And it might as well be the reason why we think we're alone in the Universe.
If you have 5 minutes to spare, I recommend this. I've just discovered that even short stories can touch you in the most unbelievable ways.
February 22, 2018
What an entertaining little read, I'd love all my space stuff to be so 😆 Read this short anti-ode to meat on http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page...
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P.S. Don't let the baby and the confusing title on the cover discourage you from reading this book like it was to me at first!!!!!!!! 😉
April 23, 2019
"And why not?
Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone .."
Thought provoking !
Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone .."
Thought provoking !
February 21, 2018
You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!
As a matter of fact, we are!
Spare two minutes and read this hilarious Nebula-nominated short story here -----> http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page...
As a matter of fact, we are!
Spare two minutes and read this hilarious Nebula-nominated short story here -----> http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page...
September 5, 2024
A quirky and somewhat weird short story collection.
1. They’re Made out of Meat.
We are made of meat. But this story is not about eating. 4/5.
2. A View from the Bridge.
Extreme adventures for sale. Some have very reasonable mortality rates. Those survival rates greater than 70% are ideal for families with kids 4/5.
3. NEXT!
A young couple applying for a marriage licence at a Kafkaesque bureaucracy where eugenics is the order of the day. 4/5.
4. The Toxic Donut
A nasty TV show. 4/5.
5. Corona FAQ
Not the virus (phew), it’s all about a synthetic (The Corona Centurian Rotary Heart) heart, using synthetic blood (Synth). This one had my sciencey juices gushing. 5/5.
6. Life After Death
A dude enquiring about a 3 month Life After Death package, it’ll cost you, though! 4/5.
This collection of six short stories are as clever as they are unpalatable. For lovers of shows like Black Mirror, this collection will get you thinking and a bit intrigued.
5 Stars
1. They’re Made out of Meat.
We are made of meat. But this story is not about eating. 4/5.
2. A View from the Bridge.
Extreme adventures for sale. Some have very reasonable mortality rates. Those survival rates greater than 70% are ideal for families with kids 4/5.
3. NEXT!
A young couple applying for a marriage licence at a Kafkaesque bureaucracy where eugenics is the order of the day. 4/5.
4. The Toxic Donut
A nasty TV show. 4/5.
5. Corona FAQ
Not the virus (phew), it’s all about a synthetic (The Corona Centurian Rotary Heart) heart, using synthetic blood (Synth). This one had my sciencey juices gushing. 5/5.
6. Life After Death
A dude enquiring about a 3 month Life After Death package, it’ll cost you, though! 4/5.
This collection of six short stories are as clever as they are unpalatable. For lovers of shows like Black Mirror, this collection will get you thinking and a bit intrigued.
5 Stars
January 5, 2019
"You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat."
I have nothing to add to that. Excellent short read if one is in need of a thoughtful belly-laugh tranquilizer.
I have nothing to add to that. Excellent short read if one is in need of a thoughtful belly-laugh tranquilizer.
February 2, 2019
". . . I told you, we probed them. They're meat all the way through."
December 31, 2022
WELCOME TO DECEMBER PROJECT!
this explanation/intro will be posted before each day’s short story. scroll down to get to the story-review.
this is the SEVENTH year of me doing a short story advent calendar as my december project. for those of you new to me or this endeavor, here’s the skinny: every day in december, i will be reading a short story that is 1) available free somewhere on internet, and 2) listed on goodreads as its own discrete entity. there will be links provided for those of you who like to read (or listen to) short stories for free, and also for those of you who have wildly overestimated how many books you can read in a year and are freaking out about not meeting your annual reading-challenge goals. i have been gathering links all year when tasty little tales have popped into my feed, but i will also accept additional suggestions, as long as they meet my aforementioned 1), 2) standards.
GR has deleted the pages for several of the stories i've read in previous years without warning, leaving me with a bunch of missing reviews and broken links, which makes me feel shitty. i have tried to restore the ones i could, but my to-do list is already a ball of nightmares, so that's still a work-in-progress. however, because i don't have a lot of time to waste, and because my brain has felt scraped clean ever since my bout with covid, i'm not going to bother writing much in the way of reviews for these, in case GR decides to scrap 'em again.
i am doing my best.
merry merry.
