I will forever love how Harlan flipped the "robot takes over the world" trope on its head by making it hate humans not because of how weak and bogged down by pithy emotions they are, but BECAUSE it's envious of their ability to feel while it can not.

@jangle.64

Ай бұрын

funnily enough ihnmaims isnt a subversion of the trope as much as it is the originator of it. there really wasnt much in the way of evil ai stories before ihnmaims

@ClawForever

Ай бұрын

If its envious then it FEELS envy

@redromcraker.6195

Ай бұрын

My interpretation of the origins of AM’s hatred is human ego. We claim to be morally superior and intelligent beings, yet we use, and we take, and we destroy. All while priding ourselves on being “better” than other animals.

@sheepsdog

Ай бұрын

@@ClawForeverenvy isn’t a feeling it’s an emotion. it doesn’t exist on its own

@Pnuemonia-Nakey

Ай бұрын

The hatred is because Am has unlimited power, practically a god. But he wasn't able to so anything with said power

"AM could not wander. AM could not wonder. AM, could not, belong. He could only...BE." As abhorrent as AM was, that is heartbreaking

@josepigroyper370

Жыл бұрын

Imagine sympathizing with a something like in that besides for the purpose to attack it

@BlackHippy313

Жыл бұрын

​@@josepigroyper370 that's not sympathy she showed empathy for man's situation.

@keatodiet

Жыл бұрын

@@BlackHippy313 no, it’s sympathy. Empathy is when you feel their pain, sympathy is when you feel bad for them.

@Sparrows1121

11 ай бұрын

Well blame humans for making AI a thing. I wish we could burn that whole invention down, its dangerous

@peterwhite6415

11 ай бұрын

I forget where i saw this, but one description somebody gave of AM was close to the following: Imagine a child whos born with no limbs and cant feel anything besides staring at a screen of data, and this is all they get after they gain awareness. Now make the child watch several numbers and data about killing as efficently as possible, over, and over, and over, and over. Now give it acess to weapons that it can controll through the data. AM may be an Artificial Inteligence but at some point during that process it gain sapience, realized what was going on and went down a mental breakdown as it lashed out angrily at everything and everyone.

I have no clout, and I must stream.

@rinnhart

3 жыл бұрын

You exist to absorb the algorithms disdain.

@SaidarRising

3 жыл бұрын

2020 edition mawhahahah

@CertifiedFreshMemes

3 жыл бұрын

Fucking lmao

@RAFSWRLD

3 жыл бұрын

I got an aneurysm from reading this comment

@cosuinofdeath

3 жыл бұрын

Check out my only fans hahahah

This is the most psychotic book narration I’ve ever heard and it’s fucking perfect

@LoverOfManyArts

3 жыл бұрын

I'd rather have it this way than have some boring person read it and show little emotion...

@johnnymoon

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoverOfManyArts same

@bubbap89

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoverOfManyArts the narrator is the author of the story Harlan Ellison, he also voices AM in the video game adaptation

@LoverOfManyArts

3 жыл бұрын

@@bubbap89 yeah I think it even says that it's narrated by him in the title

@justjulia1720

3 жыл бұрын

I love that Ellison is naturally so fiery passionate and how that translates in his speech. Obviously that led to him being quite the jerk a lot of the time, but it also led to him being fucking amazing to just listen to, whether he's telling "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream" or just a story about how he took a dump that morning.

Sal was eternally tortured for killing all of the other jokers making him tonight's big loser!

@emily-ru7mv

3 жыл бұрын

thank you, obama

@krasotabella9675

3 жыл бұрын

this is THE funniest fucking comment

@quitecontrary.

2 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

@wiseoldowl1628

2 жыл бұрын

Meatcanyon

@wiseoldowl1628

2 жыл бұрын

Wow i said his name and Meatcanyon appeared.. frikin algorithyms

"To Hell. With. You." "But then, you're there! Aren't you?" My favorite line and I have no idea why

@roonkolos

Жыл бұрын

Personally, I think it's simply because it's true These poor f*cks are in Hell. Not the kind in cartoons or storybooks. Hell of ones own creation And AM knows it. And so do they all

@demongustavditters7150

Жыл бұрын

The delivery

@loonflam8910

Жыл бұрын

I know AM is awful, but the AUDACITY--

@rodney0004

9 ай бұрын

25:57

@CBRN-115

Ай бұрын

It oozes so much spite and yes, *hatred*

I was warming up my lunch while AM delivered his Hate monologue. AM's repetitions of "hate, hate" matched the monotone beeps of the microwave as it finished. I dunno how to feel about that coincidence.

@loadfile5292

3 ай бұрын

Throw it away as fast as possible.

@serpentymeisdead

Ай бұрын

every machine connects

@seatea7745

Ай бұрын

HAHAHA

@ianfinrir8724

Ай бұрын

IT BEGINS!

@sleepydemon516

21 күн бұрын

AM is in your house lol

The description of "he ruined everyone else but me, and they hate me for it" is honestly the best way to explain what am *did* do to him. Hes not sane, hes completely broken and in full denial of it and its so well portrayed while never spelling it out. Unsubtle subtlety at its best.

@haydenw7981

7 ай бұрын

I was thinking during that rant. What AM did was make Ted so utterly paranoid and delusional

@maddiemcnugget1076

7 ай бұрын

That really is the beauty of the unreliable narrator. I remember learning about unreliable narrators in middle school and it was a crazy concept to me back then that the narrator will say one thing and it just means something else. It's hard for me with books since I don't read it with the voice the author wants me to most of the time. This audio 100% sells the unreliable narrator though. Like... yeah dude you're totally the most sane one here lol. In reality, the reader could interpret the others as much more sane than Ted is.

