ANACHRONISMS

Mandarin paperback, 1989. Cover illustration by Terry Pastor.

"On a routine exploration mission, Captain Ericho Brad, and the crew of the starship Alchemon, discover an alien life form on the hostile planet of Sycamore. Against his better judgement, but at the insistence of his scientists, the Captain brings the alien on board. And then the nightmare begins. 

The ships robots start to malfunction, a crew member commits suicide and the Sentinels, fail-safe devices built into the ship, threaten human life in favour of the mission. Brad knows he is losing control. 

His one hope is Mars Lea, a psionic, whose immense psychic capability is the source of the alien's power. Only she stands between the alien and the destruction of the Alchemon."

BERSERKER BASE

VGSF / Victor Gollancz Science Fiction paperback, 1990.
Cover illustration by Terry Pastor.

"A collaborative novel by seven of the greatest stars writing science fiction today, set in Fred Saberhagen's Berserker universe. 

Created in an ancient war, implacable machines programmed to destroy all organic life, the Berserkers seemed invincible. But at last humans have come upon a Berserker base and they must strive to root out the mechanical killers at their very source."

Contents:

Prisoner's Base by Fred Saberhagen

What Makes Us Human by Stephen Donaldson

Friends Together by Fred Saberhagen

With Friends Like These by Connie Willis

The Founts Of Sorrow by Fred Saberhagen

Itself Surprised by Roger Zelazny

The Great Secret by Fred Saberhagen

Deathwomb Poul Anderson

Dangerous Dreams by Fred Saberhagen

Pilots Of The Twilight by Ed Bryant

Crossing The Bar by Fred Saberhagen

A Teardrop Falls by Larry Niven

Berserker Base Fred Saberhagen

Not really a short story collection...but kind of. Saberhagen weaves the story through those of the guest authors. Many of the stories previously featured in sf magazines throughout the mid 1980s; such as Niven's A Teardrop Falls (Omni), Poul Anderson's Deathwomb (Analog), etc.

BERSERKER MAN

VGSF / Victor Gollancz Science Fiction paperback,
first VGSF edition, 1988. Cover illustration by Terry Pastor.

"Rampaging through space, bent on an orgy of random destruction, the killing machines pound all life forms to steam and dust. Humankind, fighting for its life, has devised a terrifying new weapon. But will Michel Geulincx - humanity's new champion - have the psychic strength to wield it? For he is one against many, a precarious synthesis of man and machine, and Michel Geulincx is only eleven years old..."