Fred Saberhagen

• Sep-2016
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In Wings a timid, future-time historian with an interest in one of Earth's most horrific conflicts finds his knowledge strangely useful in the on-going war with Berserkers. Berserkers are automated war machines programmed by a long dead alien civiliz...

• Jun-2012
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Still warm from Vulcan's forge, the Smith distributes the Swords among the gods to begin the great Game of Swords. By gift and mischief the Swords come into the hands of human players. The Game begins.  The gods' great Game of Swords, and with ...

• Feb-2011
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Mike Gabrieli's brother Tom has always had one talent: getting into trouble. But this time, Tom has disappeared after mysteriously gaining possession of a priceless Aztec artifact. Mike sets out to find Tom, never suspecting that he is about to be sh...

• Apr-2010
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In "the most seamless splicing of SF and fantasy . . . since Bradley's Darkover [series]," a rebel goes on quest for technology to destroy a tyrannical regime (Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine).In the distant future, society has crumbled. Dark...

• Jun-2009
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Best-selling author Fred Saberhagen created three popular series: his Berserker stories and novels telling of the endless war of humans and their alien allies against the Berserkers, gigantic robot battleships programmed by an unknown extinct race to...

• May-2006
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It's been a thousand years since the time of Ardneh, the transcendant being that saved humanity from the vicious archdemon Orcus. It was a legndary battle between magic and technology that killed them both, but left behind tales of Ardneh's heroism a...

• Jan-2005
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Harry Silver has already had a lifetime of trouble from ordinary Berserkers, the automated killing machines programmed an age ago to denude the galaxy of life. Now when his own family is kidnapped, he faces a deviant machine, a good fit for some or a...

• Dec-2003
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From book jacket of Tor hardcover:  Master storyteller Fred Saberhagen continues his bestselling Berserker� series, detailing humanity's war with the dreaded juggernaut-like machines programmed to destroy all life in the galaxy. In the Twin Wor...

• Jun-2003
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Independent pilot and sometime berserker hunter Harry Silver is being hounded by the Space Force on suspicion of possession of an illegal, high-powered weapon. To avoid confiscation of his beloved ship the Witch, Harry agrees to a quick evacuation of...

• Aug-2002
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Haraldur the Northman wants nothing more to do with adventure and gods. Returning to his homeland for the first time in many years, he hopes to settle down on a farm of his own--until he comes across an impenetrable wall of eldritch fire. Beyond t...

• Apr-2002
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Continuing Book of the Gods, the series that kicked off with The Face of Apollo and Adrian's Web, New York Times-bestselling author Fred Saberhagen (The Berserker Series) again puts his own twist on Greek mythology in Book III, The Arms of Hercules. ...

• 2002
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When the vampire Dickon and his human partner appear in the middle of the night frightened for their lives, the powerful vampire Matthew Maule offers them protection. They carry with them a small Egyptian statue of great value and many secrets. In...

• Nov-2001
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF COUNT DRACULA Brain Stoker's immortal tale of vampirism told the story of how Count Vlad Tepes came to London and met his demise at the hands of Abraham van Helsing's vampire hunters. But how did Dracula occupy his time when he ...

• Aug-2001
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When Proteus crawls from the sea, brain dam-aged from a fight with a terrible giant, all he can put together from his shattered memory is that he was sent to aid Jason and the Argonauts on their incredible mission. As he joins them on their quest, Pr...

• Jan-2000
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Theseus is a young man sentenced to be sacrificed to the gods. Ariadne is deeply in love with him. She conspires to save him from his grisly fate, but doesn't count on Dionysus stepping in to complicate matters. With mythical beasts and whimsical god...

• Nov-1999
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Jonathan Doors He is the head of the world's largest corporation, Doors International. A man of wealth and power, with the resources to reshape the world. A man whose life is about to change forever.... In the early days of the twenty-first centu...

• Jan-1999
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Fred Saberhagen's Book of Swords novels have captivated fantasy readers for more than a decade. Here, now available in one volume, are the three books that started it all.

For a game the gods have given the world twelve Swords of Power so th...

• Feb-1998
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It drove men mad...but each in a different way. In one the effect was total, utter addiction. In another, a compulsion to absolute obedience. In a third, idealistic monomania. In a fourth, unending, all-consuming lust. Of all the enigmas surroundi...