DECEMBER 31
a wonderful way to close out this project! with some humbling truths about where we rank, cosmically.
so, happy new year's eve, everyone! here's to another year of flapping [our] meat at each other, of being meat all the way through, of being thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat.
here's to another year of being all alone in an unutterably cold Universe.
read it for yourself here meet the meat:
http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
2022:
DECEMBER 1: PORGEE'S BOAR - JONATHAN CARROLL
DECEMBER 2: SKELETON SONG - SEANAN MCGUIRE
DECEMBER 3: JUDGE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MANUSCRIPT - LAVIE TIDHAR
DECEMBER 4: QUANDARY AMINU VS THE BUTTERFLY MAN - RICH LARSON
DECEMBER 5: IN MERCY, RAIN - SEANAN MCGUIRE
DECEMBER 6: CHOKE - SUYI DAVIES OKUNGBOWA
DECEMBER 7: THIS PLACE IS BEST SHUNNED - DAVID ERIK NELSON
DECEMBER 8: RED PYRAMID - VLADIMIR SOROKIN
DECEMBER 9: HOSPICE/HONEYMOON - JOYCE CAROL OATES
DECEMBER 10: MY FIRST CAR - JOY WILLIAMS
DECEMBER 11: HOW MANY - BRYAN WASHINGTON
DECEMBER 12: KENNY BOND SHOT MY DOG - CHRISSY KOLAYA
DECEMBER 13: I KNOW YOU'RE THERE - PAUL TREMBLAY
DECEMBER 14: THE THERESA JOB - COLSON WHITEHEAD
DECEMBER 15: CATTLE HAUL -JESMYN WARD
DECEMBER 16: I LIKE YOUR SHOES - KEVIN BROCKMEIER
DECEMBER 17: SOME OTHER ANIMAL'S MEAT - EMILY CARROLL
DECEMBER 18: THE MOM OF BOLD ACTION - GEORGE SAUNDERS
DECEMBER 19: THE WEIGHT - ANNE ENRIGHT
DECEMBER 20: THE FIFTH STEP - STEPHEN KING
DECEMBER 21: OUR LIFE AS THE VOLCANO CULT - KAWAI STRONG WASHBURN
DECEMBER 22: WRONG OBJECT - MONA SIMPSON
DECEMBER 23: 68:HAZARD:COLD - JANELLE SHANE
DECEMBER 24: A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES - DYLAN THOMAS
DECEMBER 25: CATHAY - STEVEN MILLHAUSER
DECEMBER 26: THE KINGDOM THAT FAILED - HARUKI MURAKAMI
DECEMBER 27: ANNUNCIATION - LAUREN GROFF
DECEMBER 28: NOTES ON A WAR-TORN CHILDHOOD - SARA NOVIC
DECEMBER 29: BAD DOG - RAFIL KROLL-ZAIDI
DECEMBER 30: MURDER MERMAIDS MAKE MISTAKES - SANDRA SCHMUHL LONG
FROM THE BEFORETIMES:
2016 short story advent calendar
2017 short story advent calendar
2018 short story advent calendar
2019 short story advent calendar
2020 short story advent calendar
2021 short story advent calendar
this explanation/intro will be posted before each day’s short story. scroll down to get to the story-review.
this is the SEVENTH year of me doing a short story advent calendar as my december project. for those of you new to me or this endeavor, here’s the skinny: every day in december, i will be reading a short story that is 1) available free somewhere on internet, and 2) listed on goodreads as its own discrete entity. there will be links provided for those of you who like to read (or listen to) short stories for free, and also for those of you who have wildly overestimated how many books you can read in a year and are freaking out about not meeting your annual reading-challenge goals. i have been gathering links all year when tasty little tales have popped into my feed, but i will also accept additional suggestions, as long as they meet my aforementioned 1), 2) standards.
GR has deleted the pages for several of the stories i've read in previous years without warning, leaving me with a bunch of missing reviews and broken links, which makes me feel shitty. i have tried to restore the ones i could, but my to-do list is already a ball of nightmares, so that's still a work-in-progress. however, because i don't have a lot of time to waste, and because my brain has felt scraped clean ever since my bout with covid, i'm not going to bother writing much in the way of reviews for these, in case GR decides to scrap 'em again.
i am doing my best.
merry merry.
DECEMBER 31
a wonderful way to close out this project! with some humbling truths about where we rank, cosmically.
so, happy new year's eve, everyone! here's to another year of flapping [our] meat at each other, of being meat all the way through, of being thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat.
here's to another year of being all alone in an unutterably cold Universe.
