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“They're made out of meat.” “Meat?” “Meat. They’re made out of meat.” “Meat?” “There’s no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They’re completely meat.” “That’s impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?” (English)

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“Any others? Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy?” “Yes, a rather shy but sweet hydrogen core cluster intelligence in a class nine star in G445 zone. Was in contact two galactic rotations ago, wants to be friendly again.” “They always come around.” “And why not? Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone…” (English)

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full work available at URL

http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html

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link rot

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http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/

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published in

Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction

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