【节选】《无声狂啸：哈兰·埃里森短篇集》（I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.）

卷首简介：
此为由《A Boy and His Dog》作者哈兰·埃里森创作的七篇臆想科幻短篇小说合集。
在末日之后的世界，人类因人工智能而濒临灭绝，仅剩下四男一女。人工智能最初被创造出来代理它的创造者发动战争，但它逐渐有了自我意识并转而反抗人类。这五名幸存者遭到囚禁并被逼迫着苟活，承受着满心愤恨与暴虐的机器往复无休的折磨之刑。
鉴于最为大家熟知的《无声狂啸》已有多人作译，我就不献丑了。在此节选下文章开头部分（站内便有译文，如需阅读按照“无声狂啸”关键词搜索即可）：
Limp, the body of Gorrister hung from the pink palette; unsupported—hanging high above us in the computer chamber; and it did not shiver in the chill, oily breeze that blew eternally through the main cavern. The body hung head down, attached to the underside of the palette by the sole of its right foot. It had been drained of blood through a precise incision made from ear to ear under the lantern jaw. There was no blood on the reflective surface of the metal floor.