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Fred Saberhagen

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-11-02

Fred Thomas Saberhagen (18 May 1930 - 29 June 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author, born in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and worked as an electronics technician for Motorola from 1958 to 1962. His first sale was the short story "Volume PAA-PYX" to Galaxy in 1961, and his first novel, The Golden People, appeared in 1964. He edited chemistry articles for Encyclopaedia Britannica from 1967 to 1973 and wrote its article on science fiction, then became a full-time writer and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1975. He is best known for the Berserker series, and he also wrote vampire novels featuring Dracula, the Empire of the East series and the Swords and Lost Swords novels. He died in Albuquerque.

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Empire of the East / Swords

  • Core Canon books: 15
  • Current rank: #932 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 3.83
  • Award recognitions: None recorded

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