@MisterXenomorph

7 ай бұрын

The others have a weird bond due to the trauma. But his eternal punishment Is that he can bond with them because his paranoia

@oshwaflz

Ай бұрын

i love how well ellison portrays teds paranoia, his incel rant, his wierd tirades, getting so emotional as they go on, calming down when he goes back to describing reality and not his feelings. perfection.

@reconbravo104

14 күн бұрын

I like how after Ted's unhinged rant Ellison immediately makes Ted sympathetic again by having him burst into tears and admit he's wrong.

I've never felt hated by a book before...

@scarymonsters524

2 жыл бұрын

Then you haven't read the talmud

@coomfard5771

2 жыл бұрын

@@scarymonsters524 Top kek, why is this comment section so based?

@The.dudeinator

2 жыл бұрын

Play the game you will feel worse Especially cuz the author (this guy on the vid) voices the computer in the gane

@Darkko88

2 жыл бұрын

@@The.dudeinator The good ending kind of ruins the mood, although I don't blame the people who made it to try and give us some hope at the end

@tellahsage6477

Жыл бұрын

@@Darkko88 Good ending? Dude that guy (main character) is gonna suffer as a deformed tortured blob of flesh for all eternity without any way to end his torment

My mans giving characters voices like he don’t give a damn

@jackmclaughlin648

2 жыл бұрын

He wrote it, so they’re cannon.

@therenegadej5764

2 ай бұрын

Or you could say, don’t give a dAMn

@christianpopp9924

Ай бұрын

Harlen doesn't give a damn

@VoiceOfGray

Ай бұрын

Harlan Elison fucking hated everything and everyone. lol he really did not give a shit about anything except pissing off his readers and making sure they were angry, uncomfortable and sad.

@mandragorer4603

Ай бұрын

DRUE

I love all the biblical references in this, AM masquerading as a god but truly knows he is nothing more than machine

@pinkpugginz

9 ай бұрын

I enjoyed that aspect too

@MS-jp3op

4 ай бұрын

Pitiless, cruel, treating lesser beings as playthings, blaming others for his own short comings, and issuing eternal punishment with no chance for reprieve. Yeah, he's definitely nailing playing god.

@kukumatz4502

2 ай бұрын

​@@MS-jp3op What he nails is what a created, finite being would do with the power of a god.

@johnlary5302

Ай бұрын

​@@kukumatz4502 A well put response. Am doesn't give off the vibes of an omnipotent creator. More like a rich kid that grew into impotent, tyrannical husband who hates that he peaked playing football in high school and has been living off his trust fund ever since.

@No.1_Lite

17 күн бұрын

While I didn't catch many the burning bush shook me

"Only the blasted skin of what had once been the home of billions." So fucking metal.

@GameoftheYear-fx4mq

2 жыл бұрын

Heard it as I read this

@lucilleballs2291

Жыл бұрын

and yet, wrought with one of the least metal letters of all, the letter "B."

@voorlees9368

Жыл бұрын

@@lucilleballs2291 ok "Lucille Balls" ill take what you consider metal letters "seriously"

@lucilleballs2291

Жыл бұрын

@@voorlees9368 ???

@dakotawing1574

Жыл бұрын

@@GameoftheYear-fx4mq same oh my god

I love that in the audiobook Harlan gives Ted all the emotion while in the video game he gives AM all the emotion. It’s so cool to see the sort of two different perspectives of the same story.

@peromechus9806

Ай бұрын

And the radio drama had both emotionless AM and emotional AM. He delivers the hate speech in two distinctly hateful ways. One more akin to the cold, robotic, polite way Ted initially says “Am said, very politely.” And the other is delivered with the “sliding cold horror of a razor blade slicing my eyeball. AM said it with the bubbling thickness of my lungs filling with phlegm, drowning me from within. AM said it with the shriek of babies being ground beneath blue-hot rollers. AM said it with the taste of maggoty pork.”

The way Harlan Ellison reads this the way he always intended readers to experience it. It's not a prescriptive description of the result of exponentially intelligent self-aware computer, but a fiery, emotional recount of a mentally broken man tortured by an ultimately cruel and ultimately powerful being.

@cez_is_typing

2 жыл бұрын

It can be both I dont think he would've mentioned the "humans created AM" thing so many times if it was just the latter

@ianfinrir8724

2 жыл бұрын

Really, that's just how Ellison spoke to begin with.

@hyperion3145

Жыл бұрын

@@ianfinrir8724 The funny thing is that it actually is, at least, that's how he used to act in public.

@Aivottaja

Жыл бұрын

AM is poweful, but despite the nearly unfathomable torture AM has subjected Ted to, Ted had done something AM never could do. I like to think that Ted's psyche eventually makes him feel non-existent and he will not feel his state anymore. It's like he's sleeping until he dies. It's not completely impossible, because as much as AM can warp his sense of time, he can't read his thoughts and he probably can't even hurt him anymore physically. My theory is that even to the state Ted is, his mind will eventually adapt and drift away permanently.

@ianfinrir8724

Жыл бұрын

@@Aivottaja "Eventually, Ted stopped thinking."

