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{{Short description|American science fiction and fantasy writer (1930–2007)}}
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{{Infobox Writer
| name = Fred Saberhagen | name = Fred Saberhagen
| image = | image = Fred Saberhagen 2.JPG
| imagesize = | imagesize = 180px
| caption = | caption = Saberhagen in 2007
| pseudonym = | pseudonym =
| birth_date = {{birth date |1930|5|18}} | birth_date = {{Birth date |1930|5|18}}
| birth_place = {{flagicon|Illinois}} ], ] | birth_place = ], ], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date |2007|6|29}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|6|29|1930|5|18}}
| death_place = | death_place = ], U.S.
| occupation = Author | occupation = Writer
| period = 1964–2005
| nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American
| period = 1964 - 2005 | genre = Fantasy, Horror, ]
| subject =
| genre = Fantasy, Science Fiction
| subject = | movement =
| notableworks = ]
| movement =
]
| magnum_opus = ] series
| influences =
| debut_works = ''The Golden People''
| influences =
| influenced = | influenced =
| signature = | signature =
| spouse = {{marriage|Joan Spicci|1968}}
| website =
| footnotes = | children = 3
| website = {{URL|http://www.berserker.com/}}
}} }}


'''Fred Thomas Saberhagen''' (], ] &ndash; ], ]<ref>{{cite web '''Fred Thomas Saberhagen''' (May 18, 1930 – June 29, 2007<ref>{{cite web
| title = Locus Online | title = Locus Online
| url=http://www.locusmag.com/2007/2007NewsArchive.html | url=http://www.locusmag.com/2007/2007NewsArchive.html
| access-date = 2007-07-02
| accessdate = 2007-07-02 }}</ref>) is an American ] and ] author most famous for his '']'' series of science fiction stories. He also wrote a series of ] novels in which the vampires (including the famous ]) are the protagonists, and a series of post-apocalyptic mytho-magical novels beginning with his popular ''Empire of the East'' and continuing through a long series of ''Swords'' and ''Lost Swords'' novels. He was born in ].
| date = 2007-07-02
| quote=SF and fantasy writer Fred Saberhagen, born 1930, died June 29, 2007, at the age of 77. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|publisher = ]
|title = New Mexico Author Dies
|url = http://www.koat.com/news/13615149/detail.html
|access-date = 2007-07-03
|date = 2007-07-03
|quote = Noted Albuquerque author Fred Saberhagen has died.
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928041209/http://www.koat.com/news/13615149/detail.html
|archive-date = 2007-09-28
}}</ref>) was an American ] and ] author most famous for his '']'' series of science fiction ] and ]s.


Saberhagen also wrote a series of ] novels in which the famous ] is the main protagonist, and a series of post-apocalyptic mytho-magical novels beginning with his popular ] and continuing through a long series of ''Swords'' and ''Lost Swords'' novels. Saberhagen died of cancer, in ].<ref name="sundeath">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lcsun-news.com/latest/ci_6297837|date=2007-07-04|title=Science fiction, fantasy writer dead at 77|access-date=2007-07-05|work=Las Cruces Sun-News|agency=Associated Press|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040911/http://www.lcsun-news.com/latest/ci_6297837|archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref>
==Published works==
===Dracula sequence===
Saberhagen's Dracula novels are based on the premise that vampires are morally equal to normal humans: they have the power to do good or evil, it is their choice. The first in the series "The Dracula Tape" is the story of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" told from Dracula's point of view. As the continuation of the series makes obvious, in this version, Dracula survives the best efforts of Harker, Van Helsing and company, who are portrayed largely as bungling fools. In later novels Dracula interacts with other literary characters including Sherlock Holmes and Merlin.


==Biography==
*''The Dracula Tape'' (1975)
Saberhagen was born and raised in ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/arts/09saberhagen.html|title=Fred T. Saberhagen, Novelist, Dead at 77|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 July 2007}}</ref> Saberhagen served as an ] in the ] during the ] while he was in his early twenties.<ref name=Independent>{{cite news |title=Fred Saberhagen (obituary) |newspaper=The Independent |date=6 September 2007}}</ref> Back in civilian life, Saberhagen worked as an ] for the ] from 1958 to 1962, when he was around 30 years old.<ref name=Independent/>
*''The Holmes-Dracula File'' (1978)
*''An Old Friend of the Family'' (1979)
*''Thorn'' (1980)
*''Dominion'' (1982)
*''A Matter of Taste'' (1990)
*''A Question of Time'' (1992)
*''Seance for a Vampire'' (1994)
*''A Sharpness on the Neck'' (1996)
*''A Coldness in the Blood'' (2002)


