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I feel like Prim would have loved this.

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I wish I could read it!
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Is that supposed to be legible? It’s minuscule.
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Sorry, I posted it on Tapatalk. Must have shrunk it. Let me go find it again.
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Apologies for the stretch but it needs to be this long to be readable!
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Thanks, Al! I agree that Prim would have loved that.
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I love stories with really alien aliens. :)
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And yet it still betrays our own prejudices with regard to what we think life must be and what we consider "habitable" environments. Yes, well done!
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This is They're Made out of Meat by Terry Bisson, published in 1991 and nominated for Nebula. I feel certain that Prim knew it, and loved it.

The text is available here: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stori ... Made.shtml and a quick search brings up several videos of it being performed, such as this one

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Yes, I've read it on these boards somewhere before; maybe she was even the one who posted it...
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Actually it was posted by ... But Prim did specifically respond by talking about how great the author was.
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Wow. I'm getting senile. :)
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:hug:
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Don't feel bad; that makes you a strong candidate to be a major world leader!
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Great; another author recommendation from Prim! (Makes a quick note)

And that was great!
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In this Twitter thread, the Nebula and Hugo nominee Shiv Ramdas chronicles his brother-in-law's misadventure with a truck full of rice, and it's the best short story I read all year.

https://twitter.com/nameshiv/status/130 ... 15904?s=20
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That was hilarious!
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Tor made available a short story by Martha Wells set in the Murderbot universe after the 4th novella, Exit Strategy. (Which is still weeks away in my Libby queue.)

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Thank You! I’ll read it right away!

ETA: sigh. That was lovely. And I was reminded that I will have a nice surprise in my kindle soon. :D
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Once the series is complete, I think I'll get a boxed set from the local bookstore.
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