Fred Saberhagen

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Fred Saberhagen

Fred Thomas Saberhagen (born May 18, 1930 in Chicago , † June 29, 2007 in Albuquerque ) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He is best known for his Berserker series.

Life

Saberhagen grew up in Chicago and served in the US Air Force during the Korean War . He then worked as an electronics technician for Motorola from 1958 to 1962 and from 1967 to 1973 for the Encyclopedia Britannica , in which he wrote the science fiction articles for the reference work. He then became a freelance writer and moved to Albuquerque in 1975, where he died of prostate cancer in 2007 .

He didn't start writing seriously until the early 1960s and published his first story Volume PAA-PYX in Galaxy magazine in 1961 . Fortress Ship , the first story of his later so famous Berserker cycle, appeared in 1963, a year later his first novel The Golden People .

He gained international attention with the Berserker saga, in which he describes mankind's clashes with an aggressive machine civilization, a forerunner of the Borg concept that later appeared in Star Trek . Saberhagen goes beyond the representation of military actions and war and also describes the inner workings of the characters and the devastation that the experience causes in their souls.

Other of his successful novel series were the Books of the Sword series and the Empire of the East series. In the Dracula novels, Bram Stoker's fictional character “experiences” new adventures with other literary characters such as Sherlock Holmes or Merlin . In these books, Saberhagen starts from the thesis that vampires are not evil per se, but, like humans, have the choice of which moral categories they want to obey. In the first novel of the series, The Confessions of Count Dracula ( The Dracula Tape , 1975), he tells the story of Bram Stoker's novel from the perspective of the count, for the action figures, Harker, Van Helsing, etc. only one group bumbling fools .

Together with screenwriter James V. Hart, Saberhagen also wrote the novel version of Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

bibliography

If two years of publication are given for the original editions, the first is that of the first edition and the second that of the first edition (as a book). If only the title and year are given as the source for short stories, the complete information can be found in the corresponding collective edition.

Series and cycles

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Boris Brazil / Space Force
  • 1 Planeteer (1961, short story)
  • 2 The Golden People (1964)
  • 3 The Water of Thought (1965)
  • The Space Force Chronicles (2018, collection of 1,2,3)
Berserk
  • 1 Berserker (1967, collection)
  • 2 Brother Assassin (1969, also called Brother Berserker )
  • 3 Berserker's Planet (1974, 1975)
  • 4 Berserker Man (1979)
  • 5 The Ultimate Enemy (1979, collection)
  • 6 The Berserker Wars (1981, collection)
  • 7 Berserker Base (1985, anthology)
  • 8 The Berserker Throne (1985)
  • 9 Berserker: Blue Death (1985)
  • 10 The Berserker Attack (1987, collection)
  • 11 Berserker Lies (1991, collection)
  • 12 Berserker Kill (1993)
  • 13 Berserker Fury (1997)
  • 14 Shiva in Steel (1998)
  • 15 Berserker Prime (2004)
  • 16 Berserker's Star (2003)
  • 17 Rogue Berserker (2005)

Collections:

  • Berserkers: The Beginning (1998, collection of 1.5)
  • Berserker Man (2004, collection of 2,3,4,8)
  • Berserker Death (2005, collection of 6,9,12)

Short stories:

  • Fortress Ship (1963, also as Without a Thought )
    • German: Der Berserker. Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch . In: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): People and machines. Moewig (Terra Taschenbuch # 181), 1970. Also as: Without a thought. Translated by Leonore Petz. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • Goodlife (1963)
    • German: Goodlife. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • The Life Hater (1964, also as The Peacemaker )
    • German: Der Friedensstifter. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • Stone Place (1965)
    • German: Steinplatz. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • What T and I Did (1965)
    • German: What T and I did. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • Sign of the Wolf (1965)
    • English: The sign of the wolf. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • Patron of the Arts (1965)
    • German: Patron of Art. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • Masque of the Red Shift (1965)
    • German: Berserker. Translated by Dolf Strasser. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 61. Ullstein 2000 # 118 (3260), 1976, ISBN 3-548-03260-5 . Also as: The redshift mask play. Translated by Leonore Petz. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • Mr. Jester (1966)
    • German: Mr. Fool. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • In the Temple of Mars (1966)
    • English: In the Temple of Mars. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • The Face of the Deep (1966)
    • German: The face of the deep. In: Berserker. 1986.
  • Stone Man (1967)
  • Berserker's Prey (1967, also as Pressure )
  • The Winged Helmet (1967)
  • Brother Berserker (1967)
  • Starsong (1968)
    • German: Star song. In: Science-Fiction-Stories 54. Ullstein 2000 # 103 (3187), 1975, ISBN 3-548-03187-0 .
  • Wings Out of Shadow (1974)
    • German: Swinging out of the dark. In: Walter Spiegl (Ed.): Science-Fiction-Stories 78. Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31006, 1979, ISBN 3-548-31006-0 . Also as: swinging out of the shadow. In: Charles G. Waugh, Martin Harry Greenberg, Isaac Asimov (eds.): Sternenschiffe (2). Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31145, 1987, ISBN 3-548-31145-8 .
  • Inhuman Error (1974, also as WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO TO PROVE IM HUMAN STOP )
  • The Annihilation of Angkor Apeiron (1975)
  • The Game (1977)
  • The Smile (1977)
  • Smasher (1978)
  • Some Events at the Templar Radiant (1979)
  • Adventure of the Metal Murderer (1980, also as Metal Murderer )
    • English: The Adventure of the Metal Murderer. In: Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles Waugh (eds.): With Sherlock Holmes through space and time (2). Ullstein Science Fiction & Fantasy # 31141, 1987, ISBN 3-548-31141-5 .
  • Berserk Base (1985)
  • Crossing the Bar (1985)
  • Dangerous Dreams (1985)
  • Friends Together (1985)
  • Prisoner's Base (1985)
  • The Founts of Sorrow (1985)
  • The Great Secret (1985)
  • The Machinery of Lies (1991)
Earth's End

