Episode 4 - I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
It’s always darkest before the abyss.
Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Damon Knight. Ray Bradbury. Harlan Ellison, “Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman.” Dan Simmons, “Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams,” Hyperion Chronicles. Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Fred Saberhagen, Berserker novels. Keith Laumer, Bolo series.
Films. Saw. Alien. Terminator.
TV episodes, series. Star Trek, the Next Generation. Battlestar Galactica series. Flash Gordon.
Ideas. Sci fi & psychological horror. What does it mean to be human? Sentient machines. Military super-computers. Post-apocalyptic futures. Body horror.
Previous episode: Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands”
Next episode: Terry Bisson, “They’re Made Out of Meat,” and Damon Knight, “To Serve Man”
Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Authors, stories. Damon Knight. Ray Bradbury. Harlan Ellison, “Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman.” Dan Simmons, “Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams,” Hyperion Chronicles. Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands.” Arthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel.” Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Fred Saberhagen, Berserker novels. Keith Laumer, Bolo series.
Films. Saw. Alien. Terminator.
TV episodes, series. Star Trek, the Next Generation. Battlestar Galactica series. Flash Gordon.
Ideas. Sci fi & psychological horror. What does it mean to be human? Sentient machines. Military super-computers. Post-apocalyptic futures. Body horror.
Previous episode: Jack Williamson, “With Folded Hands”
Next episode: Terry Bisson, “They’re Made Out of Meat,” and Damon Knight, “To Serve Man”
Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Link: Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/