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Cover of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: Audiobook

The I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream audiobook runs an estimated 5.3 hours (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.3est. listening hrs
4.1★43 ratings
Science Fictiongenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 5.3 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

What our data says

  • At 5.3 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 88% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 50% shorter than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).

Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for science fiction listeners: a weekend-size listen at 5.3 hours (estimated).

About the book

This is a story set in a post-apocalyptic future. The Cold War progressed until it was too complicated for humans to manage, so the three major superpowers each developed a computer program to help run the war. When one of the programs becomes sentient it eliminates all of the human race except five persons, which it tortures for eternity.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream audiobook?

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream runs about 5.3 hours, our estimate from its 178 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Can I listen to I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream free?

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When was I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream first published?

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison was first published in 1972.