Watch "They're Made Out of Meat" on YouTube

[ysabetwordsmith]

I found a rather good version of Terry Bisson's short story "They're Made Out of Meat" on YouTube. Unfortunately, it doesn't include the ending, and it was evidently recorded that way on purpose. The full story is also online. I love this story because it portrays a genuinely alien -- and yet perfectly understandable -- perspective.

Comments

[fayanora]

Every time I read that, I get to the part where it says that we talk by flapping our meat at each other and sing by squirting air through our meat, and I about die laughing every time. :-)

Awesome adaptation!

[ideealisme]

Wow. That is brilliant, every word of it.

[beckyzoole]

Brilliant adaptation of one of my favorite stories!