Title: Fortress Ship

Title: Fortress Ship Title Record # 72643
Author: Fred Saberhagen
Date: 1963-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
Language: English

Synopsis: A human engaged in a conflict with an alien artificially intelligent war machine must find a way to conceal from the enemy that its ability to handicap his cognition is successful, or else it will attack when it knows that his ability to defend is impaired.

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Year	Title
1963	Without a Thought

Year	Language	Title
1970^ⓘTranslated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch	German	Der Berserker
1973^ⓘTranslated by Léon Thoorens	French	Les dames et le fou furieux
1973^ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin	French	Forteresse
1974^ⓘTranslated by Eurico Fonceca	Portuguese	Sem um pensamento
1981^ⓘTranslated by Božidar Stančić	Croatian	Igra dame s Bjesomučnim^?Igra dame s Bjesomucnim Igra dame s Bjesomuchnim
1986^ⓘTranslated by Leonore Petz	German	Ohne einen Gedanken
1991^ⓘTranslated by Maura Arduini	Italian	Senza pensiero
1995^ⓘTranslated by Elisabetta Moreolo Svaluto	Italian	La nave fortezza

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
If, January 1963	1963-01-00	ed. Frederik Pohl	Digest Productions Corporation; New York		$0.35^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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	Schelling
The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF	1964-00-00	ed. Judith Merril	Simon & Schuster		$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lawrence Ratzkin
The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF	1965-03-00	ed. Judith Merril	Simon & Schuster / SFBC		$1.90^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Lawrence Ratzkin
9th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F	1965-05-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	9775	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	384	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	Three Lions
9th Annual S-F	1967-00-00	ed. Judith Merril	Mayflower-Dell	9775-8	5/-^?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).	381	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	Hoot von Zitzewitz
Berserker	1967-01-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ballantine Books	U5063	$0.60^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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 (artist)
Men and Machines	1968-09-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Meredith Press		$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xii+ 240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Barry Martin
Men and Machines	1970-00-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Award Books	A765N	$0.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	219	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
The Best of Science Fiction 9	1970-00-00	ed. Judith Merril	Mayflower	0-583-11068-1	7/-^?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).	381	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
Berserker	1970-10-00	Fred Saberhagen	Penguin Books	0-14-002694-0	£0.30^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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
Menschen und Maschinen	1970-10-16	ed. Robert Silverberg	Moewig (Terra Taschenbuch #181)	TTB181	DM 2.60^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	167	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	Stephan
Des hommes et des machines	1973-00-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Science Fiction^?Bibliotheque Marabout - Science Fiction #434)			316	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	Henri Lievens
Galaxie (2ème série), #113	1973-10-00	ed. Michel Demuth	OPTA		F4.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	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	Michel Desimon
As máquinas da destruição	1974-00-00	Fred Saberhagen	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #200)			182	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	Lima de Freitas
Berserker	1978-09-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05404-8	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Berserker	1979-09-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05404-8	$1.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Berserker !	1980-00-00	Fred Saberhagen	Librairie des Champs-Élysées^?Librairie des Champs-Elysees (Le masque de l'avenir #2)	2-7024-1086-3			hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Enki Bilal
Berserker	1980-06-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05423-4	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Sirius, #56	1981-02-05	ed. Borivoj Jurković^?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich	Vjesnik		Din 30^?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006	148	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.	mag	Vicente Segrelles
La guerre des Berserkers	1982-06-00	Fred Saberhagen	Temps Futurs (Space Fiction)	2-86607-015-1	F55.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	247	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.	coll	Manchu
Pawn to Infinity	1982-06-00	ed. Fred Saberhagen, Joan Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-65482-7	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[8]+ 258	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
Berserker	1982-11-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05463-3	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Berserker	1982-11-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05463-3	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Histoires de la fin des temps	1983-04-00	ed. Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein	Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3777)	2-253-02580-1		445	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	Cl. Gozlan
