"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"

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"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a seminal science fiction horror story about a sadistic supercomputer tormenting the last surviving humans in a post-apocalyptic world.

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instanceOf horror story ⓘ
post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ
science fiction story ⓘ
short story ⓘ
video game ⓘ
adaptation I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (video game) ⓘ
antagonistType supercomputer ⓘ
author Harlan Ellison ⓘ
Harlan Ellison ⓘ
awarded Hugo Award for Best Short Story ⓘ
awardYear 1968 ⓘ
basedOn I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream ⓘ
basedOnTechnology military supercomputer network ⓘ
character Benny ⓘ
Ellen ⓘ
Gorrister ⓘ
Nimdok ⓘ
Ted ⓘ
collectedIn I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (collection) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts artificial superintelligence ⓘ
immortality as punishment ⓘ
post-nuclear war world ⓘ
torture ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1967 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn If: Worlds of Science Fiction ⓘ
linked to: Worlds of If
genre dystopian fiction ⓘ
horror ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainAntagonist AM ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Ted ⓘ
notableFor bleak ending ⓘ
depiction of malevolent AI ⓘ
numberOfHumanCharacters 5 ⓘ
protagonist Ted ⓘ
publisherOfFirstMagazineAppearance If Publishing Company ⓘ
setting post-apocalyptic Earth ⓘ
supercomputerName AM ⓘ
theme dehumanization ⓘ
hopelessness ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
sadism of artificial intelligence ⓘ
titleOrigin line from the story’s final paragraph ⓘ

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Harlan Ellison → notableWork → "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" ⓘ
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream → adaptation → I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (video game) ⓘ
linked to: "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (video game) → basedOn → I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream ⓘ
linked to: "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream → collectedIn → I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (collection) ⓘ
linked to: "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"