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Fred Saberhagen Remembered

July 3, 2007 by Sam Sloan   || Category: Human Interest

From: Locus Online

fred-saberhagen_05a.jpgSF and fantasy writer Fred Saberhagen, born 1930, died June 29, 2007, at the age of 77. He began publishing in 1961 with short stories in Galaxy and If magazines, and published first book Berserker in 1967, first in a series about interstellar killing machines programmed to destroy all life.

Saberhagen’s 60+ books also included the Empire of the East sequence, beginning with The Broken Lands (1968), the Dracula sequence, beginning with The Dracula Tape (1975), and two books co-written with Roger Zelazny, Coils (1981) and The Black Throne (1990). His last book was Ardneh’s Sword (Tor, 2006).

• The family will announce a date for a Memorial Celebration later this year. Donations would be appreciated to Doctors without Borders, Catholic Relief, SFWA Emergency Medical Fund, and John 23rd Catholic Church in Albuquerque.

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2 Responses to “Fred Saberhagen Remembered”

  1. Eric on July 3rd, 2007 7:14 pm

    This is sad. He was a very nice guy who I talked to many times over the years at conventions.

  2. christopher on July 4th, 2007 12:50 am

    wow, this is sad. i LOVE his short story “what-do-you-want-me-to-do-to-prove-im-human-stop.”

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