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Title: The Life Hater

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Title: The Life Hater Title Record # 46253
Author: Fred Saberhagen
Date: 1964-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Language: English
Synopsis: A representative of an inhabited planet engages in dialogue with an immense artificially intelligent war machine which has been programmed to destroy all life, in an attempt to convince it to abandon its mission.
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1964 The Peacemaker
Year Language Title
1964 Italian Le furie
1966Translated by Michel Demuth
French La vie contre la vie
1985Translated by Vojko Kraljeta
Croatian Mirotvorac
1986Translated by Leonore Petz.
German Der Friedensstifter
1988Translated by Алексей Дмитриевич Иорданский / Alexey Dmitrievich Iordanskiy. Russian title means "Of peace and love".
Russian [as by
Фред Сейберхаген?Fred Seyberkhagen
Fred Saberhagen
]
1991Translated by Maura Arduini
Italian Il paciere
1991Translated by Michel Demuth
French Le pacifiste
1992<ul><li>Translated by Алексей Дмитриевич Иорданский (Aleksey Dmitriyevich Iordanskiy).<li>Title translates as "On Peace and Love". </ul>
Russian [as by
Фред Сейберхэген?Fred Seyberkhegen
Fred Saberhagen
]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
If, August 1964 1964-08-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corporation  
$0.40?$: US dollar
132
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 Fetterly Checkmark
The If Reader of Science Fiction 1966-03-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Doubleday  
$4.50?$: US dollar
x+
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Miller (artist) Checkmark
The If Reader of Science Fiction 1967-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Ace Books H-19
$0.60?$: US dollar
220
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.
anth Cosimo Scianna Checkmark
The If Reader of Science Fiction 1967-00-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Whiting & Wheaton  
21/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xi+
252
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Yesterday's Tomorrows 1982-10-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Berkley Books 0-425-05648-1
$9.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
431
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.
anth  
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories 1996-09-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0142-3
$7.98?$: US dollar
xvi+
544
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Cheryl Knippenburg Checkmark
Robert Silverberg Presents the Great SF Stories: 1964 2001-12-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg NESFA Press 1-886778-21-3
$25.00?$: US dollar
395
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Eddie Jones Checkmark
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