![]() ![]() ![]() It is never explained why AM hates Benny more than the others, but for whatever reason he was reduced to a hunchback ape-like creature. Originally, he was a brilliant scientist. We’ll start with Benny, who has always been AM’s favorite torture toy. Over the next few weeks, we’ll break down each of the humans: exposing their fatal flaws and identifying what led them to redemption (and further punishment). This has become one of my favorite post-apocalyptic stories due to the development of the characters and the themes at play. The human characters from the short story were greatly expanded upon in the 1995 video game while the supercomputer, AM, gained some depth in a 2001 radio drama. ![]() This is Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.Īlthough on the surface IHNMAIMS is a straightforward story about five people trapped in an endless underground complex after a nuclear war, it has transcended into a franchise. A prolonged nightmare of 109 years conducted by a sadistic self-aware supercomputer with unlimited power. Five improbable entities stuck together in a pit of darkness. Con-man, pacifist, business woman, Nazi, scientist. ![]()
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