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BerserkerFred Saberhagen
Sci-Fi

Berserker

309 pagesFirst published 196711 editions
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[Berserkers][1]: Relentless, remorseless, pity less, tireless, adaptive, cunning, self replicating, artificially intelligent, genocidal doomsday weapons of a long forgotten interstellar war between two extraterrestrial races known as the Builders (the Berserker creators) and their enemies the Red Race (both now extinct). Berserkers have only one programmed directive and purpose "Destroy all life." Ranging in size from approximately human (in the case of assassins and spies, which are rare) to minor asteroids (in the case of repair bases) they are typically large and roughly spherical space…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionThorndike Press20033369780786254859
PaperbackTor Books1987—9780812553291
EditionAce Books1985—9780441054909
PaperbackTor Books19852829780812553222
EditionAce Books1984—9780441054800
AudiobookRecorded Books1983—9789998556065
EditionAce Books1983—9780441054695
AudiobookRecorded Books1983—9789998895393
EditionAce Books1981—9780441054633
EditionAce Books1980—9780441054626
EditionBallantine1967—9780441054046
RobotsSpace warfareFictionLarge type booksWeaponsArtificial intelligenceAssassinsRevenge