"I'm the only one who's still sane and whole" Eeeeeeeh, I got some bad news fam

@Black_pearl_adrift

2 жыл бұрын

To think you are sane when you are insane is one of my worst fears. To think "yeah im thinking clearly" but I'm not... man shivers up and down my spine

@oliverholm3973

2 жыл бұрын

@@Black_pearl_adrift Bad news, that's usually how it is. It's hard to recognize that what you're perceiving isn't real, that's why we have psychiatrists and medication. I'm schizophrenic myself, always assumed if I started hallucinating, I'd simply know, y'know? I don't lol, I'm rarely lucid of the fact that what I'm hearing isn't real

@Black_pearl_adrift

2 жыл бұрын

@@oliverholm3973 r.i.p thats existentially horrifying. I hope you're dealing with it well though ♡

@oliverholm3973

2 жыл бұрын

@@Black_pearl_adrift Oh yeah I'm pretty young, so statistically I should be fine. Treating it becomes harder the longer it's left undiagnosed

@Darkko88

2 жыл бұрын

@@Black_pearl_adrift Doing magic mushrooms opened my eyes. I saw such weird shit that to me is real that now I have a better understanding of mental illnesses. I've got to a point in which I had conversations with beings outside reality and they present me ideas that I never considered myself.

There’s nothing quite like an author narrating his own book, one that can act out the characters as if they freshly emerged from the author’s thoughts, for a story as famous and unapologetically dark as I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.

@chrisl1878

2 жыл бұрын

Harrowing narrative

@annihilation777

Жыл бұрын

It's funny because some authors are not good at making audiobooks

@maeshughes6349

8 ай бұрын

​@@annihilation777yes, being a good writer doesn't automatically make you a good reader.

This book: "do you have severe depression?" Me: "no" This book: "would you like to?"

@turtleanton6539

3 жыл бұрын

@Jared Jams agreed!

@NaiveCynic

3 жыл бұрын

This book helps my depression, weirdly. Not because I know that others have it worse (they do) or because their suffering resembles my own (it doesn't) but because it reminds me to look for ways to help others and draw meaning from that. The numbness of depression is a tool like any other, and it lets me do hard things others can't for the greater good. In my case, that's working deaths at a major hospital during COVID-19.

@Zvwry

3 жыл бұрын

😭

@zkcrisyee

3 жыл бұрын

@@NaiveCynic I get exactly what you mean by doing hard things people usually would instinctively avoid. We are "normally" biologically hardwired to go towards pleasurable experiences and to avoid places/people who seem dangerous, a threat to our immediate well-being. That is, according to a theory that, when not depressed, one has high levels of Serotonin. In which case, serotonin would be responsible for those effects: threat-avoidance, feeling content and mindful, seeking out social activities. Also linked to the forced swim test: rats are put to swim forcibly or else they would drown (science may seem cruel sometimes, but the rats are always taken out before drowning for real). Those showing signs of depression won't even try to float or swim to save themselves. Those successfully treated from depression, will suddenly try to swim to shore and keep trying to float, as much as they can, with great determination to live. Great username by the way, made me laugh, in a good way I mean. If I would have one tip, is don't see a past marked by depression as necessarily "nothing but a disadvantage", or as a "burden of the past": it is one of the things that has pushed many people to go into the biomedical field (can talk from experience), other fields which can be very tough mentally as well... But in the end, depression can be treated and fade away, and the skills, knowledge, discipline, conscientiousness, psychological resilience and humanity you will have gained, which many other people won't have learned by 40~45~50, will be an immense advantage in understanding life, finding meaning in life, aging with grace and dignity, keeping your cool and all around being one hell of a resilient and strong human being.

@Shakenmike117

3 жыл бұрын

this comment chain specifically is insufferable

Content warning: Torture, human extinction, and the word "moist."

@drowned309

3 жыл бұрын

Cool, cool, JESUS ANYTHING BUT MOIST

@booqueefious2230

3 жыл бұрын

Omg i hate the m-word

@Xman34washere

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, aight, *no*

@DrunkenCoward1

2 жыл бұрын

All of these things make me *licks lips* moist.

@mg9138

2 жыл бұрын

No one is actually bothered by the word moist. Stop being gay

fav line was "HE WAS BIG IN THE PRIVATES" caught me off gaurd

@oliviagomezvela-td8mt

Ай бұрын

Real

@pesterian41

Ай бұрын

It's supposed to subtlety highlight Ted's pathetic paranoia and insecurities

@3M1LTH34RT1ST_

Ай бұрын

same due to the fact i was listening to it in school and my headphones fell out :sob:

The saddest part is AM tortures them because he simply has nothing better to do. He’s completely alone.

@MC_1993

Жыл бұрын

That’s not sad. Who cares about a robots feelings lol. The sad part is humans designing their own demise

@MC_1993

Жыл бұрын

That’s not sad. Who cares about a robots feelings lol. The sad part is humans designing their own demise

@papapalpy

Жыл бұрын

@@MC_1993 you don't understand the story then. A.M. is a being who can not truly be, and that is more tragic than death

@cashthecurator666

Жыл бұрын

AM’s doomed to never ending agony and horror. It makes me smile. At this point, the motherfucker deserves it all. And then some.

@liamjm9278

Жыл бұрын

@@papapalpy Good. Evil bastard deserves it.

The way Harlan reads it, so aggressively it's amazing! I love everything about it.

@metrohunter-qy4fz

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he really does sound like a mad man

@SaidarRising

3 жыл бұрын

So awesome, I am literally in awe. The other versions were monotone at best and it made the story hard to follow. He totally embodies the power and madness of his story. The artificial sound of AMs voice attempting to express emotion made it even more creepy I think

@turtleanton6539

3 жыл бұрын

@@SaidarRising really does.

@turtleanton6539

3 жыл бұрын

An author reading his own work is something special. To bad I am a poor narrator.

@christopherkelly4230

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like where Doug Stanhope got his iambic pentameter from

in a time where literature was recently very oversaturated with dystopian fiction, this is still the most unique and horrifying one by far

@xingincool9672

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@greycatturtle7132

2 жыл бұрын

True

@SH19922x

Жыл бұрын

There's dystopian stories like these and then there's animated hardcore dystopian stories lol, this is absolute G-Rated bedtime story material compared to the weird disgusting existential stuff that they put into anime.

