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Masque of the Red Shift

Fred Saberhagen

First published November 1965
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)

Synopsis

A robotic representative of a giant artificially intelligent war machine programmed to destroy all life infiltrates the decadent court of the human rulers.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1966 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (36)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1965 If, November 1965 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 33
1966 World's Best Science Fiction: 1966 Ace Books Anthology 227
January 1967 Berserker Ballantine Books Collection 131
November 1968 The Second If Reader of Science Fiction Doubleday Anthology 215
May 1969 The Second If Reader of Science Fiction Rapp & Whiting Anthology 215
1970 World's Best Science Fiction: Second Series Ace Books Anthology 227
October 1970 Berserker Penguin Books Collection 153
November 1970 The Second If Reader of Science Fiction Ace Books Anthology 229
February 1971 The Second IF Reader of Science Fiction Sphere Anthology 231
September 1978 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
September 1979 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
June 1980 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
November 1982 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
November 1982 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
April 1984 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
April 1984 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
April 1984 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
1985 Berserker Penguin Books Collection 154
April 1985 Berserker Ace Science Fiction Books Collection 164
December 1985 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
July 1986 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
1987 The Berserker Attack Otherworlds Club Collection 1
September 1991 Berserker Lies Tor Collection 71
September 1992 Berserker Ace Books Collection 164
November 1996 Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology Tor Anthology 339
November 1996 Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology Tor Anthology 339
July 1998 Berserkers: The Beginning Baen Books Omnibus 131
April 2001 Space Soldiers Ace Books Anthology 205
June 2003 Berserker Thorndike Press Collection
September 2003 Berserkers: The Beginning Blackstone Audiobooks Omnibus |10
July 2005 Berserkers: The Beginning Blackstone Audiobooks Omnibus |10
July 2005 Berserkers: The Beginning Blackstone Audiobooks Omnibus |10
September 2012 Berserker Lies Blackstone Audio Collection |3
November 2012 Berserker JSS Literary Productions Collection
June 2013 Berserkers: The Beginning Blackstone Audio Omnibus |10
July 2013 Space Soldiers Baen Books Anthology