I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

There are many ironic things inside this book. Or even before you get inside the book. Let's start with the first four words of the title. I Have No Mouth…. Was famously outspoken Harlan Ellison laughing at us when he wrote that? The same sharp-tongued Harlan Ellison whose rants were almost as famous as his books?

No mouth? Harlan Ellison?