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Title: The Face of the Deep

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Title: The Face of the Deep Title Record # 54165
Author: Fred Saberhagen
Date: 1966-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Language: English
Synopsis: A hero in the war against machines which intend to exterminate all life is rescued from orbit around a black hole.
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Current Tags: hard sf (1), berserker machine (1), war with machines (1), FTL travel (1), ship AI (1), black hole (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1967 Italian Lo spazio in faccia
1967Translated by Paul Alpérine (1967)
French Le visage de l'abîme
1967Translated by Paul Alpérine.
French Prisonnier de l'hypermasse
1974Translated by Eurico Fonseca
Portuguese A face do abismo
1986Translated by Leonore Petz.
German Das Gesicht der Tiefe
1991Translated by Maura Arduini
Italian Il volto nel profondo

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
If, September 1966 1966-09-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.50?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Gray Morrow Checkmark
Berserker 1967-01-00 Fred Saberhagen Ballantine Books U5063
$0.60?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Richard Powers Checkmark
Urania #465 1967-07-02 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 465
Lit 250?Lit: Italian lira
180
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Karel Thole Checkmark
Galaxie (2ème série), #42 1967-10-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
OPTA  
F3.00?F: French frank
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Gray Morrow  
Berserker 1970-10-00 Fred Saberhagen Penguin Books 0-14-002694-0
£0.30?£: UK pound
224
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Franco Grignani Checkmark
As máquinas da destruição 1974-00-00 Fred Saberhagen Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #200)     182
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Lima de Freitas  
Berserker 1978-09-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05404-8
$1.75?$: US dollar
viii+
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Checkmark
Berserker 1979-09-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05404-8
$1.75?$: US dollar
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Berserker ! 1980-00-00 Fred Saberhagen
Librairie des Champs-Élysées?Librairie des Champs-Elysees
(Le masque de l'avenir #2)
2-7024-1086-3    
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Enki Bilal  
Berserker 1980-06-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05423-4
$1.95?$: US dollar
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Vallejo Checkmark
The Berserker Wars 1981-12-00 Fred Saberhagen Tor / Pinnacle (Jim Baen Presents) 0-523-48520-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
399
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Franco Storchi Checkmark
La guerre des Berserkers 1982-06-00 Fred Saberhagen Temps Futurs (Space Fiction) 2-86607-015-1
F55.00?F: French frank
247
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Manchu Checkmark
The Berserker Wars 1982-08-00 Fred Saberhagen Tor / Pinnacle (Jim Baen Presents) 0-523-48520-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
399
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Franco Storchi Checkmark
Berserker 1982-11-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05463-3
$2.50?$: US dollar
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Berserker 1982-11-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05463-3
$2.50?$: US dollar
iv+
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Checkmark
The Berserker Wars 1983-10-00 Fred Saberhagen Tor / Pinnacle 0-523-48520-4   399
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Franco Storchi  
Berserker 1984-04-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05480-3
$2.75?$: US dollar
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Berserker 1984-04-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05469-2
$2.95?$: US dollar
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Berserker 1984-04-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05469-2
$2.75?$: US dollar
iv+
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Berserker 1985-00-00 Fred Saberhagen Penguin Books 0-14-002694-0
£1.95?£: UK pound
224
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Mike Litherland Checkmark
The Berserker Wars 1985-09-00 Fred Saberhagen Tor 0-812-55320-9
$2.95?$: US dollar
399
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Franco Storchi Checkmark
Berserker 1985-12-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05490-0
$2.95?$: US dollar
[8]+
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Checkmark
Berserker 1986-01-00 Fred Saberhagen Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3692) 3-8118-3692-7
DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
192
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Checkmark
Berserker 1986-07-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05495-1
$2.95?$: US dollar
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Berserker 1988-07-00 Fred Saberhagen Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3855) 3-8118-3855-5
DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
192
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Lehr Checkmark
Urania #1152 1991-05-05 ed. Giuseppe Lippi Mondadori 1152
Lit 4,500?Lit: Italian lira
176
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Vicente Segrelles  
Les machines de mort 1991-07-00 Fred Saberhagen L'Atalante (
Bibliothèque de l'évasion?Bibliotheque de l'evasion
)
2-905158-45-X   313
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Berserker 1992-09-00 Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05495-1
$4.99?$: US dollar
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
The Berserker Wars 1994-09-00 Fred Saberhagen Tor 0-812-53643-6
$4.99?$: US dollar
399
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Franco Storchi  
Berserkers: The Beginning 1998-07-00 Fred Saberhagen Baen Books 0-671-87884-0
$5.99?$: US dollar
377
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
omni David Mattingly Checkmark
Les berserkers: Tome 1 2001-11-00 Fred Saberhagen L'Atalante (La Dentelle du Cygne) 2-84172-193-0   885
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Gess  
Berserker 2003-06-00 Fred Saberhagen Thorndike Press 0-7862-5485-8
$28.95?$: US dollar
329
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Berserker Death 2005-02-00 Fred Saberhagen Baen Books 0-7434-9886-0
$25.00?$: US dollar
755
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Kurt Miller Checkmark
Berserker 2012-11-06 Fred Saberhagen JSS Literary Productions 978-1-937422-22-6
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Berserker Wars date unknown Fred Saberhagen Tor 0-812-50101-2
$3.95?$: US dollar
399
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Franco Storchi  
Berserker date unknown Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05490-0
$2.95?$: US dollar
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Vallejo  
The Berserker Wars date unknown Fred Saberhagen Tor 0-812-55312-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
399
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Franco Storchi  
Berserker date unknown Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-05462-5
$2.25?$: US dollar
243
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Boris Vallejo Checkmark
The Berserker Wars date unknown Fred Saberhagen Tor 0-812-55312-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
399
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Franco Storchi Checkmark
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