It was while he was working for Motorola that Saberhagen started writing fiction seriously at the age of about 30.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crescentblues.com/4_1issue/saberhagen.shtml |title=Fred Saberhagen: Pushing Humanity's Envelope (interview) |access-date=October 21, 2009 |archive-date=June 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607094745/http://www.crescentblues.com/4_1issue/saberhagen.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> His first sale was to '']'', which published his short story "Volume PAA–PYX" in 1961.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Fred Saberhagen |author=Michael Carlson |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 July 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jul/20/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries}}</ref> "Fortress Ship", his first "Berserker" short shory, was published in 1963. Then, in 1964, Saberhagen saw the publication of his first novel, ''The Golden People''.
===Earth End sequence===
====Empire of the East====
#''The Broken Lands'' (1968)
#''The Black Mountains'' (1971)
#''Changeling Earth'' (1973) also as ''Ardneh's World''
#''Ardneh's Sword'' (May 2006)


From 1967 to 1973, he worked as an editor for the Chemistry articles in the '']'' as well as writing its article on science fiction.<ref name=Independent/> He then quit and took up writing full-time. In 1975, he moved to ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.berserker.com/FredsBio.html|title = Saberhagen Biography}}</ref>
Volumes 1-3 were also published in omnibus form as ''Empire of the East'' in 1979, 1990, and 2005.


He married fellow writer Joan Spicci in 1968. They had two sons and a daughter. On June 29, 2007, Saberhagen died of ] in Albuquerque.<ref name=Guardian/>
====]====
#''The First Book of Swords'' (1983)
#''The Second Book of Swords'' (1983)
#''The Third Book of Swords'' (1984)
====]====
#''Woundhealer's Story'' (1986)
#''Sightblinder's Story'' (1987)
#''Stonecutter's Story'' (1988)
#''Farslayer's Story'' (1989)
#''Coinspinner's Story'' (1989)
#''Mindsword's Story'' (1990)
#''Wayfinder's Story'' (1992)
#''Shieldbreaker's Story'' (1994)


In his adult years, Fred Saberhagen was a practicing Catholic; indications of his faith appear from time to time in his writing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2018/08/09/otherworldly-science-fiction-chinas-cixin-liu|title = The otherworldly science fiction of China's Cixin Liu|date = 9 August 2018}}</ref>


==Works==
====]====
{{main|List of works by Fred Saberhagen}}
# ''Earth Descended'' (1981)
#''An Armory of Swords'' (1995) Edited by Saberhagen.


==References==
===]===
{{Reflist}}
The Berserker stories tell about an ongoing war between humanity and the Berserkers. Saberhagen's Berserkers are ]s programmed with one main objective: Destroy all life. The series spans a large range of both time and space, and so has less plot continuity than Saberhagen's other series.


==Further reading==
#''Berserker'' (1967)
* Wilgus, Neal (1985). "Saberhagen's New Dracula: The Vampire as Hero". In Darrell Schweitzer (ed.), ''Discovering Modern Horror''. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, pp.&nbsp;92–98.
#''Brother Assassin'' (1969)
#''Berserker's Planet'' (1975)
#''Berserker Man'' (1979)
#''The Ultimate Enemy'' (1979)
#''Berserker Wars'' (1981)
#''Berserker Base'' (1985)
#''The Berserker Throne'' (1985)
#''Berserker: Blue Death'' (1985)
#''The Berserker Attack'' (1987)
#'' Berserker Lies'' (1991)
#''Berserker Kill'' (1993)
#''Berserker Fury'' (1997)
#''Shiva in Steel'' (1998)
#''Berserker's Star'' (2003)
#''Berserker Prime'' (2003)
#''Berserker Death'' (2005)
#''Rogue Berserker'' (2005)

===Book of the Gods===
#'' The Face of Apollo'' (1998)
#''Ariadne's Web'' (1999)
#''The Arms of Hercules'' (2000)
#''God of the Golden Fleece'' (2001)
#''Gods of Fire and Thunder'' (2002)

