Search - Berserkers : The Beginning

* 1 • Introduction (Berserkers: The Beginning) • (1998) • shortfiction by Fred Saberhagen
* 5 • Berserker • [Berserker • 1] • (1967) • collection by Fred Saberhagen
* 5 • Without a Thought • [Berserker] • (1963) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen (aka Fortress Ship)
* 17 • Goodlife • [Berserker] • (1963) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen
* 41 • Patron of the Arts • [Berserker] • (1965) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
* 51 • The Peacemaker • [Berserker] • (1964) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen (aka The Life Hater)
* 61 • Stone Place • [Berserker] • (1965) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen
* 105 • What T and I Did • [Berserker] • (1965) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
* 115 • Mr. Jester • [Berserker] • (1966) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
* 131 • Masque of the Red Shift • [Berserker] • (1965) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen
* 153 • Sign of the Wolf • [Berserker] • (1965) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
* 163 • In the Temple of Mars • [Berserker] • (1966) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen
* 183 • The Face of the Deep • [Berserker] • (1966) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
* 193 • The Ultimate Enemy • [Berserker • 5] • (1979) • collection by Fred Saberhagen
* 193 • The Smile • [Berserker] • (1977) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen
* 211 • Pressure • [Berserker] • (1967) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen (aka Berserker's Prey)
* 223 • The Annihilation of Angkor Apeiron • [Berserker] • (1975) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
* 241 • Inhuman Error • [Berserker] • (1974) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
* 263 • Some Events at the Templar Radiant • [Berserker] • (1979) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen
* 303 • Starsong • [Berserker] • (1968) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
* 317 • Smasher • [Berserker] • (1978) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen
* 341 • The Game • [Berserker] • (1977) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
* 357 • Wings Out of Shadow • [Berserker] • (1974) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen

I really enjoyed this book - unusual for me as usually collections of short stories tend to bore me. I read this one, and found each story to really enhance the overall feeling of the plot.

Solid writing, real people in edge-of-sanity situations as implacable, unfeeling mechanical death seeks them out. The original Berserker short stories, some of which establish deep background for the later Berserker tales. Good stuff.