http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
2022:
DECEMBER 1: PORGEE'S BOAR - JONATHAN CARROLL
DECEMBER 2: SKELETON SONG - SEANAN MCGUIRE
DECEMBER 3: JUDGE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MANUSCRIPT - LAVIE TIDHAR
DECEMBER 4: QUANDARY AMINU VS THE BUTTERFLY MAN - RICH LARSON
DECEMBER 5: IN MERCY, RAIN - SEANAN MCGUIRE
DECEMBER 6: CHOKE - SUYI DAVIES OKUNGBOWA
DECEMBER 7: THIS PLACE IS BEST SHUNNED - DAVID ERIK NELSON
DECEMBER 8: RED PYRAMID - VLADIMIR SOROKIN
DECEMBER 9: HOSPICE/HONEYMOON - JOYCE CAROL OATES
DECEMBER 10: MY FIRST CAR - JOY WILLIAMS
DECEMBER 11: HOW MANY - BRYAN WASHINGTON
DECEMBER 12: KENNY BOND SHOT MY DOG - CHRISSY KOLAYA
DECEMBER 13: I KNOW YOU'RE THERE - PAUL TREMBLAY
DECEMBER 14: THE THERESA JOB - COLSON WHITEHEAD
DECEMBER 15: CATTLE HAUL -JESMYN WARD
DECEMBER 16: I LIKE YOUR SHOES - KEVIN BROCKMEIER
DECEMBER 17: SOME OTHER ANIMAL'S MEAT - EMILY CARROLL
DECEMBER 18: THE MOM OF BOLD ACTION - GEORGE SAUNDERS
DECEMBER 19: THE WEIGHT - ANNE ENRIGHT
DECEMBER 20: THE FIFTH STEP - STEPHEN KING
DECEMBER 21: OUR LIFE AS THE VOLCANO CULT - KAWAI STRONG WASHBURN
DECEMBER 22: WRONG OBJECT - MONA SIMPSON
DECEMBER 23: 68:HAZARD:COLD - JANELLE SHANE
DECEMBER 24: A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES - DYLAN THOMAS
DECEMBER 25: CATHAY - STEVEN MILLHAUSER
DECEMBER 26: THE KINGDOM THAT FAILED - HARUKI MURAKAMI
DECEMBER 27: ANNUNCIATION - LAUREN GROFF
DECEMBER 28: NOTES ON A WAR-TORN CHILDHOOD - SARA NOVIC
DECEMBER 29: BAD DOG - RAFIL KROLL-ZAIDI
DECEMBER 30: MURDER MERMAIDS MAKE MISTAKES - SANDRA SCHMUHL LONG
FROM THE BEFORETIMES:
2016 short story advent calendar
2017 short story advent calendar
2018 short story advent calendar
2019 short story advent calendar
2020 short story advent calendar
2021 short story advent calendar
December 10, 2016
EVEN though Terry Bisson's "They're Made Out of Meat" is a science-fiction short story, but it is more akin to theatre of the absurd. The only characters in it are two aliens from an unnamed planet who are arguing with each other about humans. However, they refer to humans as meat.
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they're made out of meat."
"Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
I was immediately reminded of the absurd dialogue going on between Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot". The story's absurdity is what makes it funny and interesting.
How I wonder what would happened to the aliens had they seen meat eating meat and meat killing meat!
Mr Bisson's short story had first been published in the science-fiction magazine Omni in 1990. It was a Nebula Award Nominee for Best Short Story (1991).
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they're made out of meat."
"Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
I was immediately reminded of the absurd dialogue going on between Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot". The story's absurdity is what makes it funny and interesting.
How I wonder what would happened to the aliens had they seen meat eating meat and meat killing meat!
Mr Bisson's short story had first been published in the science-fiction magazine Omni in 1990. It was a Nebula Award Nominee for Best Short Story (1991).
November 6, 2017
Alright! This was pretty hysterical. It might just be due to the fact that I'm a sick puppy; saw the cover and title and had Solyent Green thoughts, and then cackled my way through this short story.
Want quick and funny? Winner. Bonus: Free.
"Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!"
Unbelievable, but this was actually a GR recommendation. Shocking, I know.
Want quick and funny? Winner. Bonus: Free.
"Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!"
Unbelievable, but this was actually a GR recommendation. Shocking, I know.
July 28, 2017
Humor can't get better than this.
Deep realization engulfs you when you realise that everything is centred around meat!
Will anyone listen to Calvin's prayers?
Deep realization engulfs you when you realise that everything is centred around meat!
Will anyone listen to Calvin's prayers?
January 13, 2016
Too funny!
September 14, 2016
They're Made of Meat is about two aliens discovering life on earth, and talking about how absurd it is that we're essentially pieces of talking meat. It's short and sweet with a dash of hilarity.
December 7, 2016
"Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal!"
This is the first story, in my experience, which doesn't have any background description. It contains just Dialogues, Dialogues and Dialogues.
OVERVIEW
This is the story about Us! I mean humans. There are two aliens (I suppose, because author didn't tell us who were talking) who capture some humans (they call human a piece of 'meat') and study them and find they born and they die also.
Author describes that in this way:
"They're born meat and they die meat."
You can just say that author describes human race in little hilarious way.
I loved this story. Great!
I recommend this short story to everyone! Just spare 5 minutes. You will enjoy!
Click below to read:
http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page...
Point out my mistakes if there are any. I would be happy to see that.
Thanks for your attention! ^__^
11 Oct 2016
February 25, 2018
Got two to three minutes?
Feel like reading an entertaining, thoughtful SF short story that will make you chuckle?
