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Not to be confused with [[The Berserker|crazy bloodthirsty norsemen]], [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''Berserker'' series is a collection of short stories, novels, and collaborations with other writers dealing with city-sized, spacefaring robots intent on destroying all life in the galaxy. The Berserkers themselves are relics of an ancient war between two now-extinct alien species.
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* [[Boarding Party]]: One story had a boarding party made up of robots.
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* [[Precursor Killers]]: The Berserkers
* [[Psychic Powers]]: The Carmpans. The [[Framing Story]] is narrated by the Third Historian, who has the power to sense events throughout time and space. Then there are the Carmpan Prophets of Probability who can predict more immediate events.
* [[The Quisling]]: "Goodlife" are people who sell out the other people on their planets in order to gain a few luxuries. The Berserkers still plan to kill them; they'll just wait for a while and make use of their knowledge of other humans in the meantime.
* [[Recycled in Space]]:
** "Stone Place" is the Battle of Lepanto IN SPACE! Berserkers are Ottoman Turks.
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