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Fred Thomas Saberhagen (born 18 May 1930) is an American science fiction and fantasy fiction author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction stories. He has also written a series of vampire novels in which the vampires (including the famous Dracula) 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 Chicago, Illinois. He now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In August of 2005, Saberhagen announced that he had been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer.
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. Empire of the East Volumes 1-3 were also published in omnibus form as Empire of the East in 1990 and 2005. Books of the Swords Books of Lost Swords Berserker (Saberhagen)|Berserker sequence The Berserker stories tell about an ongoing war between humanity and the Berserkers. Saberhagen's Berserkers are Von Neumann probes 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. Book of the Gods Non-series Novels | ||||||||
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