fred saberhagen

In the late 70s or early 80s, I read a short story about growing up on a generation ship. The story was written from the perspective of a teenager. The plot twist was that the main character was awakened only once a year while the 100 other passengers lived out their lives. All activity on the...

Been looking for ages, probably 70's story set in middle ages of creatures in night and boy running and ends up in cave. There is an alien armada approaching earth expecting no problem. The boy cries the name of the creature and an ancient computer wakes the long dormant defenses of Earth.

Written in the 1980's(?) this is a story about a machine designed to alter the parameters of the universe in the event of a nuclear war. All science based devices become inoperable. I think the book might have been stitched together from three shorter stories. I remember only a few details...

Here's a mystery that will probably never be solved. In the process of converting some old Lotus Word Pro files I came across this extract. Reading it, I was quite surprised as it does not in any way seem to be like my sort of writing style at all, but I can't remember where it came from. I...

An Old Friend of the Family Fred Saberhagen Tor, Feb 2006, $12.95, 207 pp. ISBN: 0765314983 In Chicago, the wealthy Southerland family struggles to persuade Police Detective Franzen that something bad has happened to their beloved Kate Southerland. He agrees with them once her corpse is found...

Ardneh’s Sword Fred Saberhagen Tor, May 2006, $24.95 ISBN: 0765312107 A thousand years has passed since the rise of the transcendent Ardneh, who along with intrepid warriors like Rolf, saved mankind from extinction from the minion of archdemon Orcus. Orcus and Ardneh died in their critical...

This is a strange one! Basically it is about a strange artificial world that appears desert like, but with a low sky and strange geometric forms on the landscape. But the strangest thing about the place are the veils. Each year a temporal veil falls about the planet, sealing everyone inside it...

I have just one book by this author, [The Veils of Azlaroc], and its a decent read. Ive heard about his Berserker. books but have never come across any yet. Im wondering if they would be my cup of tea, seeing as Im quite fussy about my SF , preferring hard SF and space opera, shying away from...

I'm looking for the author and title of a book I read too long ago to remember. Basic premise along the lines of... If you were planetside at a cetain time, there was a "fall" that placed a layer on everything. As the layers built up, it became harder and harder to connect/communicate with...

While not one of my special favorites, still sad; I've read a lot from him. http://www.locusmag.com/2007/2007NewsArchive.html