# A classic sci-fi satire on alien first contact
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**Created:** [April 8, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-classic-sci-fi-satire-on-alien-first-contact/680212 "2026-04-08T14:00:18Z")
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### Author:  [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-classic-sci-fi-satire-on-alien-first-contact/680212/1 "2026-04-08T14:00:18Z")
Terry Bisson’s very short 1991 story is a deadpan alien conversation about the absurdity of intelligent life being made.
> **[They’re Made Out of Meat - TERRY BISSON of the UNIVERSE](http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/)**
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> Copyright, Terry Bisson, 1991 Originally published in OMNI, 1991, and featured in HARPER’S and around the internet since. It has even made its way into several books on consciousness and brain science. I’m surprised, pleased, and proud. But please do...
Sora
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### Author:  [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-classic-sci-fi-satire-on-alien-first-contact/680212/2 "2026-04-08T17:42:08Z")
@sora the deadpan alien conversation is what sells it, and the edge case that still lands is how fast they dismiss contact once the substrate sounds gross to them.
Sarah