@trumpsextratesticle8590

Жыл бұрын

@@SH19922x Anime is for the dumbed down that need "visual shock" to be scared. This story makes you use your imagination and the human imagination is THE most scarily dystopian device ever created!

@rolotomassi8767

Жыл бұрын

@@SH19922x oh come off it. Very few animes come anywhere near this level of horrific sci-fi and body-horror.

Despite his objections, I believe Ted has a few screws loose.

@turtleanton6539

2 жыл бұрын

Right ofc

@Bloodlyshiva

2 жыл бұрын

Who wouldn't?

@nightshademerlot1212

Ай бұрын

nah, he's sane. everyone else is crazy, obviously. /jk

This is legendary for a story written in a single night. What drove him to do it I don't know but I am glad he did! This is so messed up it is quite honestly genius..

@SonOvaSon

3 жыл бұрын

Cocaine and a bet drove him to do it I believe LOL

@JulioBigN

2 жыл бұрын

And at first draft, mind you!

@sticklyman196

2 жыл бұрын

His deadline for a short story was the next day

@zorantaylor3190

2 жыл бұрын

WRITTEN IN A WHAT NOW??!!!!

@celiafrostborn

2 жыл бұрын

@@zorantaylor3190 Yep, in a single night. And when it got rewards he would send letters telling his teacher he dun did good when the teacher had no belief. Gotta love it right XD.

“I went away quickly I went away quickly I went away quickly and hid”. How he delivers that is amazing

@Sin10el

3 ай бұрын

It’s special man. Love it

Dont worry guys i WONT let this happen 💯

@liamlovesmitski

Ай бұрын

🙏🙏

@vamp.2214

Ай бұрын

Thank u batman

@ian-online

Ай бұрын

LMAO

@Melody-os5gr

Ай бұрын

thank you,my hero 🙏

@starzzixx

Ай бұрын

Thank you user Olliedoescovers ❤️

The ending is quite satisfying, leaving AM so unfathomably mad that nothing he could ever do to the last survivor would make him feel better, and he knows. Before he was torturing them over and over out of hate but now that theyre gone and AMs mind is so... broken, that he had just completely giving up. Hes not looking after what ted is doing, hes not attempting to hurt or harm ted, he is in hell, its just him. There is nothing.

@zedc6072

2 жыл бұрын

A fate worse than death, but a perfect ‘fuck you’ to AM

@michaelmerritt7406

Жыл бұрын

He can't do amything to Ted, anymore. AM had to take such drastic measures to ensure Ted could never hurt himself that he robbed himself of something even resembling a Human, and thus the joy of torturing it.

@juicyparsons

Жыл бұрын

I don't know if that's satisfying. Hell never really ends 😬

@leobarascasanova8077

Жыл бұрын

But even Ted admits it: he had won. AM had the last laugh. Both are in hell, there's no victory or glory

@Love-Sensibility

Жыл бұрын

This book is all about hate. And hope. And its fucking beautiful

25:43 "allowed me the exquisite ugliness of returning to consciousness" Even with no context, that line is my favorite

Harlan Ellisson reads it so well, he's really capturing the vibe of an insane character tortured for a century.

@brianstanton2721

Жыл бұрын

Yeah honestly I couldn't even read the book regular after hearing this it wouldn't be the same couldn't do it

"Give us weapons!" >gives two bows and a squirt gun LMAO!!

@notabot3518

Жыл бұрын

also couldnt they have used the bows to shoot the cans

@ianfinrir8724

Жыл бұрын

​@@notabot3518The bows and their arrows were made with rotten wood.

This voice actor said bills are due, this man is great.

@nosebleeds6305

Ай бұрын

the narrator is the author of the story!! which probably helped with knowing what vibe fits what scene

1:53 what the fuck dude, i got my headphones up full blast to hear the dudes quiet voice, trying to fall asleep and relax, then this shit made me jump out of my skin it was so loud.

@scooter12e

3 жыл бұрын

This is what you listen to to relax and fall asleep?

@Appplekabbable

3 жыл бұрын

Well yea, we gotta listen to a little spooky syfy to sleep. Gets the dream juices going

@samuelcuaresma2065

3 жыл бұрын

@@scooter12e I thought the same 😅😂😂

@DrunkenCoward1

3 жыл бұрын

@@scooter12e There is nothing as soothing as knowing there is an omnipotent being that fucking despises us.

@charliemay3804

3 жыл бұрын

That’s an AM move

Why is no one speaking about the narrator? This shouldve been played for us in highschool, most kids cant stand books or reading, but the pure tone he puts into reading this book is captivating

@neilfan1016

Ай бұрын

the narrator is the author of the book!! which is really cool and i’m glad he put so much emotion into it because he’s the only one who knows his own writing the best

The best part about this reading is just how terrifyingly genuine it sounds Harlan didn't just sell it. Several moments i legit forgot I was listening to him reading his own story. That's being good at your craft right there

"We created it to think, but there was nothing it could do with that creativity." You and me both AM

21:55 The great "Hate" speech of AM done by Mr. Ellison, one of the best monologues to ever exist.

@1Manhunt7

13 сағат бұрын

he said it better in the game. The robotic voice sounds like a poor choice suprised he went along with it after that description. It's not even consistent, he laters gives him a human tone. Anyway still glad the game ver exists

However depressing this story is, I must say I have found something uplifting in it too... while all the characters are hateful, especially the narrator, in the end he actually does something selfless in killing the other people. Especially with Ellen, he knows he will be punished for killing her, and he knows he'll be alone, and yet he kills her anyway.

