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Imagine writing something so incredibly brilliant (rather: adapting from the original) that it's entirely unlikely that you'll ever write something so incredible ever again.

But congrats: this is absolutely & incredibly brilliant.

Can't wait for the Jon Benjamin voiceover.

They're Made out of Meat

- Terry Bisson, 1991

https://web.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...

Radio play by Miriam Tolan and Russ Armstrong:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/studio/segments/168264-...

(EDIT: the original parent was missing "rather adapting from the original")

Your EDIT is untrue, but thanks for linking to originals.

Here is Jon Benjamin reading Bisson's original text: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5usXhX0zaO4>

Hmm. I could swear it wasn't there, hence my posting. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sorry for that.