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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Harlan Ellison

First published March 1967
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

After military AIs of different nations join up and become a sentient intelligence launching nuclear armageddon and wiping out humanity, it spares four men and one woman to torture forever, using its vast powers to transcend normal reality but keep them alive.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1968 Hugo Award Best Short Story Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (86)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1967 If, March 1967 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 24
April 1967 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 22
1968 World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 Ace Books Anthology 192
1969 World's Best Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology 194
1970 World's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Series Ace Books Anthology 192
May 1970 The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction Canfield Press Anthology 269
May 1970 The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction Harper & Row Anthology 269
1971 A Pocketful of Stars Doubleday Anthology 95
March 1971 Alone Against Tomorrow Macmillan Collection 15
March 1971 The World's Best S.F. No. 1 Sphere Books Anthology 195
June 1971 Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction Macmillan / SFBC Collection 3
July 1971 The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 269
September 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 486
October 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 486
1972 Alone Against Tomorrow Collier Books Collection 15
January 1972 The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 702
February 1972 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 22
February 1972 A Pocketful of Stars Doubleday Anthology 95
February 1972 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 22
July 1972 A Pocketful of Stars Gollancz Anthology 99
1973 Survival Printout Vintage Books Anthology 150
1973 The Hugo Winners Volume Two 1968-1970 Sphere Anthology 189
January 1973 The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction Perennial Library / Harper & Row Anthology 250
March 1973 All the Sounds of Fear Panther Collection 11
December 1973 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II Fawcett Crest Anthology 163
December 1973 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II Fawcett Crest Anthology 163
1974 Man Unwept: Visions from the Inner Eye McGraw-Hill Anthology 9
1974 Alone Against Tomorrow Collier Books Collection 15
January 1974 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 22
February 1974 The Mirror of Infinity: A Critics' Anthology of Science Fiction Perennial Library / Harper & Row Anthology 250
April 1974 Datamation, April 1974 Technical Publishing Company MAGAZINE 132
June 1974 A Pocketful of Stars Pan Books Anthology 118
November 1974 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 22
August 1975 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume II Fawcett Crest Anthology 163
December 1975 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 22
1976 Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction Collier Books Collection 15
July 1976 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Pyramid Books Collection 22
May 1978 Masterpieces of Science Fiction Ariel Books / Ballantine Books Anthology 32
June 1979 The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison Gregg Press Omnibus 186
June 1979 Wolf's Complete Book of Terror Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 10
June 1979 Wolf's Complete Book of Terror Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 10
December 1979 From Heinlein to Here Mentor / New American Library Anthology 431
August 1980 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest Anthology 163
1981 All the Sounds of Fear Granada Collection 11
May 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Oxford University Press Anthology 467
May 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Oxford University Press Anthology 467
August 1983 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Ace Books Collection 1
1984 R-A-M Random Access Messages of the Computer Age Hayden Book Company Anthology 141
1984 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Allen Lane Anthology 233
1984 R-A-M Random Access Messages of the Computer Age Hayden Book Company Anthology 141
January 1984 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 233
December 1984 Countdown to Midnight: Twelve Great Stories About Nuclear War DAW Books Anthology 146
December 1984 Countdown to Midnight: Twelve Great Stories About Nuclear War DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 146
1985 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Penguin Books Anthology 233
July 1985 Microworlds: Tales of the Computer Age Severn House Anthology |141
December 1985 Microworlds Hamlyn Anthology 127
September 1986 Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology Bluejay Books Anthology 289
September 1986 Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology Bluejay Books Anthology 289
1987 The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective Nemo Press Collection 167
August 1987 The Essential Ellison Nemo Press Collection 167
1988 Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology Harper & Row Anthology 378
October 1988 The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective Nemo Press / SFBC Collection 167
January 1989 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Anthology 163
October 1991 The Essential Ellison Morpheus International Collection 167
September 1992 The Super Hugos Baen Books Anthology 349
August 1994 The SF Collection Chancellor Press Anthology 359
July 1996 From Heinlein to Here Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 363
February 1997 The Essential Ellison Morpheus International Collection 167
May 2001 The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective Morpheus International Collection 177
March 2002 From Heinlein to Here Scarecrow Press Anthology 389
June 2005 The Essential Ellison: A 50-Year Retrospective Morpheus International Collection 177
2009 American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now The Library of America Anthology 197
August 2009 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream e-reads.com Collection
March 2011 I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Blackstone Audiobooks Collection |2
March 2012 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Gateway / Orion Collection |4
April 2014 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Open Road Integrated Media Collection |4
June 2014 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Open Road Integrated Media Collection |4
January 2015 The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press Collection 13
January 2015 The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press Collection
April 2015 The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison Subterranean Press Collection 13
September 2016 Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind's Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny Dover Publications Anthology 71
July 2021 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream and Other Works Recorded Books Omnibus |1004
2022 I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream and Other Works Recorded Books Omnibus |1004
March 2024 Greatest Hits Union Square & Co. Collection 19
March 2024 Greatest Hits Union Square & Co. Collection |5
April 2024 Greatest Hits Blackstone Publishing Collection |19