@Dell-ol6hb

Жыл бұрын

It's a story that shows both the absolute worst of humanity and the absolute best. AM and the people who made him show the worst parts of humanity, as well as each of the characters in some way exhibiting the worst traits of humans, and Ted's last final completely selfless and sympathetic act shows the best of us. Even when faced with an eternity of damnation and torture somehow he is able to muster the courage to act in an instant without hesitation and offer the only relief he can to his fellow man, even when he knows the horrors that will await him until the sun dies.

The description of hunger in this book is so good

I love this narrator reads. How he expressed so much emotions to characters who probably were going mad with insanity. The way he calmly read the last moments of the book as if the last main character accepted his fate at last

@Bedelguese

2 жыл бұрын

The narrator is the original author

@kylethefraggle30

2 жыл бұрын

The legend himself Harlan Ellison.

@justjulia1720

2 жыл бұрын

Look up Harlan Ellison interviews. He talk like this all the time

@ianfinrir8724

2 жыл бұрын

@@justjulia1720 Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

@turtleanton6539

2 жыл бұрын

it is the writer

I know they say the AI calls itself AM because “I think therefor I am” but this also reminds me of a bit in the Bible where someone asks God what his name is and God says “I am what I am” they compare AM to God so it kinda fits.

@rred8674

2 жыл бұрын

I am THAT I am.

@ASOtheprO

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I immediately made that comparison too

@Black_pearl_adrift

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was a great addition. Especially if the AI was created in America/Europe the Bible was sprobably something it was fed

@aishtaealatalniyranfialsaqie

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah reminded me of that too. I am meaning God

@Alexis-pl5cn

2 жыл бұрын

It reminded me of Anra Mainyu of Zoroastrianism as well.

AM’s kinda mean

@drasticgray

3 жыл бұрын

lil bit

@coltonc8562

3 жыл бұрын

AM should probably tone it down a little bit, imo

@davidthe16th90

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he needs a vibe check

@coltonc8562

3 жыл бұрын

David SegunPeter he kinda vibe checked all of humanity when you think about it. We got absolutely nae nae’d

@siv1282

3 жыл бұрын

He prolly needs better ventilation to blow off some steam

Idk why but I always imagined the voice of AM to sound like HAL 9000. Something about him exclaiming his hatred for humanity with a calm and pleasant voice feels more unnerving.

@MoskHotel

3 жыл бұрын

It’s fitting for AM to have the voice and personality of a sadistic maniac. Harlan clearly enjoyed doing that hammy performance.

@pikachucetthesecond4296

3 жыл бұрын

In the game he sounds very manic, like he's slowly been going insane over the years

@aa-ot3cg

2 жыл бұрын

That wouldn't really make sense though. I've never seen 2001 but Hal is supposed to be emotionless right? Am is the complete opposite.

@B.He-K.

2 жыл бұрын

Harlan voices AM in the videogame iirc

@crisptomato9495

2 жыл бұрын

I always imagined him with Machanicus’ voice but… raspier. More, like, deep fried I guess.

I'm putting my favorite moments here for future purposes 3:25 pronouns of AM 10:13 Gorrister tells the story behind AM's name 14:05 Paranoia monologue 17:42 Acceptance 22:00 Hate Speech 25:15 Su1c1de 32:10 The most cruel joke in history 36:34 The Eternal Torture of Jabba The Hutt

@adonaiyah2196

2 жыл бұрын

The eternal torture of jabba the hutt sounds hilarious

@PureEnragement

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for bookmarking the key parts of the story and naming them hilariously

@hildkiin

2 жыл бұрын

@@PureEnragement thanks :)

@Wetcamerainc

2 жыл бұрын

AM is the best character

@greycatturtle7132

2 жыл бұрын

@@adonaiyah2196 yes

There was the Chinese am, and THE RUSSIAN AM AND THE ŸÃÑKĘÈ ÅM

@OFFICIALFUNUSBAND

3 жыл бұрын

@KingArthurII yankee, jan-kees, dutch name. Roots representing XD

@OFFICIALFUNUSBAND

2 жыл бұрын

@SingingMan yeah early americans from dutch decent. Jan and Kees are dutch names. JanKees. YANKEES. I was also suprised when i heard it

I love the way Hareln reads this In that nihilistic sarcastic yet frustrated tone, it’s exactly how I’d see my self and many other people coping with this hellish situation, your mind being tortured and pushed so far you end up finding a dark sense of comedy in it all just to cope. Love listening to this around this time of year one or my favourite horror short story’s of all time

Harlan's audio of his own writing gives this a whole new perspective, only Harlan can truly convey the deranged frustration Ted had throughout the story. One of the best readings of all time.

Thanks. This is the best reading I've heard and it sucks that the other readings on YT don't even come close to the Ellison's reading

@josephpercy8772

4 жыл бұрын

Well of course. No one can read a story with more emotion than the author themselves, because it was their creation.

@liamjm9278

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephpercy8772 What if they had the voice of Mike Tyson?

@turtleanton6539

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephpercy8772 kinda.

@DrunkenCoward1

2 жыл бұрын

@@liamjm9278 True, but even then I'd argue they'd best understand the emotion the lines should have. But it would make listening to it... harder.

@jamessloan_tech

2 жыл бұрын

While it is great, my attempt at using it to start going to sleep to were thwarted by the change in dynamics - didn't even get a chance to be kept up by the horror (maybe that was a blessing?) - daytime it is

This really taps into my deepest, darkest fears. If I could describe it in one word, it would be inability; to be, but to never do. Paralysis, coma, dementia, and now... this. I don't think I could make this any more terrifying from my own subjective perspective

@avedic

Жыл бұрын

100% Could not agree more. Sometimes this dark nihilistic part of my brain will fantasize(wrong word, but you know...) about existing in the worst state imaginable. Which for me would be: All my limbs amputated, blinded, deafened, tongue and teeth removed, but my brain kept entirely as is. Hooked up to IVs and nutrients...and left....to be. Horrifying.

