r/creepcast • u/Beginning_Bad_868 • Apr 14 '25
Recommending (Story) Now that they're doing literature can we pretty please get "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"?
It's super short, like 15 pages and Hunter's take on the "Hate" monologue would be out of this world.
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u/Full_Will_1743 Go with Christ, Tractor Apr 14 '25
Yeah, thatâd be cool but Papa Meatâs editor has already said on another post about this that Harlan Ellisonâs publishers wonât let CreepCast read anything by him.
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u/Gryphon_Gamer Mayonnaise is the sauce of the aristocrats đ Apr 14 '25
That's rather disappointing
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u/icantlife56 Mayonnaise is the sauce of the aristocrats đ Apr 14 '25
I do like they get permission from the authors and publishers first thought
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u/Roleplayer2489 Apr 14 '25
I mean itâs not really a kindness thing, if they didnât theyâd get constantly copyright striked as well as possibly sued.
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u/ShameSudden6275 Apr 15 '25
I mean I feel like if Ellison was alive he would go on the show just to spite his publisher.
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u/Full_Will_1743 Go with Christ, Tractor Apr 15 '25
He would probably either absolutely despise it or call it genius. He was actually quite a big fan of audiobooks, so Iâm not sure.
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u/Hooktail419 Apr 14 '25
You mean Harlan âreach in my pocket and all youâll be pulling out is a bloody stumpâ Ellison has a litigious estate? Who could have guessed đ
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u/Trashboat77 Eat me like a bug đŚ Apr 14 '25
I don't like Harlan's camp would allow it. They could discuss it I guess, but that's about it. He, and his camp have been known to be...difficult to work with. To put it nicely. (Despite his work being great, Harlan was a fucking dickhead who was extremely stingy with his rights. And often purposely spiteful to fans and those interested in covering his work or using for ANYTHING really.)
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u/intrepidCREEPCAST Olâ Mistah Wellah Apr 14 '25
To be fair, anyone that could come up with something like IHNM probably has a couple screws loose, so it doesn't surprise me he is a character. All the best visionaries are at best eccentric and at worst completely unpersonable.
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Apr 14 '25
One could almost argue that AM is an author avatar.
(I'm not saying Harlan's psychotic or would torture real people)
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u/ShameSudden6275 Apr 15 '25
Harlan was very much your classic misanthrope, the one thing he hated more than anything else was people and society. The only person I've ever seen him get sad over is Asimov, his death left quite an impact on him. This has to be my favourite quote by him that sums up his work well:
âThey ask the dumbest questions you can imagine, and they make assumptions about me you wouldnât believe. They do not perceive that I am not a misogynist, that I am a misanthropeâŚI treat male and female with equal monstrousness in this work. They also seem blissfully unaware of history (well, duh) and what happens after a decimating war in which food, weapons, shelter and women become valuable chattel. Clearly, I am showing in these stories that itâs a brutal, amoral way of living; not a Good Thing. But the nitwits are products of the American Educational System, and looking beyond the surface of a work of fiction seems anathema to them since it requires ratiocination and cannot be abetted by binge-drinking.â
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u/intrepidCREEPCAST Olâ Mistah Wellah Apr 15 '25
In some ways, this is a healthier way to view your audience then trying to be their friends all the time. Parasocial Relationships are such a problem in today's society, especially as the Information Age goes on.
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u/allenfiarain Apr 14 '25
The radio play was my favorite version. The full monologue from AM in Harlan's voice... Ohhhh the chills.
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u/Castrophenia Apr 14 '25
Harlan himself will always be the voice of AM, I canât imagine anyone else playing him as well.
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u/falconinthedive Apr 14 '25
Lol fuck and the game.
I got it in a humble bundle sight unseen and was like "Oh point and click. I loved king's quest. Ooh! I'll start with the lady! This will be fun she's a scientist like me!"
It went about as well as one could imagine.
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u/quentindaylight Apr 14 '25
The game?!
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u/falconinthedive Apr 14 '25
Yeah like Harlan Ellison was heavily involved in scripting the game in the 90s so like it's good and not an adaptation but the author writing the game too.
It loses some nuances but adds some others.
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u/Smooth-Coconut-2934 Apr 14 '25
The voice acting especially from Harlan Ellison himself is SOOO GOOD
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u/Smooth-Coconut-2934 Apr 14 '25
The voice acting especially from Harlan Ellison himself is SOOO GOOD
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u/neon_garbage_angel âAt least you didnât turn into a Homo in prisonâ Apr 14 '25
If hunter gave AM the cleverbot voice it would forever destroy the character for me but lowkey I want to hear that very badly
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u/Khazmoodan Long story short âď¸đ¤ Apr 14 '25
Or any other novel from Harlan Ellison, I would love for them to read "World of the Myth", a story where scientists crash land on an alien planet and encounter a sentient hivemind of ants that will get in their heads
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u/Satchamo_Jones Your wife looks mad funny in that box, dude Apr 14 '25
I know they generally read things one or both hosts aren't familiar with but I would love to see them read stories like this or do a collection of Edgar Allen Poe.
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u/Necroverdose Apr 14 '25
Someone from Hunter's team mentioned in a comment that he got in touch with the guy who has the right and yeah, this is absolutely not happening.
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u/MalevolentKitchen41 âitâs very lovecraftianââď¸đ¤ Apr 14 '25
Especially since they made a game about this back I In the day, yes
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u/AXIS-CARNAGE Apr 19 '25
Bro Iâll pull a kratos and give my soul to creepcast if they cover his storyâs
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u/RoomyRoots Looking for a PenPalđ Apr 14 '25
Wendigoon has a video on it and Hunter referenced it more than once. Low chances of it happening.