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It didn't matter. There was no way to dig up the deckplates. He dried up the snow. He brought the night. He roared and sent locusts. It didn't do a thing; they stayed dead. I'd had him. He was furious. I had thought AM hated me before. I was wrong. It was not even a shadow of the hate he now slavered from every printed circuit. He made certain I would suffer eternally and could not do myself in. He left my mind intact. I can dream, I can wonder, I can lament. I remember all four of them. I wish— Well, it doesn't make any sense. I know I saved them, I know I saved them from what has happened to me, but still, I cannot forget killing them. Ellen's face. It isn't easy. Sometimes I want to, it doesn't matter. AM has altered me for his own peace of mind, I suppose. He doesn't want me to run at full speed into a computer bank and smash my skull. Or hold my breath till I faint. Or cut my throat on a rusted sheet of metal. There are reflective surfaces down here. I will describe myself as I see myself: I am a great soft jelly thing. Smoothly rounded, with no mouth, with pulsing white holes filled by fog where my eyes used to be. Rubbery appendages that were once my arms; bulks rounding down into legless humps of soft slippery matter. I leave a moist trail when I move. Blotches of diseased, evil gray come and go on my surface, as though light is being beamed from within. Outwardly: dumbly, I shamble about, a thing that could never have been known as human, a thing whose shape is so alien a travesty that humanity becomes more obscene for the vague resemblance. Inwardly: alone. Here. Living under the land, under the sea, in the belly of AM, whom we created because our time was badly spent and we must have known unconsciously that he could do it better. At least the four of them are safe at last. AM will be all the madder for that. It makes me a little happier. And yet ... AM has won, simply ... he has taken his revenge ... I have no mouth. And I must scream.
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why are you quoting I have no mouth and I must scream lol
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same
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wow spoilers
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Jan 5, 2016 02:27
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OP has no dick, and he must cream.
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Jan 5, 2016 02:29
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i like the harlan ellison story where the guy finds he has a doppelganger living his life but the doppelganger is actually the good one and the main guy is the evil one, anyway cya
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Jan 5, 2016 02:30
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That Robot posted:why are you quoting I have no mouth and I must scream lol He wants Ellison to sue SA out of existence.
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Jan 5, 2016 02:33
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Harlan Ellison wrote the terminator and cameron stole the script. look at the end of the credits for proof, it's true.
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Jan 5, 2016 02:42
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heh, almost got me to read real literature but as we all know I only read original posts from the SA forums and I don't plan on letting that change anytime soon
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Jan 5, 2016 03:03
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Rasta_Al posted:OP has no dick, and he must cream. same 
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Jan 5, 2016 03:05
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Rasta_Al posted:OP has no dick
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When I die, bury me Hang my balls on the cherry tree Let them get ripe then take a bite And if they don't taste right Then don't blame me 
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Jan 5, 2016 03:07
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Never actually read that outside the wiki summary so ty op
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Mariana Horchata posted:When I die, bury me nvm, it turns out i do have a dick, and did in fact cream
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Your Dead Gay Son posted:Never actually read that outside the wiki summary so ty op 
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isn't harlan elison the author that felt up some woman sf author's breasts on stage at a scifi convention
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That Robot posted:isn't harlan elison the author that felt up some woman sf author's breasts on stage at a scifi convention hell what sci fi author is that NOT.
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Doctor J Off posted:i like the harlan ellison story where the guy finds he has a doppelganger living his life but the doppelganger is actually the good one and the main guy is the evil one, anyway cya shatterday i recommend everyone get his audiobooks on tape where he's narrating them himself - he's a loving great narrator and i morn the fact he'll never do any more
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Jan 5, 2016 04:37
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cram me sideways posted:shatterday him voicing AM was one of the few good things about the ihnmaims video game.
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i'mma do my regular audible.com shill even though i get no commission or credit or referral or whatever the gently caress - i think it's a kickass business and they have a ton of cool poo poo for you to listen to in the car or while harvesting rat butts in WoW or whatever if you're a new customer to audible, they have a trial period where you can download one free audiobook to keep, forever. this is vol. 3 of harlan ellison's audiobooks and i think it's the drat best. join up, get the audiobook, then cancel right away. loving plug this poo poo in and listen to this weirdass man's weirdass stories. harlan ellison is one of the greats. if you get all gay and hard for ellison after this then may i direct you to shag deep records to possibly buy his speech CDs where he ran around the US during the 70's 80's and 90's yelling at people and telling them how dumb they are and how great he was (he was and IS great)
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it's like when you type out a effort post response to something and hit Submit Reply and it goes 'You're on Probation!'
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That Robot posted:the author that felt up some woman sf author's breasts on stage at a scifi convention that narrows it down
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cram me sideways posted:i'mma do my regular audible.com shill even though i get no commission or credit or referral or whatever the gently caress - i think it's a kickass business and they have a ton of cool poo poo for you to listen to in the car or while harvesting rat butts in WoW or whatever How can you stand audio books? They read so drat slow it's infuriating.
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cram me sideways posted:i'mma do my regular audible.com shill even though i get no commission or credit or referral or whatever the gently caress - i think it's a kickass business and they have a ton of cool poo poo for you to listen to in the car or while harvesting rat butts in WoW or whatever i just cancelled that poo poo cause it's pricey.
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imagne it: you have no mouth but you must make me cream
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This might be my favorite video of Ellison. He's talking about when he no-poo poo marched on Selma with MLK, and says that he won't actually use the N-word as he's telling the story. He proceeds to absentmindedly drop an N bomb in the context of storytelling like 10 seconds later. The cameraman later points out that he did this, and Ellison firmly denies it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2w8aqFgxek
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Doppelganger posted:This might be my favorite video of Ellison. He's talking about when he no-poo poo marched on Selma with MLK, and says that he won't actually use the N-word as he's telling the story. He proceeds to absentmindedly drop an N bomb in the context of storytelling like 10 seconds later. The cameraman later points out that he did this, and Ellison firmly denies it. that was funny, harlan ellison is a weird dude. it happens around 3mins and 5mins in
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:How can you stand audio books? They read so drat slow it's infuriating. I've tried with a few different books and yeah it's pretty hard to keep my mind from wandering just because they read so slow. I have to actively concentrate on listening.
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