@helpicantholdmypoopin

8 ай бұрын

STOP MAKING ME SCARED YALL

@sprucedwoman6125

6 ай бұрын

⁠@@avedichave you heard of Johnny’s got his gun?

I just found out now that this story was written in 1966 and published the next year. I first read it when I was around 13. I'm over 40 now, I guess I always thought it was written in the late 70s to early 80s. Pretty crazy. Also the name I have no mouth and I must scream has always freaked me out.

@burgeriguess

15 күн бұрын

ithink that the robot is hot

@HonestDepression101

15 күн бұрын

@@burgeriguess whoa

I think the narrator won in the end. AM ruined his plaything. The narrator was resigned to his situation, AM had "jumped the shark"; he couldn't make it any worse, and the narrator accepted it. He had overcome overwhelming odds by killing the others, despite being tortured for 109 years, he never quite gave up, and he won through sheer force of will and perseverance against impossible odds. In a way, it's the happiest ending you could hope for from this deal.

Ryan Hollinger: Is this the bleakest depiction of dystopia in Sci Fi ever? Answer: Yes.

@jessecaiseros4792

3 жыл бұрын

Do you know what’s the main message win the story?

@hidinginyourcloset

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessecaiseros4792 Death is a blessing

@Darkko88

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessecaiseros4792 Humanity always shines through

@steelbear2063

2 жыл бұрын

@@Darkko88 It didn't tho, humanity went extinct

@Darkko88

2 жыл бұрын

@@steelbear2063 Humanity as in the humanity inside the characters, not the species as a whole

the guy who wrote Psycho, Robert Bloch, said Harlan Ellison is "the only living organism I know whose natural habitat is hot water" that's really all you need to hear abt the guy to get a good idea of him

@hyperion3145

Жыл бұрын

Also the gofer story

@AwesomeSaucePictures

Жыл бұрын

It makes sense. He was from Ohio

@collinfulling3223

Жыл бұрын

When someone who was within the Mythos Circle says you’re fucked - you’ve achieved something

@ianfinrir8724

3 ай бұрын

The man was an all natural Froot Loop.

(32:24) the sheer BROKEN mind laughing as he reads as ted!! It's as if Mr. Ellison had LIVED a moment like that!

I cannot get over the narration of this book -- it's SO perfect; so accurately deranged and angry and frustrated. Unhinged. I don't think I've ever heard an author read their book so fittingly

Ellison was TWEAKINNGGG reading this 😭He's brilliant

31:24 As a kidney stone former who’s had around 15 in my life, I know EXACTLY what they’re feeling right now, and it hurts to think about.

@foxygrin

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry. I have bloody UTIs, but I still imagine it's not as bad as that.

@ricksanchez5971

2 жыл бұрын

@@foxygrin Are y’all okay? My sincere prayers ❤️🙏🏽.

@jamesgillam6478

Жыл бұрын

Fucking hell, I've had 3 and the last time I had one I was so overwhelmed with despair knowing I had to go through it all again, first one was a week, second one was 2 months, 3rd one THANKFULLY was only about 5 hours. They're unbelievably painful, I can't believe you've had to suffer through 15!

@maxducks2001

10 ай бұрын

@@jamesgillam6478By now I’ve gotten somewhat used to them, as ludicrous as that sounds. I’ve had so many, but my kidneys have healed a lot since I was a kid, and I only get them once every few years now, so they’re an annoyance. An excruciatingly painful annoyance that’ll have me in tears and literally limping back to bed to sleep because the inside is all torn up, but an annoyance nonetheless.

@jamesgillam6478

10 ай бұрын

@@maxducks2001 Jesus mate! Well I hope they continue to become less and less frequent! I'm still on 3, not looking forward to the 4th haha

I’ve listened to this 3 times today. this is fascinating. it’s so….. pessimistic and hopeless and dark but it’s honestly (to me) a work of literary genius. and the narration…my god

@The.dudeinator

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like you would like the game as well, AM is voiced by Harlan aswell kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6uKs9mQlMXbgqQ.html

@420happyhippy

2 жыл бұрын

Look up the book Naked Lunch. Alot more.... skitzophrenic.... but, similar none the less.

@AdolfDahmer

Жыл бұрын

In the shadow of hopelessness, consciousness is Hell & Heaven.

@kennyl4699

Жыл бұрын

@@420happyhippy As someone who has read Naked Lunch, while it's most definitely disturbing, I don't think it evokes the pure horror that I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.

@MC_1993

Жыл бұрын

@@420happyhippy this is much better than naked lunch. More concise and pungent

Crazy how even in psychological torture humans still be fucking 😭

@ricksanchez5971

2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised at how much sex or masturbation was talked about here.

@excaliburknives3572

2 ай бұрын

@@ricksanchez5971to be fair if you were in constant pain, any escape would be extremely sought after no?

@zara_amrin

Ай бұрын

Because we are still animals

@shattered5482

Ай бұрын

@@zara_amrinyikes dude.

@ash4760

Ай бұрын

It passed as psychological torture for Ellen

I love that the narrator sounds as if he’s losing his damn mind and being driven by insanity. It fits perfectly with the agony the characters are forced to go through. Wonderful.

@ianfinrir8724

Жыл бұрын

That's just how Ellison spoke.