• 1998
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Ancient Greece has many heroes. Young Jeremy Redthorn, seemingly doomed to virtual slavery as a farm laborer, doesn't think of himself as one. But when he risks his life for a beautiful, wounded stranger, he soon finds himself on a perilous mission. ...

• 1998
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Seeking the contraband he and his separated partner Becky Sharp have hidden, Harry Silver and his beloved ship the Witch Of Endor become stranded on a mysterious minor planet of a binary star system. The planet's only inhabitants are a military insta...

• Dec-1997
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Tom Scheffler and Jerry Flint find themselves fighting for their lives millennia before they are to be born when a mysterious, looting time traveler known only as Pilgrim seeks to change the course of history for his own ends. Original....

• 1997
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The Berserkers, a race of machines bent on destroying all organic life, have developed a new trick: Berserker units that can pass for human-created androids. As a showdown with the Berserkers draws near, Spacer Sebastian Gift and his fellow crew memb...

• Oct-1996
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In 1792, Philip Radcliffe, the bastard son of Benjamin Franklin, comes to France to deliver a letter to Thomas Paine--only to get caught up in a conflict far more horrifying than the Revolution. By foiling a powerful vampire's attempt at fratricide, ...

• May-1996
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Saberhagen has brought together some of the best fantasy writers in the field to create their own stories within the universe of his Lost Swords series. This book features works by Walter Jon Williams, Sage Walker, and a new tale by the master himsel...

• Jan-1996
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In 1906 much is changing in Russia, and on the huge Lohmatski estate a man-eating bear has attacked at least two men. When Gregori Lohmatski, an ardent hunter visiting London, receives the urgent summons home, he invites his American friend and fello...

• Apr-1995
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"Proving that there's still abundant life in the oft-told Arthurian legends, Saberhagen's reworking weaves together distant past, near future and fairy realm into a compelling and intriguing whole. In the past, a troupe of traveling players is pursue...

• Jun-1994
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When two suspect psychics offer Ambrose Altamont and his wife the opportunity to contact their recently deceased daughter, the wealthy British aristocrat wastes no time in hiring Sherlock Holmes to expose their hoax. He arranges for the celebrated de...

• Feb-1994
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Novel inventory clearance Hardcover Publisher: Guild America Books (1994) Language: English ISBN-10: 1568651007 ISBN-13: 978-1568651002 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds...

• Feb-1994
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Fred Saberhagen brings his immensely popular Swords series to a thrilling conclusion in the tale of Shieldbreaker--the Sword of Force, against which there is no defense. Long ago, the gods forged Twelve Swords of Power and threw them on the gamebo...

• Sep-1993
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"Saberhagen's Berserker stories are among the most familiar series in the genre, set in a universe where automated starships wage war against all forms of life. But suddenly one Berserker behaves differently, stealing an entire orbiting biological la...

• Dec-1992
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Kate Southerland has been murdered. But she is not dead. Johnny Southerland has vanished, a severed, bloody finger the only clue. The Southerlands are trapped in a blood-feud older than history. Their enemy is no mortal madman but the undying mistr...

• Nov-1992
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• Jun-1992
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Long ago, the gods forged Twelve Swords of Power and threw them on the gameboard of life for men to scramble over. But they forged too well; the Swords could kill the gods themselves. Now, the gods gone and the Swords scattered, Wayfinder, the Sword ...

• May-1992
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• May-1992
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He was once called DRACULA but in our day he is known by many strange names.... In 1935, Conservation Corps worker Jake Rezner meets a beautiful and mysterious young girl in the Grand Canyon. She leads him deep into the rocks, to a bizarre sculpto...

• Sep-1991
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This collection of short stories continues the ongoing saga of the Berserker wars with ''The Machinery of Lies,'' ''Masque of the Red Shift,'' ''In the Temple of Ma...

• Dec-1990
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Long ago, the gods forged Twelve Swords of Power and threw them on the gameboard of life for men to scramble over. But they forged too well; the Swords could kill the gods themselves. Now the great Mindsword reenters the world of men, bringing oth...

• Jun-1990
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Matthew Maule, no stranger to revenge, unexpectedly encounters enemies bent on his destruction for events now over five hundred years in the past -- events revealed on a tape found in Uncle Matthew's Chicago apartment. For a time, only the Southerla...

• Dec-1989
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The gods thought it a fine jest when they forged the Twelve Swords of Power and gave them to mere mortals to fight over. The jest turned sour when men learned that the Swords could kill the gods; now the gods are gone, and the Swords are scattered am...

