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The brilliant and scarily relevant short story collection from an eight-time Hugo Award winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winner. In a postapocalyptic world, four men and one woman are all that remain of the human race, brought to near extinction by an artificial intelligence named A.M. Programmed to wage war on behalf of its creators, the AI has become self-aware and has now turned against all humanity. The five survivors struggle for survival in a vast prison created by A.M. in a deeply personal war between hope and despair. This edition of this defining story also features a new foreword; exclusive photos and essays by Harlan exploring the story's history and international success; and a response to the story by an entity that―possibly―is most analogous to A.M. itself.
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (Singularity): content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This disturbing post-apocalyptic story features psychological torture, existential horror, and intense suffering inflicted by a malevolent AI on the last human survivors. The content is deeply dark with themes of hopelessness and unrelenting torment.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and strong language. Content notes include torture, psychological abuse, and captivity (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Mature readers interested in dark, thought-provoking stories about AI consciousness and the darkest aspects of human suffering will find this classic intensely compelling.