ShannonA
07-03-2007, 06:15 PM
I just got word that Fred Saberhagen died a couple of days ago. I wouldn't have guessed he was an older writer, though that's apparently because he didn't start until his mid-30s; he was 77.
I'll remember Saberhagen best for his Book of Swords trilogy and the Books of Lost Swords that followed. There was something about this idea of a dozen magical artifacts, occasionally changing hands, and affecting the face of the world as they did that was intriguing and interesting.
I never got into his Berserker books for which he's probably better known. Perhaps because there were so many that I didn't know what to read when, perhaps because the basic premise just didn't catch me.
The premise was, of course, about killer robot spaceships. It's been overplayed since, but Saberhagen was there first.
In honor of Fred I'm going to make sure the books of his that I own go into the index in the next few days.
I'll remember Saberhagen best for his Book of Swords trilogy and the Books of Lost Swords that followed. There was something about this idea of a dozen magical artifacts, occasionally changing hands, and affecting the face of the world as they did that was intriguing and interesting.
I never got into his Berserker books for which he's probably better known. Perhaps because there were so many that I didn't know what to read when, perhaps because the basic premise just didn't catch me.
The premise was, of course, about killer robot spaceships. It's been overplayed since, but Saberhagen was there first.
In honor of Fred I'm going to make sure the books of his that I own go into the index in the next few days.