• Jul-1989
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Long, long ago, the Gods forged Twelve Swords of Power, each with a unique and deadly quality. They forged too well, for the swords could kill the Gods themselves. Then the swords were lost, scattered across the land; and many are they, both good and...

• Mar-1989
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For centuries two meg-powers from the future have been waging war for control of timelines of history. Alan Norlund, a WWII airman vet, is promised a life saving cure for his granddaughter, if he will undertake a mission fifty years back in time to t...

• Dec-1988
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Adventure and mishap follow when Daedaleus, the most intelligent man of Greek legend, meets the White Bull, a creature of awesome alien intelligence.  Join Daedaleus, King Minos, Theseus, Ariadne and other Greek legends as they encounter King Mi...

• Jun-1988
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A new entity is being born. Its cells are microprocessors, its soul lives in data banks from Wall Street to Red Square. It is neither good nor evil. But it is very dangerous. The Angra Oil Corporation thinks it is just another resource to be used up....

• May-1988
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The gods forged the Twelve Swords of Power; now the gods have been destroyed by their own handiwork. The Swords are loose in the world, falling into the hands of human beings, changing human lives for good and ill. Young Kasimir was the custodian ...

• Mar-1988
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ASSASSINATION PLOT Once again Fred Saberhagen's remarkable new series character, Pilgrim, is at the center of strange and mysterious affairs. When last heard from, the Flying Dutchman of Spacetime was busy robbing the Pyramids so that he might fue...

• Nov-1987
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Long ago, the gods forged Twelve Swords of Power and threw them on the gameboard of life to watch men scramble. But the had forged too well; the Swords could kill the gods themselves. Now, the gods gone, the Swords are scattered across the land, s...

• Oct-1987
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The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Inventions . . . Emiliano Nowell was a world-class genetic engineer. He was also a wealthy and idealistic man with the time and money necessary to follow his dreams. In secret laboratories far from Earth he used...

• Aug-1987
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Leviathan, a monstrous berserker killing machine glowing with a mysterious blue aura, is menacing the Milkpail Nebula. Following on a long history of destruction, the great blue berserker's latest strike annihilated the colony Shubra. Among Shubra's ...

• May-1987
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• Jan-1987
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Tom Scheffler knew that his great-uncle, Montgomery Chapel, had made his fortune by selling ancient Egyptian artifacts that were finer than those in any museum. Scheffler also knew that -- fifty years later -- Chapel was still afraid of some man, so...

• Oct-1986
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Once the gods forged twelve Swords of Power, but they forged too well: The Swords could kill the gods themselves. Now, the gods gone, the Swords are scattered across the land and Mark, Prince Consort of Tasavalta, must find Woundhealer, the Swor o...

• Feb-1986
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What really happened on that Dark and Stormy Night? Shelley's classic novel FRANKENSTEIN was a publishing sensation. Alas, we Moderns know that the central event she described -- the reanimation of a long-dead corpse by the application of electricit...

• May-1985
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Berserkers are ancient, legendary machines of death that annihilated their makers. They destroy all life wherever they find it. The Empress of the Eight Worlds has been assassinated, and Prince Harivarman, an unwilling exile, knows he will be next. ...

• Apr-1985
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In a world where zero population growth is strictly enforced and sexual permissiveness is the chief means of control, a young woman's decision to bear her third child makes her the target of concerted oppression...

• Aug-1984
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Coinspinner, Farslayer, Mindsword, and nine more...The gods gave the Swords of Power to humankind for a game--but the swords can kill gods as well as mortals. And as the gods begin to die, the mortals find that life is not what it seemed...
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• Aug-1984
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Coinspinner, Farslayer, Mindsword, and nine more... The gods gave the Swords of Power to humankind for a game--but the swords can kill gods as well as mortals. And as the gods begin to die, the mortals find that life is not what it seemed......

• Nov-1983
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For a game the gods have given the world twelve Swords of Power, so that they might be amused as the nations go to war for possession of them. But Vulcan Swordmaker has had his little joke: the Swords can kill the gods themselves. What started out as...

• Mar-1983
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Thousands of years after a war so terrible that it changed the very laws of nature, gods and giants once again stalk the earth and play their games with human lives......

• Jul-1982
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Chicago police detective, Joe Keogh, whose family claims  a relationship to Dracula, investigates bizarre murders  involving vampires, sorcerers (Merlin) and a magic sword.  Another great addition to Saberhagen's Dracula series....

