Line #1 Creator/FredSaberhagen


1	Fred Thomas Saberhagen (May 18, 1930 – June 29, 2007) was an American ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}} writer. His works include the ''Literature/{{Berserker}}'' series, in which the galaxy is threatened by near-unstoppable self-replicating war machines; the fantasy ''Ardneh'' series (including the Empire of the East trilogy and the ''[[Literature/BookOfSwords Books of Swords]])''; and a series of vampire novels beginning with ''Literature/TheDraculaTape'', in which the world's most infamous vampire sets the record straight about the events of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
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4	!!Works by Fred Saberhagen with their own trope pages include:
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6	* ''Literature/{{Berserker}}''
7	* ''Literature/BookOfSwords''
8	* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' (He wrote the novelization)
9	* ''Literature/TheDraculaTape''
10	* ''Literature/EmpireOfTheEast''
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12	!!Other works by Fred Saberhagen include examples of:
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14	%%* AIIsACrapshoot: Used in the stand-alone ''Octagon'' as well as the ''Berserker'' tales.
15	* TheAllConcealingI: Early chapters of ''The Holmes-Dracula File'' obscure the identity of the central character, calling him 'the old man' instead. Not until the fifth chapter does the novel switch from third to first person, revealing that 'the old man' is not only a vampire, Dracula himself, but the narrator as well.
16	* FightDracula: Franchise/SherlockHolmes takes on Dracula in ''The Holmes-Dracula File''. Although this turns out to be thanks to mistaken identity, and they team up against the ''real'' villain in the end.
17	* GroundhogDayLoop: ''After the Fact'' has the main character taught to use his ''natural talent'' for this in a plan to secretly rescue UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln from his assassination. It comes in handy that, any time things go wrong, he can reset to a few minutes back and try again.
18	* MagicalHomelessPerson: In ''Dominion,'' the wino known as [[Myth/{{Merlin}} Feathers]] has been a skid row bum for over a millennium, due to a curse placed on him by a certain [[Myth/TheLadyOfTheLake Nimue]]. In the present-day part of the book, the curse is wearing off, just as Nimue's plot is about to come to fruition.
19	* MythologyGag: In ''Octagon'', a stand-alone novel about a play-by-post strategy game, the company that runs the game is called [[Literature/{{Berserker}} Berserkers Incorporated]].
20	* {{Novelization}}: Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', by Fred Saberhagen.
21	%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent
22	%%* PerspectiveFlip: ''The Frankenstein Papers''.
23	* PopulationControl: A TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture book where {{stripperific}} clothing and casual sex are societal norms but couples are limited to two offspring, with severe penalties for violations.
24	* PublicDomainCharacter: Very many in the vampire series, including the obvious ({{Dracula}}), and the not-so-obvious (Franchise/SherlockHolmes). In fact his Dracula and Holmes series [[PublicDomainCanonWelding crossed over]], twice, with alternating narrators in the respective styles.
25	* RecursiveAdaptation: His novelization of the film ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', a literary adaptation of a film adaptation of a novel.
26	* RodentsOfUnusualSize: ''The Holmes-Dracula File'' features the famous rodent NoodleIncident of the Literature/SherlockHolmes series, the Giant Rat of Sumatra.
27	* SexIsEvil: ''Love Conquers All'' suggests that true love sublimates sexual desire through nonsexual romance and nudity, with a helping of religion. It's hard to tell whether this is an actual message or simply part of the [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo reversal of sexual mores]].

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