Fred Saberhagen Papers, 1960-2013 | Northern Illinois University

Collection Overview

Title: Fred Saberhagen Papers, 1960-2013

ID: RBSC/SFWA/053

Primary Creator: Saberhagen, Fred (1930-2007)

Extent: 42.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Series I is Novels, Series II is Short Stories, Series III consists of Correspondence, Series IV is Miscellaneous, Series V contains Entertainment Adapted from Novels, and Series VI is Media.

Date Acquired: 12/00/2011. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Berserker, Saberhagen, Fred, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America

Forms of Material: fantasy, science fiction

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Fred Saberhagen Papers consists of printed (paper-based) and handwritten edited manuscripts (mostly of his novels), a small amount of short stories, correspondence associated with those materials, and some miscellaneous materials. The collection is divided into series based upon format. Series I consists of novels, Series II includes short stories, Series III contains correspondence, Series IV is miscellaneous, Series V is Entertainment Media Adapted from Novels, and Series VI is Media. Each Series is broken down into book series by date of publication. For example, Series I: Novels starts with his Berserker series (which was his first series) and each of the books in this series are placed in order by date of publication.

The order of his written materials is as follows: Berserker series, Empire of the East series, Vlad Tepes series, Mask of the Sun series, Book of the Swords series, Book of the Lost Swords series, Books of the Gods series, Standalone novels, Omnibus, Collections, Book series Saberhagen contributed to, Anthologies he edited, Anthologies containing his stories, and ending with short stories.

An Addendum was added on 8-28-2014 that added material to Series I, II, III, and IV and created Series V and VI. Another Addendum was added on 8-28-2015 that added material to Series I.

Collection Historical Note

Fred Saberhagen was a Science Fiction and Fantasy author known for his short stories, science fiction novels, and his Berserker series. He was born on May 18, 1930 and he passed away on June 29, 2007. In his lifetime he wrote seventy plus short stories and more than seventy of his novels were published. He grew up in Chicago, but later moved to New Mexico. His fantasy readers know him for his Lost Swords series and another popular series was the Dracula series in which the story is told from the vampire’s point of view. He also created the Books of the Gods which were retellings of myths from different cultures. He co-authored two novels with Roger Zelazny and one with James V Hart. In his early years he served in the U.S. airforce, worked as an electronics technician for Motorola, and wrote/edited pieces for the Encyclopedia Britannica. He began writing seriously around the age of 30 and his 1^st sale was to Galaxy magazine that put his short story “volume PAA-PYX’ into its 1961 publication. In 1964 he had his 1^st novel published, ‘the Golden People’. He leaves behind his wife, Joan, two sons, and a daughter. For more information on Saberhagen and his works, please see his website: www.berserker.com

Subject/Index Terms

Berserker
Saberhagen, Fred
Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America

Administrative Information

Repository: Northern Illinois University

Accruals: Additions by Joan Saberhagen: 01/20/2012, 03/02/2012, 03/16/2012, 05/14/2012, 07/02/2012, 08/23/2012, 05/02/2013, 11/2013, 10/7/2015, 11/05/2015, 01/20/2017, 12/14/2018

Access Restrictions: Photographs and photocopies of collection are prohibited.

Use Restrictions: Property Rights are transferred to the University Libraries per the signed Deed of Gift Document. Literary Rights are retained by the content creator. Any copyrights so stated in the materials remain in force.

Acquisition Source: Joan Saberhagen

Acquisition Method: Mailed to RBSC by Joan Saberhagen, Fred's wife.

