I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream - Softcover

Ellison, Harlan

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9780441363940: I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

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ISBN 10: 0441363946 ISBN 13: 9780441363940

Publisher: Ace, 1983

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"Ellison is a true virtuoso in his genre." PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY By law, one cannot copyright a title. If someone were stupid enough to do it, novels could be written and published with such titles as MOBY DICK, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, or GONE WITH THE WIND. But also, by law, ownership of a title can be guaranteed if it can be proved that the original author has established such a connection with the title that any duplication would infringe that linkage. How famous is this most famous of all Harlan Ellison's books? Well known enough that an English film company was stopped in its attempt to make a movie called I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream. It's Ellison's title, the company was told. For more than [fifty-one] years this work has been considered a classic of imaginative fiction. Isn't it about time you found out why? Discover why no one who has read this story has ever been able to forget it! Contents: Introduction: The Movers and the Shaker, by Theodore Sturgeon Foreword: How Science Fiction Saved Me From a Life of Crime I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream [1968 Hugo Award, Best Short Story] Big Sam Was My Friend Eyes of Dust World of Myth Lonelyache Delusions for a Dragon Slayer Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes

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About the Author:

HARLAN ELLISON has written or edited more than seventy books and more than 1,700 stories, essays, and articles, as well as dozens of screenplays and teleplays. He has won numerous awards, including the Edgar, Hugo, Nebula, and most recently an Audie� Award for Best Solo Narration. He lives in California.

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Harlan Ellison is arguably the finest short story writer in science fiction today, and this collection includes some of his best (certainly his most popular) work. His writings are mature, intense, and deeply affecting. The first two stories are probably the ones he's most famous for --"I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" (a horrifying story about people trapped inside a computer) and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" (a parable of society's dependence on the clock). Ellison, an Audie winner for narration, skillfully reads all of the stories himself, providing the boundless energy that makes this collection a complete success. S.D. � AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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