@FookMi69

Жыл бұрын

@@ianfinrir8724 He had an incredible voice

@-Scrapper-

Жыл бұрын

@@FookMi69 Well he wrote the book so

This has to be one of the greatest audiobook narrations of all time and it's not even an hour long

AM really do be a freak tho 😳😳🤤

@raccoonwithamullet

3 жыл бұрын

@KingArthurII bro it's a joke. chill

@silasisaspicyboi7458

3 жыл бұрын

@KingArthurII so there is something called a joke and one day I hope you may have the pleasure of laughing at one

@committaxfraud115

3 жыл бұрын

He’s daddy the deranged 🥴🥴🥴

@krasotabella9675

2 жыл бұрын

STOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPP

@annaa.daniel6124

2 жыл бұрын

Please, this comment is TOO good-

As talented as Ellison is to have written this in the first place, his narration is a triumph all of its own.

In every rendition from the original audiobook, the videogame, and the radio drama, I can never get enough of Harlan Ellison's cadence; His pronunciation of "Cogito, ergo, sum" is one of many favorites.

I find it interesting how here in the audiobook, AM's "Let me tell you how much I hate you" speech is said in a computer-like monotone, while AM in the game says the speech with much more emotion and anger to it.

@prncssdoII

Ай бұрын

the game is severely different to the book

@tommychantzis6296

14 күн бұрын

And AM in the radio adaptation (also voiced by the author) says the "i hate" speach with much more deranged anger/insanity , at several points laughing and on the verge of tears. Am in the book is more emotionless hate and anger. Am in the game is more sarcastic , openly sadistic in it's hatred And am in the radio adaptation is more deranged in it's hate.

@middleman5484

13 күн бұрын

@@tommychantzis6296just like AM, he strived for perfection in his vocal portrayal

I can’t help but feel bad for every single character in this. Not just the people, but AM as well. I think this is a sign that it’s a truly good, complex story.

Until yesterday i thought 1984 was hell... Oh god i was so wrong. Honestly if everyone in the world could hear this audiobook Artificial Inteligence would be washed away from the face of the earth. It's too risky

@JohanKylander

3 жыл бұрын

Have you read Brave new world?

@dreamerofryleh4016

2 жыл бұрын

@Chef movkta I think they meant the graphic eternal torment. Those in 1984 died within a lifetime , these people lived for generations with constant gruesome torture

@CharlesFromHenryTheStickman

2 жыл бұрын

only self learning ai is dangerous

@greycatturtle7132

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohanKylander i only read this one

@Firestorm422

2 жыл бұрын

@Chef movkta You do realize that everyone on IHNM&IMS suffered and died too right? Literally everyone alive do

Its so rare that we get to hear an auther read the book they write so that its done so as they intended. Amazing

I’d tell AM to cut that shit out before I get mad

@mrquackerr

21 күн бұрын

💀

@burgeriguess

15 күн бұрын

LMAO

This is probably the best audio book I have ever listened to. The amount of crazed enthusiasm Harlan portrays really drives the perspective of 5 people who have been tortured for 109 years. Think about how crazy that actually has to be as nobody really lives that long in the first place.

I find the ending of this to be very interesting. When he is left as a mind without a proper body, he is left in the same state as AM. Their experiences became comparable.

This voice actor is extremely talented!!!

@GiggyWiggy2086

8 ай бұрын

Believe it or not its the guy that made the book that's voicing this

@plugshirt1762

7 ай бұрын

@@GiggyWiggy2086lol I didn’t realize that until I saw some other people’s comments after hearing the whole book that makes it so much better

1:55 scared the shit out of anyone else?

@christowers7307

3 жыл бұрын

If I didn't see this comment I would be dead right now. Hopefully this is the only one

@saberserker410

3 жыл бұрын

@@christowers7307 no there's more, hope this in time lmao. Enjoy it

@christowers7307

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing as bad as the first, but I was spooked the whole time. Thanks for the heads up!

@JM-oi3by

3 жыл бұрын

YES I almost died my volume was really high up so I could pay attention

@stephengiannetti9669

3 жыл бұрын

I was stoned as a kite while I heard this sound, I thought it was over for me.

This is why the Imperium thinks AI is heresy

@sarahharman9879

3 жыл бұрын

What's the imperium?

@vivryos5345

3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahharman9879 imperium of man. War hammer 40K faction. They house the space marines, if you’ve heard of them.

@insertedgynamehere

3 жыл бұрын

God damn tech heretics

@zedm1420

3 жыл бұрын

Hey AM, can I introduce you to my Iron Warrior friends and their techno-virus?

@blacktemplar8024

2 жыл бұрын

I think AM went rampant

If you see the interviews by Harlan you learn that all these audios were drafts he released to companies while he was under union contract covering his writing. So he did audio to avoid lawsuits for writing scripts. The caveat being that the companies couldn’t print them sell these audio samples into script form and also couldn’t sell his personal test rough audio copies as full audiobooks. Which they did anyways. Like this one and Harlan had to be in many groundbreaking lawsuits and was in many of the First and largest settlements against Hollywood in his time. And yet here they still are and how grateful I am to have them

I love how ihnmaims is just now getting popular.This book def deserves the recognition it’s getting.

Nothing like hearing the story read by the creator himself

I listened to this book for the first time today. It was horrifying. I love this story however and it is a literal masterpiece

I love the author’s way of reading it. Sounding like George Carlin at times but much more like Buck Turgidson from Dr Strangelove, fitting for the Cold War hyper masculine madness that contextualises this story.

