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Adaptation of a 1991 short story by Terry Bisson, that can be read here. This short won the Grand Prize at the Seattle Science Fiction Museum's film festival.

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edit: There are other adaptations:

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[–] Attack0fthenerd 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have been sharing this short story for years, before the Internet I got it in a zine. Fantastic. How did I never run across this before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been sharing this video around for a looooong time, so it's heartening to hear that it is still finding new people who are in the target audience but haven't seen it.

There are other adaptations that I'll edit into my original post:

[–] Attack0fthenerd 2 points 1 year ago

Oh thanks! Gotta check out the other ones.