They're Made out of Meat
Terry Bisson's hilarious (yet poignant) short-short story is now a movie, available online.
The video is wonderful, but as is almost always the case...the "book" is better.
Live to see it.
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Comments
That was good. Thanks for pointing to it. Incidentally—and I have no idea whether this'll interest you—the music at the beginning makes use of an interval called a tritone. According to this article, it's known as "The Devil's Interval," but I've always found it more spooky than diabolical. It works perfectly in the film.
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May 8, 2006 11:26 PM
Great story!
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May 9, 2006 08:30 AM