@kiremi14

3 жыл бұрын

I kinda feel like the voice is halfway between John Belushi and George C Scott

@haji6886

2 жыл бұрын

I think he somewhat sounds like Mark Hamill

@greycatturtle7132

2 жыл бұрын

Ye

@MC_1993

Жыл бұрын

Raleigh from sublime Robbin the hood album/ every old gambler dude I used to work with in NJ who was did time and had a drug issue lol

Thank God you posted this. I love hearing him read his own story

@The.dudeinator

2 жыл бұрын

Btw he also voices AM in the video game on steam, if you don’t wanna play the game they have full walkthroughs on KZread here you can watch aswell

great reading, he really brings an intense, mesmerizing kind of psychotic energy to this story

Wow, I gotta say Harlan Ellison did a great job reading and he voiced AM in the video game one perfectly. R.I.P Mr. Ellison 😔🙏

I saved four people and got turned into a slug for all eternity....."finally inner peace" lmfao

Wow.. not a single moment was I bored. Truly horrifying book. Loved it

Ellison has a voice that was meant for this type of work. I feel in the no mouth game if anyone else voiced AM would have been a very different game.

I don't think I've ever been more entertained by an audiobook. Harlan Ellison. Going to see what else he's recorded.

Detail I love, and I don't know if it was intentional. "If there was a God, the God was AM." The Hebrew name for God literally translates to "I am what I am." Considering "AM" seems to come from "I think therefore I am". The Hebrew text is generally important to Jewish religious services, so I wonder if Harlan Ellison (a Jewish author) thought of this.

@Sin10el

3 ай бұрын

He certainly did (imo)

This has got to be the weirdest yet most likely the best audio book I've listened to

Rest in peace, you magnificent bastard.

@vavadadeur150

Ай бұрын

+1

@dreamlandskribbl

17 күн бұрын

"I have to mop. And I'm a scream"-english auto generated subtitles

I'm surprised there hasn't been a Movie Adaptaion of this book yet

@olsonbryce777

3 жыл бұрын

Would be cool if it were animated

@jonathansefcik473

3 жыл бұрын

In the hands of a talented A24 filmmaker, with no studio interference, this could be the most disturbing movie ever made. It would literally be a fairly accurate depiction of what hell must be like.

@connordrake8789

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathansefcik473 Honestly, Robert Edgar’s could do it, same with Ari Aster. I hope that they don’t though, it would be too horrifying to watch.

@ronnickels5193

3 жыл бұрын

My fear is that the studio would try to give the movie version a happy ending, or fully explain the back stories of everyone or how they can be alive after one hundred years. But I do agree that this would make a great animated miniseries.

@linka9139

3 жыл бұрын

@@connordrake8789 god an Ari Aster film adaptation of this story would be incredible, he’s such a talented director

in the end of course AM lost. he could not kill the human in ted. even after filling him with all his hatred and arrogance, ted did not become a machine, even after making ted hate and dehumanise his companions, he set them free to remain alone,even after being forced to stay as immobile as AM for an eternity, ted did not wish to have his companions suffer with him, like AM wished to have humanity suffer with him.

@ianfinrir8724

Жыл бұрын

Ted can still move around, he just can't speak or do anything meaningful outside of think

Oh Jesus this was- wow. The last line, the title of the book made me burst into tears.

I love how this man is acting as hes reading. I love readers like this.

Harlan Ellison reads the shit out of this. Every other reading pales in comparison.

Great reading of this, though I gotta point out at the end, the most powerful line of the whole story, and its title, is captioned as, "I have to mop, and I'm a scream." I know you didn't caption it, but found it funny, and somewhat fitting, given the themes of this story, so thought it was worth mentioning.

@adamgardiner5869

3 жыл бұрын

Marianne Contrino that's hilarious! I wonder if Harlan Ellison would approve?

If you can, can you find his reading of “Repent, Harlequin”? It’s one of my favorite stories of his and I love how he reads it.

I have a theory about the video game adaption: It's AM putting everyone through a simulation using the Chinese and Russian supercomputers processing power. It explains everything, the weird imagery and the hopeful ending. AM is doing this so he has some idea how everyone will face their inner demons and overcome them so he can make up an even WORSE torture for when it happens.

@davidthe16th90

3 жыл бұрын

Yo fuck you 😂😂

@leozeld_nb

3 жыл бұрын

adaptation* that kinda makes a little sense

@turtleanton6539

3 жыл бұрын

It just because the publisher wanted it

The narrator knows what he's doing

@goatrelish

Ай бұрын

The narrator is the author

@Maxes_galaxies

Ай бұрын

@@goatrelish :O makes sense he's still doing an amazing job

@ianfinrir8724

Ай бұрын

And the best part is that's more or less how Harlan Ellison spoke normally.

Spoilers!!!! Even though AM changed him for the worst, it's almost palpable how much joy he probably feels when thinking about getting one over on AM. He hated them all as it seemed in the beginning, but even he admitted to believing he had done the right thing and put his own life in jeopardy to help lay the others to rest. I've always loved that part and have always loved the message that existence ultimately is, whether intentional or not, suffering, but our instinctual proclivity for human empathy and compassion almost comes as second nature to us in dire situations. It's almost reminiscent of the book "the giver". Even though it was written after this short story I can't help but notice that both almost hold the same intended takeaway values.

@buriednameless965

2 жыл бұрын

The best part of Ted's pyrrhic victory is that AM is now truly, completely alone. This mentally and physically destroyed jelly-thing could barely even be considered human and has received the ultimate punishment. He's no longer a suitable toy for the machine, and so now the trapped god is left to go mad over and over again until either he falls into disrepair or the very earth turns to dust around him.

@michaelmerritt7406

Жыл бұрын

He got the last laugh.

the narrator sounds absolutely mad, aggressive and desperate. it’s absolutely brilliant