Empire of the East

  • 1 The Broken Lands (1968)
  • 2 The Black Mountains (1971)
    • German: The Black Mountains. In: The Black Mountains. 1984.
  • 3 Changeling Earth (1973, also called Ardneh's World )
    • German: Ardnehs Welt. In: The Black Mountains. 1984.
  • 4 Ardneh's Sword (2006)
  • Empire of the East (1979, collection of 1-3)
    • German: Empire of the East. 1987.
  • Twelve Swords of Power
  • An Armory of Swords (1995, anthology)
  • Blind Man's Blade (1995, short story)

German compilation:

  • The black mountains. Moewig Science Fiction # 3636, 1984, ISBN 3-8118-3636-6 (collection of 2 and 3).

Book of Swords

  • 1 The First Book of Swords (1983)
    • English: The first book of swords. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5791), 1984, ISBN 3-426-05791-3 .
  • 2 The Second Book of Swords (1983)
    • English: The second book of swords. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5816), 1985, ISBN 3-426-05816-2 .
  • 3 The Third Book of Swords (1984)
  • The Complete Book of Swords (1985, also called The First Swords , 1999, collection of 1,2,3)
    • English: The Book of Swords. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5848), 1987, ISBN 3-426-05848-0 .

Book of Lost Swords

  • 1 Woundhealer's Story (1986)
  • 2 Sightblinder's Story (1987, also as The Second Book of Lost Swords: Sightblinder's Story )
  • 3 Stonecutter's Story (1988)
  • 4 Farslayer's Story (1989)
  • 5 Coinspinner's Story (1989)
  • 6 Mindsword's Story (1990)
  • 7 Wayfinder's Story (1992)
  • 8 Shieldbreaker's Story (1994)
  • The Lost Swords: The First Triad (1988, collection of 1,2,3)
  • The Lost Swords: The Second Triad (1991, collection of 4,5,6)
  • The Lost Swords: Endgame (1994, Collection of 7-8)
Dracula
  • 1 The Dracula Tape (1975)
  • 2 The Holmes-Dracula File (1978)
  • 3 An Old Friend of the Family (1979)
  • 4 thorn (1980)
  • 5 Dominion (1982)
  • 6 A Matter of Taste (1990)
  • 7 A Question of Time (1992)
  • 8 Séance for a Vampire (1994)
  • 9 A Sharpness on the Neck (1996)
  • 10 A Coldness in the Blood (2002)
  • Vlad Tapes (2000, collection of 3.4)
  • Box Number Fifty (2001, short story)
Pilgrim
  • 1 pyramids (1987)
  • 2 After the Fact (1988)
  • Pilgrim (1997, collection of 1,2)
Book of the Gods
  • 1 The Face of Apollo (1998)
  • 2 Ariadne's Web (2000)
  • 3 The Arms of Hercules (2000)
  • 4 God of the Golden Fleece (2001)
  • 5 Gods of Fire and Thunder (2002)
  • The Books of the Gods: Part One (2000, collection of 1,2,3)
  • The Books of the Gods: Part Two (2002, collection of 4.5)

Single novels

  • Specimens (1976)
  • The Veils of Azlaroc (1978)
  • Love Conquers All (1974, 1979)
  • The Mask of the Sun (1979)
  • Octagon (1981)
  • Coils (1982, with Roger Zelazny)
    • German: Die Hirnspirale. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Bestseller # 22099, 1987, ISBN 3-404-22099-4 .
  • A Century of Progress (1983)
  • The Frankenstein Papers (1986)
  • The White Bull (1988)
  • The Black Throne (1990, with Roger Zelazny)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992, with James V. Hart)
  • Dancing Bears (1995)
  • Merlin's Bones (1995)
  • The Arrival ( Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict # 1, 1999)

Collections

  • The Book of Saberhagen (1975)
  • Earth Descended (1981)
  • Saberhagen: My Best (1987)
  • Of Berserkers, Swords and Vampires: A Saberhagen Retrospective (2009)

Anthologies

  • A Spadeful of Spacetime (1981)
  • Pawn to Infinity (1982, with Joan Spicci Saberhagen)
  • Machines That Kill (1984, with Martin H. Greenberg)

Short stories

  • Volume PAA-PYX (1961)
  • Seven Doors to Education (1961)
  • The Long Way Home (1961)
    • German: The long way home. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Galaxy 1. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3040, 1965.
  • Young Girl at an Open Half-Door (1968)
    • German: At night in the gallery. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): On the day before eternity. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3151), 1969.
  • Calendars (1974)
  • Life Force (1974)
  • Deep Space (1975)
  • Beneath the Hills of Azlaroc (1976)
  • Birthdays (1976)
  • To Mark the Year on Azlaroc (1976)
  • Wilderness (1976)
  • The White Bull (1976)
  • Martha (1976)
  • Period of Totality (1977)
  • Victory (1979)
  • Recessional (1980)
  • Where Thy Treasure Is (1981)
  • Earthshade (1981)
  • From the Tree of Time (1982)
  • Intermission (1982)
  • As Duly Authorized (1985)
  • The Graphic of Dorian Gray (1987)
  • The Bad Machines (1996)
  • Introduction (Berserkers: The Beginning) (1998)
  • The Senior Prom (1999)
  • A Drop of Something Special in the Blood (2004)
  • Servant of Death (2007, with Jane Lindskold)
  • Dracula Tape - an Excerpt (2009)

literature

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Saberhagen, Fred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saberhagen, Fred Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer of science fiction and fantasy
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2007
Place of death Albuquerque