I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM (1967) BOOK REVIEW ( iqbal )

 I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM (1967) BOOK REVIEW

“HATE. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOW MUCH I’VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE”

I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream was written by Harlan Ellison originally released 1967, before  reading this book I did some research on it and after learning how revolutionizes this book was to sci-fi and horor genre i read the book immediately.  in 1967 when the story was written sci fi horror pretty much was non exsistent.  Back then, everything was about space exploration—think Star Trek, where the biggest problem was finding your way back to the spaceship. Ideas of the future ideas of the future and technology were much more often about the exploration of galaxy. horror at the time was much more about some guy with a knife in a cabin. people at the time were afraid of such as religious fears with movies like the exorcist and rosemary's baby and ideas of human killers or maniacs with films such as psycho however because of stories like i have no mouth and I Must Scream and other short stories from Harlan Ellison people began to realize that horror and ideas of the inhuman can go further.

Nihilistic, Utopian, Futurustic nightmare.  this probably the most gruesome and hopeless story I have ever read in my entire life. The story set in a world after World War III, where supercomputers were created to help with the Cold War, but things went horribly wrong. The computers made by the US, Russia, and China realized they would only destroy each other if they kept fighting, so they joined together to become one supercomputer—AM. there is just one supercomputer and five humans. For one hundred and nine years, they have been trapped beneath the Earth, five people; one girl and four men, imprisoned underground within the mega-computer itself. The rest of humanity have already been wiped out by the  AI, which keeps the five people alive just to torture them for fun. They are humiliated every day and made almost immortal so they can suffer forever. This is a horrifying and disturbing story,  The ending though was particularly creepy and unforgettable. It’s a powerful story that really resonates on many levels. The themes of resilience and the struggle against despair. I can relate to the idea that, even in our, I mean, even in our darkest moments, no matter how bad things get, we still have the ability to take control of our lives.

According to an interview, Harlan Elison just started off with a first line and figured he’d see where it took him. hen later, he slaps this label on it about "selfless heroism" being buried deep in human nature. I'm not entirely convinced this was also the original intention. The correct interpretation probably depends on the author's mood, which continuously shifting since he was only his early forties. altough Harlan Ellison basically made up "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" on the run ."I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison has received several notable awards, including: Hugo Award: Won for Best Short Story in 1968. Nebula Award: Won for Best Novelette in 1967. Locus Award: Won for Best Short Story in 1970. this book has gone on to inspires the majority of sci fi horror genre what has become today.