Berserker ( a. k. a Berserker: The Nordic Curse ) is a 1987 horror film in the " slasher film " genre, in which a Viking berserker serves as the killer.

According to an old Nordic legend, a Berserker was a bloodthirsty warrior who ate human flesh, forbidden a restful death and fated to be reincarnated in their blood kin.

* Berserker Base ( 1985 ), an anthology with several guest writers ; Saberhagen wrote the connecting interludes.

# Brother Assassin, ( Ballantine Jan. 1969 ) / as Brother Berserker, ( Macdonald Feb. 1969 ) / ( Ace Dec. 1978 ); ( available online ) as a Baen Free Sample from the Berserker Man omnibus ; book version of the following linked novellas:

:* The Berserker Wars, ( Tor Dec. 1981 ) ( short fiction collection ; only 2 original / uncollected stories ); ( available online ) as a Baen Free Sample from Berserker Death omnibus

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:* The Berserker Attack, ( Tor / OtherWorlds Club 1987 ) ( short fiction collection ; no original / uncollected stories )

:* Berserker Lies, ( Tor Sep. 1991 ) ( short fiction collection ; one original story )

At the beginning of the game, the player is given the choice between five different classes ; Berserker, Champion, Defender, Commando, and Bio Engineer, with each having an advantage over another.

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Six different types of players ( Empire Builder, Merchant, Berserker, Apostle, Pirate, and Artifact Collector ) gain points in different ways ; nevertheless, most victories come from taking something away from somebody else.

Starweb uses the term " Berserker " with permission of Fred Saberhagen ; Saberhagen returned the favor by using a fictionalized Starweb game as a backdrop for his novel Octagon ( 1981 ).

Most of the time, a Berserker is a physically strong and agile warrior without great intelligence or specials skills besides their high offensive power in battle.

* Egil One-Hand, Viking Berserker from Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana

The idea of an automated spacecraft capable of constructing copies of itself was first proposed in scientific literature in 1974 by Michael A. Arbib, but the concept had appeared earlier in science fiction such as the 1967 novel Berserker by Fred Saberhagen or the 1950 novellette trilogy The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt ( see self-replicating machines in fiction, below ).

The first album released on Numa, 1984 ’ s Berserker was also notable for being Numan's first foray into music computers / samplers, in this case the PPG Wave.

It is found from Berserker Range in central Queensland, south through New South Wales, and into eastern Victoria.

In the movie, King Glum do Bridon kidnapped and attempted to marry her in order to bring his Hades Beastman Berserker army into the human world.

For the first five series, the figures were broken into these clans: Eternal Dragon Clan, Fire Dragon Clan, Komodo Dragon Clan, Sorcerer's Dragon Clan, Water Dragon Clan, and Berserker Clan.

Although his background is not mentioned in the show, the accompanying MVCreations comic series published an origin story for him ( as Icons of Evil # 1, written by Robert Kirkman and drawn by Tony Moore ) in which he is revealed to originate from the Berserker Islands, where he first encounters Keldor before his transformation into Skeletor.

Upon meeting the sorceress Flora, Guts learns the Elfhelm king could possibly cure Casca's derelict mind and is bequeathed the Berserker Armor to help him in his fight against the Apostles.

The Berserker Class did not appear in the series again until Final Fantasy X-2, where the player could acquire the Berserker Dressphere after defending O ' aka's shop from fiends in Chapter 3.

The demo also featured an easter egg where the Commando and Berserker classes become playable by setting the console date to 2009.

At level 18, the player gets a choice to become a Berserker.

The fourteen classes of the original 1999 version of EverQuest were later expanded to include the Beastlord and Berserker classes with the Shadows of Luclin ( 2001 ) and Gates of Discord ( 2004 ) expansions, respectively.

* Berserker Base: A Collaborative Novel ( 1984, with Poul Anderson, Edward Bryant, Stephen R. Donaldson, Fred Saberhagen, Connie Willis, and Roger Zelazny )

( A similar theme is explored in Fred Saberhagen's Berserker novels.

Berserker moved away from the fluid, fretless sound that characterised Numan's previous three albums, featuring instead harder-edged electric bass and drum sounds.

Numan's next album, The Fury ( 1985 ), charted slightly higher than Berserker, produced four hit singles and featured another new image of white suit and red bow tie.

Berserker Uruks were also used during the siege of Helm's Deep, both to clear the ramparts of defenders and to detonate explosive mines to breach the deeping wall.

" Berserker " is also a well known character archetype and status in video games and other media.

* Fred Saberhagen's Berserker Saga of machines bent on the eradication of all organic life in the universe is likely based on the Berserkers, as well as providing the inspiration for the Cylons of the Battlestar Galactica entertainment franchise.

There is also a job class named Berserker, which are depicted wielding giant axes and a high critical hit rate.

* The band Black Label Society and more specifically lead singer Zakk Wylde often make reference to the term Berserker.

* The protagonists of the comic series Berserker, Aaron and Farris, are both Berserkers.

The Berserker series is a series of space opera science fiction short stories and novels by Fred Saberhagen, in which robotic self-replicating machines intend to destroy all life.

The Builders failed to ensure their own immunity from Berserker attack, or they lost those safeguards through an unknown malfunction that changed the Berserker programming, and they were exterminated by their own creation very shortly after the demise of the Red Race.

The Berserker stories ( published as novels and short stories ) describe humanity's fight against the Berserkers.

Saberhagen came up with the Berserker as the rationale for the story on the spur of the moment, but the basic concept was so fruitful, with so many possible ramifications, that he used it as the basis of many stories.

The second story introduces " goodlife ": human traitors or collaborators who cooperate with the Berserker machines to stay alive for a while.

In addition, the novel Berserker Fury is a space version of the Battle of Midway.

The " island " planet was called 50 / 50 ( halfway or " midway " between the edge of Berserker controlled space and the human base of Port Diamond ), spaceships involved were named after the U. S. ships ( Stinger for USS Hornet, Venture for USS Enterprise, etc.

For example the fighters stationed at 50 / 50 are stated to be no match for the Berserker Void fighters.

* http :// www. berserkerfan. org /-The Taj: Official Fan Site of Fred Saberhagen's Berserker Universe