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![]() | Berserker (1967) (The first book in the Berserker series) A novel by Fred Saberhagen |
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Saberhagen has given SF one of its most powerful images of future war in his Berserker series. Created for a long-forgotten conflict, the berserkers are implacable, inimical killing machines that have been programmed to rebuild and redesign themselves. Their computer cunning and mechanical evolution present ever-greater challenges to humanity's scattered colonies. In this latest novel, Saberhagen draws on such epics of vengeance as The Searchers and Moby Dick. The loss of his family and of his left leg drive Niles Domingo to pursue the immense berserker known as Old Blue or Leviathan. Although he succeeds, his fanaticism transforms him into an inhuman acolyte of the godlike machine, a role that comes to define Domingo's purpose and existence. One of the best entries in the series.
Genre: Science Fiction
Saberhagen has given SF one of its most powerful images of future war in his Berserker series. Created for a long-forgotten conflict, the berserkers are implacable, inimical killing machines that have been programmed to rebuild and redesign themselves. Their computer cunning and mechanical evolution present ever-greater challenges to humanity's scattered colonies. In this latest novel, Saberhagen draws on such epics of vengeance as The Searchers and Moby Dick. The loss of his family and of his left leg drive Niles Domingo to pursue the immense berserker known as Old Blue or Leviathan. Although he succeeds, his fanaticism transforms him into an inhuman acolyte of the godlike machine, a role that comes to define Domingo's purpose and existence. One of the best entries in the series.
Genre: Science Fiction
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Hardback Editions
June 2003 : Hardback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-7862-5485-8 / 978-0-7862-5485-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1987 : Hardback
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1967 : Hardback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred SABERHAGEN Publisher: Ballantine U5063 Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 1986 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker (Berserker, Bk. 1) Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-441-05495-1 / 978-0-441-05495-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Ace Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1985 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-441-05490-0 / 978-0-441-05490-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Ace Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1984 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: PENGUIN PUTNAM * TRADE Availability: Amazon More details... |
November 1983 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-441-05469-2 / 978-0-441-05469-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Ace Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1982 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: BERSERKER Author(s): FRED SABERHAGEN Publisher: ACE Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
September 1981 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-441-05463-3 / 978-0-441-05463-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Ace Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1980 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-441-05462-5 / 978-0-441-05462-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Ace Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
March 1979 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Saberhagen Fred ISBN: 0-441-05480-3 / 978-0-441-05480-0 (USA edition) Publisher: ACE Charter Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1978 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: Ace Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1978 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-441-05423-4 / 978-0-441-05423-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Ace Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1976 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: Ballantine Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
1971 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: Penguin Books, London Availability: Amazon More details... |
October 1970 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-14-002694-0 / 978-0-14-002694-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1967 : Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: Ballantine (U5063) Availability: Amazon More details... |
1967 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 0-441-05404-8 / 978-0-441-05404-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Ballantine Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
2000 : Audio CD
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 1-4361-2100-0 / 978-1-4361-2100-2 Publisher: RecordedBooks Availability: Amazon More details... |
1995 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Berserker UNABRIDGED Audiobook Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
June 1983 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 9998556066 / 9789998556065 Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
June 1983 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen ISBN: 9998895391 / 9789998895393 Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
1983 : Unknown
| Title: Berserker Author(s): ISBN: 1-55690-048-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1967 : Unknown
| Title: Berserker Author(s): Fred Saberhagen Publisher: Ballantine Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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