tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post1292766845729721197..comments2024-03-26T21:58:50.501-04:00Comments on MPorcius Fiction Log: Berserker by Fred Saberhagen (Part 1)MPorciushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-1455048488873266562015-03-25T00:04:59.842-04:002015-03-25T00:04:59.842-04:00The connection to Cordwainer Smith may be legit, b...The connection to Cordwainer Smith may be legit, but Harrison's <i>Deathworld</i> was published in 1960, a few years before the first berserker story. Also, <i>Deathworld</i> and <i>Berserker</i> have very different points of view and include very different elements--<i>Deathworld</i> doesn't have the religious or literary references that are all over <i>Berserker</i>, and is full of psychics and lacks robots. <i>Deathworld</i> is also all about the importance of living in harmony, while in <i>Berserker</i> there is no hope of living in harmony with the robots. MPorciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-89031073368110995402015-03-24T12:50:41.238-04:002015-03-24T12:50:41.238-04:00OK, I have to admit that I have never read any of ...OK, I have to admit that I have never read any of the Berserker stories. I really should, if only to further my Science Fiction education. Weren't they a small part of the inspiration behind Harry Harrison's <i>Deathworld</i> series? Thinking of inspirations, is it possible that Fred Saberhagen was inspired by the Cordwainer Smith story "Mark Elf" set in a future Earth plagued by "Mansion Yagers," renegade Nazi killing robots?Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610040247327945080noreply@blogger.com