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Title: Goodlife Title Record # 46256
Author: Fred Saberhagen
Date: 1963-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Language: English
Synopsis: Two humans who have been captured by an ancient, enormous, sentient spacecraft which has the goal of destroying any life which it encounters meet a man who was born inside the machine and raised to serve it, and knows nothing of the outside universe.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1966ⓘTranslated by Pierre Billon
 French Les prisonniers de la machine
1974ⓘTranslated by Eurico Fonceca
 Portuguese Boa vida
1980ⓘTranslated by Pierre Billon.
 French Prisonniers de la machine
1986ⓘTranslated by Leonore Petz
 German Goodlife
1991ⓘTranslated by Maura Arduini
 Italian La buona sorte
1991ⓘTranslated by Pierre Billon
 French Bonnevie

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Worlds of Tomorrow, December 1963 1963-12-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Galaxy Publishing Corp.  
$0.50?$: 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 Bruno 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
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
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
Alpha 9 1978-10-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Berkley Books 0-425-03838-6
$1.75?$: US dollar
 ix+
180
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 Vicente Segrelles 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 1980-06-00 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
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 Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces 1983-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Arbor House 0-87795-445-3
$16.95?$: US dollar
 538
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces 1984-02-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Priam Books / Arbor House 0-87795-446-1
$8.95?$: US dollar
 538
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  
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
Machines That Kill 1984-12-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Fred Saberhagen Ace Books 0-441-51358-1
$2.75?$: US dollar
 326
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 Walter Velez 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
Great Tales of Science Fiction 1985-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Galahad Books 0-88365-701-5
$8.98?$: US dollar
 529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth 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 1986-07-00 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
Saberhagen: My Best 1987-05-00 Fred Saberhagen Baen Books 0-671-65645-7
$2.95?$: US dollar
 311
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 Tom Kidd Checkmark
Saberhagen: My Best 1987-05-00 Fred Saberhagen Baen Books 0-671-65645-7
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 311
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 Tom Kidd Checkmark
Great Tales of Science Fiction 1988-06-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Galahad Books 0-88365-701-5
$9.98?$: US dollar
 529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Machines That Kill 1992-05-00 ed. Fred Saberhagen Tor 0-812-52059-9
$3.50?$: US dollar
 341
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 Maelo Cintron Checkmark
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
Great Tales of Science Fiction 1994-03-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg Galahad Books 0-88365-701-5
$?$: US dollar
 529
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
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
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 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  
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
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  
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