Fred Saberhagen

Frederick Thomas Saberhagen (born 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 and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Published works

Dracula sequence

• The Dracula Tapes (1975)
• The Holmes-Dracula File (1978)
• An Old Friend of the Family (1979)
• Thorn (1980)
• Dominion (1997)
• A Matter of Taste (1990)
• A Question of Time (1992)
• Seance for a Vampire (1994)
• A Sharpness on the Neck (1996)

Earth End sequence

Empire of the East

Published in omnibus form as Empire of the East in 1990.

1. The Broken Lands (1968)
2. The Black Mountains (1971)
3. Changeling Earth (1973) also as Ardneh's World

Books of the Swords

1. The First Book of Swords (1983)
2. The Second Book of Swords (1983)
3. The Third Book of Swords (1984)

Books of Lost Swords

1. Woundhealer's Story (1986)
2. Sightblinder's Story (1987)
3. Stonecutter's Story (1988)
4. Farslayer's Story (1989)
5. Coinspinner's Story (1989)
6. Mindsword's Story (1990)
7. Wayfinder's Story (1992)
8. Shieldbreaker's Story (1994)

Berserker sequence

1. Berserker (1967)
2. Brother Assassin (1969)
3. Berserker's Planet (1975)
4. Berserker Man (1979)
5. The Ultimate Enemy (1979)
6. Berserker Wars (1994)
7. Berserker Base (1985)
8. The Berserker Throne (1985)
9. Berserker: Blue Death (1985)
10. Berserker Lies (1991)
11. Berserker Kill (1993)
12. Berserker Fury (1997)
13. Shiva in Steel (1998)
14. Berserker's Star (2003)
15. Berserker Prime (2003)
16. Berserker's Star (2003)
17. Berserker Death (2005)
18. Rogue Berserker (2005)

Book of the Gods

1. The Face of Apollo (1998)
2. Ariadne's Web (1999)
3. The Arms of Hercules (2000)
4. God of the Golden Fleece (2001)
5. Gods of Fire and Thunder (2002)

External links

• Official site
• Bibliography on SciFan