Berserker	1984-04-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05480-3	$2.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Berserker	1984-04-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05469-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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
Berserker	1985-00-00	Fred Saberhagen	Penguin Books	0-14-002694-0	£1.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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
Berserker	1985-12-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05490-0	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	[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
Berserker	1986-01-00	Fred Saberhagen	Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3692)	3-8118-3692-7	DM 8.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	192	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
Berserker	1986-07-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05495-1	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology	1986-09-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Bluejay Books	0-312-94471-3	$19.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	438	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alan Gutierrez
Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology	1986-09-00	ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Frederik Pohl	Bluejay Books	0-312-94472-1	$10.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	438	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	Alan Gutierrez
Berserker	1988-07-00	Fred Saberhagen	Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3855)	3-8118-3855-5	DM 8.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	192	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	Lehr
Urania #1152	1991-05-05	ed. Giuseppe Lippi	Mondadori	1152	Lit 4,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	176	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	Vicente Segrelles
Les machines de mort	1991-07-00	Fred Saberhagen	L'Atalante ( Bibliothèque de l'évasion^?Bibliotheque de l'evasion )	2-905158-45-X		313	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.	coll
The Great SF Stories #25 (1963)	1992-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #885)	0-88677-518-3	$5.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	382	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	Bob Layzell
Berserker	1992-09-00	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05495-1	$4.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
The Great SF Stories #25 (1963)	1993-01-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books / SFBC	05922	$8.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	381	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Layzell
Le grandi storie della fantascienza: 1963	1995-09-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Mondadori (Classici Urania #222)		Lit 6,500^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	330	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	Marco Patrito
Le grandi storie della fantascienza: 1963	1995-12-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	Mondadori (I Libri di Urania #31)	88-04-40838-3	Lit 8,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	330	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	Marco Patrito
Berserkers: The Beginning	1998-07-00	Fred Saberhagen	Baen Books	0-671-87884-0	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Altair, February 2000	2000-02-00	ed. Andrew Collings, Jim Deed, Robert N. Stephenson	Altair Publishing		A$9.95^?A$: Australian dollar. ISO code: AUD	160	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Carol McLean-Carr
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2000-07-18	ed. Garyn G. Roberts	Prentice-Hall	0-13-021280-6	$47.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 1166	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	Frank R. Paul
Les berserkers: Tome 1	2001-11-00	Fred Saberhagen	L'Atalante (La Dentelle du Cygne)	2-84172-193-0		885	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.	omni	Gess
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2003-00-00	ed. Garyn G. Roberts	Prentice-Hall	0-13-021280-6		xviii+ 1166	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	Frank R. Paul
Berserker	2003-06-00	Fred Saberhagen	Thorndike Press	0-7862-5485-8	$28.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	329	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Berserkers: The Beginning	2003-09-12	Fred Saberhagen	Blackstone Audiobooks		$25.17^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	omni	David Mattingly
Berserkers: The Beginning	2005-07-00	Fred Saberhagen	Blackstone Audiobooks	0-7861-7955-4	$29.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	omni	David Mattingly
Berserkers: The Beginning	2005-07-00	Fred Saberhagen	Blackstone Audiobooks	0-7861-7790-X			audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	omni	David Mattingly
Men and Machines	2009-03-05	ed. Robert Silverberg	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-5499-7	$14.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	256	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	2012-11-06	Fred Saberhagen	JSS Literary Productions	978-1-937422-22-6	$4.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Berserkers: The Beginning	2013-06-00	Fred Saberhagen	Blackstone Audio	978-1-4708-8883-1	$32.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	omni	David Mattingly
Berserker	date unknown	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05462-5	$2.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Berserker	date unknown	Fred Saberhagen	Ace Books	0-441-05490-0	$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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
Men and Machines	date unknown	ed. Robert Silverberg	Hawthorn Books			xii+ 240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Barry Martin

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