Author
Fred Saberhagen
Fred Thomas Saberhagen (1930–2007) was a Chicago-born American science fiction and fantasy fiction author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction stories. He also wrote a series of vampire novels in which the vampires (including the famous Dracula) are the protagonists, and a …
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Fred Thomas Saberhagen (1930–2007) was a Chicago-born American science fiction and fantasy fiction author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction stories.
He also wrote 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. Saberhagen died of cancer, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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THE AUTHOR’S WRITING
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THE AUTHOR’S WORLDS
Book series
Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict1 books in this catalog1999 
Berserker (omnibus editions)3 books in this catalog1998–2005 
Books of the Gods7 books in this catalog1998–2002 
Pilgrim, the Flying Dutchman of Time3 books in this catalog1987–1997 
Books of Lost Swords8 books in this catalog1986–1994 
Berserker sequence1 books in this catalog1984 
Books of Swords6 books in this catalog1983–1999 
Dracula sequence11 books in this catalog1975–2002 
Empire of the East5 books in this catalog1968–2006 
Berserker16 books in this catalog1967–2005 
Boris Brazil2 books in this catalog1964–1965