===Non-series Novels===
* ''The Golden People'' (1964)
* ''The Water of Thought'' (1965)
* ''The Veils of Azlaroc'' (1978)
* ''Love Conquers All'' (1979)
* ''The Mask of the Sun'' (1981)
* ''Coils'' (with Roger Zelazny) (1981)
* ''Specimens'' (1981)
* ''Octagon'' (1981)
* ''A Century of Progress'' (1983)
* ''The Frankenstein Papers'' (1986)
* ''Pyramids'' (1987)
* ''After the Fact'' (1988)
* ''The White Bull'' (1988)
* '']'' (with Roger Zelazny) (1990)
* ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (with James V. Hart) (1992)
* ''Dancing Bears'' (1995)
* '']'' (1995)
* ''Pilgrim'' (1997)


==External links== ==External links==
{{Commons category|Fred Saberhagen}}
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*{{Official website|http://www.berserker.com/}}
*{{isfdb name |id=Fred_Saberhagen | name=Fred Saberhagen}}
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*http://www.fanaticpress.com
*{{isfdb name|id=602|name=Fred Saberhagen}}
where a comic book based on Berserker:Brother Assassin is in production
* in ''Algol'' magazine
* from The Great Science Fiction Series, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph Olander, Harper & Row 1980
* in ''Starlog'' magazine
* in ''Talebones'' magazine
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607094745/http://www.crescentblues.com/4_1issue/saberhagen.shtml |date=2009-06-07 }} at Crescent Blues
* at Baen Books
* from the ''Albuquerque Tribune''
* at ''Free Speculative Fiction Online''


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American science fiction and fantasy writer (1930–2007)
Fred Saberhagen
Saberhagen in 2007Saberhagen in 2007
Born(1930-05-18)May 18, 1930
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJune 29, 2007(2007-06-29) (aged 77)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Period1964–2005
GenreFantasy, Horror, Science fiction
Notable worksThe Berserker series The Book of Swords series
Spouse Joan Spicci ​(m. 1968)​
Children3
Website
www.berserker.com

Fred Thomas Saberhagen (May 18, 1930 – June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction short stories and novels.

Saberhagen also wrote a series of vampire novels in which the famous Dracula is the main protagonist, and a series of post-apocalyptic mytho-magical novels beginning with his popular Empire of the East series and continuing through a long series of Swords and Lost Swords novels. Saberhagen died of cancer, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Biography

Saberhagen was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Saberhagen served as an enlisted man in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War while he was in his early twenties. Back in civilian life, Saberhagen worked as an electronics technician for the Motorola Corporation from 1958 to 1962, when he was around 30 years old.

It was while he was working for Motorola that Saberhagen started writing fiction seriously at the age of about 30. His first sale was to Galaxy Magazine, which published his short story "Volume PAA–PYX" in 1961. "Fortress Ship", his first "Berserker" short shory, was published in 1963. Then, in 1964, Saberhagen saw the publication of his first novel, The Golden People.

From 1967 to 1973, he worked as an editor for the Chemistry articles in the Encyclopædia Britannica as well as writing its article on science fiction. He then quit and took up writing full-time. In 1975, he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He married fellow writer Joan Spicci in 1968. They had two sons and a daughter. On June 29, 2007, Saberhagen died of prostate cancer in Albuquerque.

In his adult years, Fred Saberhagen was a practicing Catholic; indications of his faith appear from time to time in his writing.

Works

Main article: List of works by Fred Saberhagen

References

  1. "Locus Online". 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-07-02. SF and fantasy writer Fred Saberhagen, born 1930, died June 29, 2007, at the age of 77.
  2. "New Mexico Author Dies". KOAT-TV. 2007-07-03. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-03. Noted Albuquerque author Fred Saberhagen has died.
  3. "Science fiction, fantasy writer dead at 77". Las Cruces Sun-News. Associated Press. 2007-07-04. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
  4. "Fred T. Saberhagen, Novelist, Dead at 77". The New York Times. 9 July 2007.
  5. ^ "Fred Saberhagen (obituary)". The Independent. 6 September 2007.
  6. "Fred Saberhagen: Pushing Humanity's Envelope (interview)". Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  7. ^ Michael Carlson (20 July 2007). "Obituary: Fred Saberhagen". The Guardian.
  8. "Saberhagen Biography".
  9. "The otherworldly science fiction of China's Cixin Liu". 9 August 2018.

Further reading

  • Wilgus, Neal (1985). "Saberhagen's New Dracula: The Vampire as Hero". In Darrell Schweitzer (ed.), Discovering Modern Horror. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, pp. 92–98.

External links

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