Berserker
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 33
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Five hundred years have passed since the combined fleets of humanity met and broke the berserker armada at Stone Place. But though the human victory was total, one of the killer machines (weaponless, its star drive a ruin) managed to limp to a secret sanctuary on a planet called Hunter's World. Over the years, a new cult has arisen there, a cult dedicated to Death as the only and ultimate Good.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good but little or no sci-fi action
- By Vikram on 04-02-04
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Berserker Prime
- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
On the Twin World planets, Plenipotentiary Gregor is determined to serve his government - even if it means executing innocent Huvean hostages, invaders from another planet - and even though Gregor's own granddaughter, Luon, is in love with a Huvean. But now the Berserkers are threatening the Twin Worlds, capturing the planets' president and reprogramming his brain to suit their violent agenda. And only the Huveans, in a desperate reprieve, can save the Twin Worlds' populace from annihilation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Kind of blah
- By Joel D Offenberg on 08-22-11
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Berserkers
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- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 82
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A gripping collection of stories about machines called Berserkers that are programmed to destroy all organic life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Best First Audible Book
- By Jeffery on 12-30-07
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Berserker Kill
- Berserker, Book 12
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- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Long, long ago, two alien races fought a war of extinction. All that is left of either of them are the berserkers: vast, thinking, spacefaring, killer machines whose sole purpose is to destroy all living things. For the first time in all of their history, they have met a life-form that has a chance of stopping them. In the cold reaches of space, the berserkers seize a floating laboratory full of human germ-plasm being stored for retrieval and growth in a future colonization project. The ship contains millions of human lives - but why are they not destroying them?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Read
- By Allan Zieser on 12-24-12
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Berserker Fury
- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Before George Lucas's Death Star, before Star Trek's Doomsday Machine, came the Berserkers, intelligent, space-faring killing machines whose sole purpose is to destroy all life. The Berserkers have developed a new trick: Berserker units that can pass for human-created androids. They're gambling on the advantage this gives them and massing for an all-out attack on human-held space.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Meandering tale that ultimately goes nowhere
- By Nurhisham Hussein on 07-06-19
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The Berserker Throne
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- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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When Prince Harivarman discovers an operable Berserker: his first instinct is to turn it in. But then he finds an ancient code that will either allow him to control the dreaded machine or lead him (and everyone else on the Templar Radiant) to certain death.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mystery / suspense, not a man vs machine story
- By Vikram on 07-12-04
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Berserker's Planet
- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
Five hundred years have passed since the combined fleets of humanity met and broke the berserker armada at Stone Place. But though the human victory was total, one of the killer machines (weaponless, its star drive a ruin) managed to limp to a secret sanctuary on a planet called Hunter's World. Over the years, a new cult has arisen there, a cult dedicated to Death as the only and ultimate Good.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good but little or no sci-fi action
- By Vikram on 04-02-04
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Berserker Prime
- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
On the Twin World planets, Plenipotentiary Gregor is determined to serve his government - even if it means executing innocent Huvean hostages, invaders from another planet - and even though Gregor's own granddaughter, Luon, is in love with a Huvean. But now the Berserkers are threatening the Twin Worlds, capturing the planets' president and reprogramming his brain to suit their violent agenda. And only the Huveans, in a desperate reprieve, can save the Twin Worlds' populace from annihilation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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- By Joel D Offenberg on 08-22-11
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- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 82
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Story4 out of 5 stars 86
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5 out of 5 stars
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Berserker Kill
- Berserker, Book 12
- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Long, long ago, two alien races fought a war of extinction. All that is left of either of them are the berserkers: vast, thinking, spacefaring, killer machines whose sole purpose is to destroy all living things. For the first time in all of their history, they have met a life-form that has a chance of stopping them. In the cold reaches of space, the berserkers seize a floating laboratory full of human germ-plasm being stored for retrieval and growth in a future colonization project. The ship contains millions of human lives - but why are they not destroying them?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Read
- By Allan Zieser on 12-24-12
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Berserker Fury
- By: Fred Saberhagen
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18
Before George Lucas's Death Star, before Star Trek's Doomsday Machine, came the Berserkers, intelligent, space-faring killing machines whose sole purpose is to destroy all life. The Berserkers have developed a new trick: Berserker units that can pass for human-created androids. They're gambling on the advantage this gives them and massing for an all-out attack on human-held space.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Meandering tale that ultimately goes nowhere
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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3 out of 5 stars
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Our wars were behind us. Mankind was moving out from the planet of its birth. New worlds were settled, and with the wealth of the galaxy at hand, poverty was eliminated. Then, out of a clear summer sky, came the first berserker attack. This collection of short stories continues the ongoing saga of the berserker wars with “The Machinery of Lies”, “Masque of the Red Shift”, “In the Temple of Mars”, “Brother Berserker”, and “Smasher.”
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2 out of 5 stars
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To defeat the ultimate weapon, you must become one! Once mankind feared the berserkers, killer machines determined to eradicate all life in the universe. But the Berserker Wars are over and the threat of the sentient doomsday devices is over. Or is it?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story, amazing commentary at the end
- By Vikram on 05-10-04
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Get all four books in the Contingency War Series for one low price. Hours of epic space opera action and adventure with unique heroes and twists that you won’t see coming! The series includes: The Contingency, The Way Station Gambit, Rise of Nimrod Fleet, and Earth’s Last War.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Berserker Blue Death
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A sci-fi epic of vengeance in the vein of Moby Dick and The Searchers. If you like those stories, and enjoy moviegoing experiences like The Matrix and The Terminator, this is a must-listen for you!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,566
In the 20th century Earth sent probes, transmissions, and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed. The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn't the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Harry Silver has already had a lifetime of trouble from ordinary Berserkers, the automated killing machines programmed an age ago to denude the galaxy of life. And now one of these machines has gone rogue - and kidnapped his own family. What worse devilry will a deviant killing machine attempt? How will he stop it? And even if he can, will he ever see his family alive again?
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,916
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Humans expanded into space...only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a hostile universe. The Colonial Union used the Earth and its excess population for colonists and soldiers. It was a good arrangement...for the Colonial Union. Then the Earth said: no more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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why a lower rating on performance?
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Publisher's Summary
The art of speculative fiction lies in the ability to create a plausible future that tells us a great deal about our present. This critically acclaimed recording by narrators Aaron Lustig and Henry Strozier chronicles human reactions on Earth to an invasion by alien exterminators intent upon wiping out all sentient life on Earth.
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- scott
- 06-21-18
Great stories, I have listened numerous times.
This is a great opportunity to listen to an anthology of Berserker tales. Give it a try.
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- Brian
- 07-04-16
Great Storyline
A fantastic tale! Each epidode stands on it's own yet builds up to a wonderful ending.
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- Andrew Scott McClanahan
- 03-24-16
Several Stories, Some Good
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Some of the stories are very interesting, others were not my favorites. The narration is good. I especially like the concept of the separate narrator adding something between stories.
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