• May-1982
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• Dec-1981
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"LIFE AND DEATH IN DREADFUL CONFLICT STROVE..." It happened long ago and far away. Perhaps in this galaxy, perhaps in one close by. Two war-maddened races fought -- and though both are gone, their legacy abides: the Frankenstein weapon that destroyed...

• Dec-1981
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• Jul-1981
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Visit Azlaroc. The fantastic landscapes and singular cosmic occurrences on this double star system offer a unique tourist/reader experience. Dive into times past, perhaps encounter one of the planets original settlers trapped more than 400 years earl...

• Feb-1981
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• 1981
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THEY CALL IT "STARWEB".... Players scattered across the continent are engaged in a game. Each player has certain attributes, including skill, strength, courage, cunning, and daring. Each has his kingdom. Each can ally with or attack any of the oth...

• 1981
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• May-1980
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DEATH GOD... Five hundred years have passed since the combined fleets of humanity met and broke the berserker armada at Stone Heath. But though the human victory was total, one of the killer machines -- weaponless, its star drive a ruin -- managed ...

• 1980
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Europe, 500 Years Ago Vlad Tepes, Prince of Wallachia, hunts royal prey -- a renegade Princess. Ordered to kill the woman, he tracks her across the continent -- but finding her, Dracula loses his heart. The United States, Today Undead, Vlad Tepe...

• Sep-1979
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LIFE AGAINST DEATH For countless millennia the dreadful Berserker fleets have ranged across the galaxy in a relentless war against all things living. Great irony is it indeed in this war of life against mechanism that while the purposes of Death are...

• Mar-1979
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THE RETURN OF THE DEATH MACHINES Long ago, the forces of humanity under the brilliant leadership of Johann Karlsen met and conquered the berserkers at a place called Stone Heath. So total was Karlsen's victory that the rulers of the worlds of men...

• Feb-1979
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When Mike Gabrieli's neer'do'well brother Tom disappears shortly after discovering a fabulously valuable Aztec relic, Mike rightly suspects that this time the family's black sheep has got himself into the kind of trouble from which even Mike won't be...

• 1978
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Crime Makes Strange Partnerships And none stranger than that between Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula. Holmes confronts a pair of impossible problems: a ring of criminal masterminds threatening to loose thousands of plague-infested rats into t...

• 1976
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The terror began the very first night that Dan Post spent with his children in the old house on the hill. In his sleep he felt his identity dissolving, merging with human beings of the distant past, creatures who had somehow returned to life as they ...

• Feb-1975
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DAW Books, 1975. Mass market paperback original. 1st edition. Collection of stories, with introduction by the author. Includes: The Long Way Home (1961); Planeteer (1961); Volume PAA-PYX (1961); Seven Doors to Education (1961); Deep Space (1975); Pr...

• 1975
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Bram Stoker portrayed him as a terrifying creature of the night, heartless, soul-less, preying on the pure and innocent. The truth is far different. Dracula is no villain but a tower of strength, eternally protecting his land and his people from th...

• Feb-1973
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• 1973
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The Demon Lord Zapranoth will devour you, if the Beast Lord Draffut cannot save you. Her look seemed to him that his behavior was far from being unendurable; that, perhaps, if it went on a little longer it might even begin to give her pleasure .....

• 1971
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Chup begged the Lady Charmian; then he turned and knelt down slowly, face toward the cliff. Charmian was at his right, holding the long bade point down at the ground. He said, "Now, about this little surgery I need ... I suppose a single stroke would...

• 1969
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HUMANITY VS. THE DEATH MACHINES ON THE STRANGEST PLANET IN THE GALAXY... On the planet Sirgol the death machines have a unique and subtle mode of attack -- for in all the galaxy only on Sirgol is time travel possible. Now, fought to a standstill i...

• 1968
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Hear me, for I am Ardneh! Ardneh, who rides the Elephant, who wields the lightning, who rends fortifications as the rushing passage of time consumes cheap cloth. You slay me in this avatar, but I live on in other human beings. I am Ardneh, and in the...

• 1967
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THE DEATH MACHINES Long ago, in a distant part of the galaxy, two alien races met -- and fought a war of mutual extinction. The sole legacy of that war was the weapon that ended it: the death machines, the BERSERKERS. Guided by self-aware computers ...