Lift your meaty paw, grab your mouse and click on this link: http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page...
Thanks to Sr3yas for introducing me to this one- it's a fun story that I had somehow never encountered, despite it being made into an acclaimed short film.
Likewise I had never heard of Terry Bisson, and will now be seeking out his other work. If They're Made Out of Meat is any indication, he is an inventive writer with solid comedy chops - not something I've found to be common in SF outside the works of Iain M. Banks.
P.S: Despite the title this story is vegetarian friendly and is is no way icky.
Feel like reading an entertaining, thoughtful SF short story that will make you chuckle?
Lift your meaty paw, grab your mouse and click on this link: http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page...
Thanks to Sr3yas for introducing me to this one- it's a fun story that I had somehow never encountered, despite it being made into an acclaimed short film.
Likewise I had never heard of Terry Bisson, and will now be seeking out his other work. If They're Made Out of Meat is any indication, he is an inventive writer with solid comedy chops - not something I've found to be common in SF outside the works of Iain M. Banks.
P.S: Despite the title this story is vegetarian friendly and is is no way icky.
December 27, 2022
"They're Made Out of Meat" is one of my favorite sci-fi short stories. It is such a funny view of humanity. Two aliens are discussing the communication from a newly discovered life form. One alien is incredulous of the other alien's description of the life forms. They are made of meat. They communicate with meat-made flaps. They even have a brain made of meat. It's revolting and hilarious as you realize that they are describing humanity. We seem to be the only alien race that isn't a machine of some kind. In the end, we are food and therefore unfit for acceptance into the wider universe of intelligent beings, so we are left communicating into the void, thinking we are all alone. I love Bisson's funny delivery of how awesomely weird humanity is. His alien dialogue is hysterical and keeps the tone light. Such a great little science fiction story!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 31, 2021
Short and sweet! OK, short and, um, we humans are just too unbearably icky. "...thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you beginning to get the picture or do I have to start all over?”
“Omigod. You’re serious then. They’re made out of meat!”
Indeed. 🤮 🤢 👾 🛸
Added to the "Fermi Paradox" list. And there's an older PKD tale that I expect Bisson read in his youth, along these lines : "Beyond Lies the Wub." Dick's character was a talking pig, and that one is online at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28554/... . PKD's first published story! Planet Stories, July 1952. And another, by Dafyd ab Hugh, about a talking cat that the other animals call "Mr. Dinner".....
OK, here's Michael Swanwick's homage/pastiche to this story: "They're Made of Carbon"
https://web.archive.org/web/200601110...
Very entertaining.
“Omigod. You’re serious then. They’re made out of meat!”
Indeed. 🤮 🤢 👾 🛸
Added to the "Fermi Paradox" list. And there's an older PKD tale that I expect Bisson read in his youth, along these lines : "Beyond Lies the Wub." Dick's character was a talking pig, and that one is online at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28554/... . PKD's first published story! Planet Stories, July 1952. And another, by Dafyd ab Hugh, about a talking cat that the other animals call "Mr. Dinner".....
OK, here's Michael Swanwick's homage/pastiche to this story: "They're Made of Carbon"
https://web.archive.org/web/200601110...
Very entertaining.
May 16, 2017
"Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone ..."
*heart shatters into a million pieces*
*heart shatters into a million pieces*
October 11, 2016
Short, smart and humorous write-up :D What an enjoyable read.
Deep yet amusing.
Thinking meat! Concious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal.
Deep yet amusing.
Thinking meat! Concious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal.
May 8, 2023
from the Earth Journal of Scientific Analyst SLJLK92349UO,
Earth Invasion Exploratory Unit
hilarious and true
read for free, robot brethren: http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
Earth Invasion Exploratory Unit
hilarious and true
read for free, robot brethren: http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
October 27, 2016
What did I just read? I'm not entirely sure.
This short story is hilarious and very entertaining. I was smiling and laughing through all five pages. I gotta agree with the more intelligent life-forms, us Meat sure are some strange phenomenon.
“Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone ...”
4 stars!!
This short story is hilarious and very entertaining. I was smiling and laughing through all five pages. I gotta agree with the more intelligent life-forms, us Meat sure are some strange phenomenon.
“Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone ...”
4 stars!!
January 8, 2016
LOL
This was fun.
Just 5 pages and it's free. http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page...
Recommend.
This was fun.
Just 5 pages and it's free. http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page...
Recommend.
January 11, 2016
Meet the Meat. Just don't eat the Meat.
August 13, 2016
I just came across this book and read it because it doesn't really take much time to finish 5 pages long book. It is a humorous and amazing story.And it was surprisingly good!
February 5, 2021
A very short story on maybe why we seem to be all alone in the universe. Cleverly done!
Story here : http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
Story here : http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-mad...
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