[2476] in Humor
Re: "J. Hart": [vu: 695] First Contact....Oops.....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Chuang)
Thu Oct 1 23:32:27 1998
To: Nicholson Joy <jjnichol@mic.atr.co.jp>
Cc: humor@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Oct 1998 12:18:07 +0900."
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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 23:30:46 EDT
From: "William Chuang" <wchuang@MIT.EDU>
On Oct 1 of 1998, <jjnichol@mic.atr.co.jp> wrote:
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> Imagine if you will... the leader of the fifth invader force speaking
> to the commander in chief...
>
> "They're made out of meat."
>
> "Meat?"
>
> "Meat. They're made out of meat."
>
> "Meat?"
>
> ... <<trimmed for brevity>>
This short story is by author Terry Bisson, from the collection
"Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories" copyright 1994 (Tor Books).
It was a 1991 Nebula nominee.
If you're interested in his other works, check out his homepage at:
http://www.sff.net/people/tbisson/index.htp
-William