Related Materials: For more information please see http://www.berserker.com.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series I: Novels],
[Series II: Short Stories],
[Series III: Correspondence],
[Series IV: Miscellaneous],
[Series V: Entertainment Media Adapted From Novels],
[Series VI: Media],
[All]

Series VI: Media

Addendum 1: Series VI is a new series created by an addendum

Box 1

Item 1: Apple II Commands sheet [inside red binder], no date
Item 2: Disk 266 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder|in ziploc], no date
Item 3: Disk 321 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder|in ziploc], no date
Item 4: Disk 257|Front Vol 1|Back int. [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder|in ziploc], 4-8-1981
Item 5: Math|A. Math #1 B. Math #2 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder|in ziploc], no date
Item 6: Disk 321|3.2.1 Plus System Master [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 7: Disk 254|DOS 3.3 System Master|16 Sector|System Master Backup [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 8: Disk 255 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], 7-11-1980
Item 9: Disk 256|A. Fun 3 #256 B. Disk #1 Orchard VINI [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], 9-20-1980
Item 10: Disk 257 [empty Mini Floppy Disk space|inside red binder], no date
Item 11: Disk 258 [empty Mini Floppy Disk space|inside red binder], no date
Item 12: Disk 259|Games A. Dungeon #3 B. Dungeon #4 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 13: Disk 600|Side 1- The Wonderful World of Eamon Side 2- The Lair of the Mindtamer [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], 7-11-1980
Item 14: Disk 201|Games IAC #3 Own Games [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 15: Disk 202|Vol.5 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 16: Disk 260 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 17: Disk 261|A. Fun Tape #261 B. Disk #2 Orchard VINI [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], 7-9-1980
Item 18: Disk 262|Games A. Wash Apple Pi Vol.4 B. Apple Pi Slice 13 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 19: Disk 263|Math [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], 7-11-1980
Item 20: Disk 266|System Master 3.2.1 Standard 16 Sector [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 21: Disk 267 [empty Mini Floppy Disk space|inside red binder], no date
Item 22: Disk 268 [empty Mini Floppy Disk space|inside red binder], no date
Item 23: Disk 269|Education A. Basic Tutorial B. Quiz Builder [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 24: Music A. ACC Music #1|B. ACC Music #2 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 25: Graphics A. Assorted Graphics Skywriter B. IAC Disk #10 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 26: Game Eamon and Dungeon Designer [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 27: Graphics [Mini Floppy Disk|inside red binder], no date
Item 28: Berserker Raids IBM [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope with items 29 and 30], 4-5-1984
Item 29: Berserker Raids Apple II+, IIe|protected [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope with items 28 and 30], 1-22-1984
Item 30: Berserker Raids|unprotected [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope with items 28 and 29], 1-22-1984, 4-12-1984 sent to Jim
Item 31: Wings Format 2.1 No DOS [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 12-13-1984
Item 32: Wings No DOS [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 12-13-1984
Item 33: Wings final IBM [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 1-9-1985
Item 34: Basic - Wings|needs DOS 2.0 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 1-9-1984, 1-14-1985 sent to Jim
Item 35: Basic - Wings [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 12-13-1984
Item 36: Wings DOS 2.1 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 12-5
Item 37: Wings Flight and Battle [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 11-29-1984
Item 38: Wings Out Of Shadow [Mini Floppy Disk and note|inside white envelope #1], 11-20-1984
Item 39: Wings demo Basic Prog. With Testmon [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 11-8-1984
Item 40: Bridge|Sanyo [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 10-25
Item 41: Wings [object] 360K [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 11-7
Item 42: Wings loadable Ascii program files [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 9-20-1984
Item 43: Shadow|Wings [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #1], 9-20-1984
Item 45: Raids|Utilities Prog. Scen. Generator Scen. data [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #2], 8-14-1983
Item 46: Sign of the Wolf 3.3 MW [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #2], no date
Item 47: Sign of the Wolf back up 3.3 MW[Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #2], no date
Item 48: Raids M.W. [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #2], no date
Item 49: Raids back up M.W. [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #2], no date
Item 50: Magic Window Wings Out Of Shadow 3.2 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #2], no date
Item 51: Wings Out Of Shadow back up 3.2[Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #2], no date
Item 52: Lover|Presarse|Lab [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #3], 2-7-1985
Item 53: Animal Lover Preserve demo [Mini Floppy Disk and notes on yellow paper|inside white envelope #3], 8-12-1984
Item 54: Animal Lover demo|Run Preserve [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #3], 7-24-1984
Item 55: Animal Lover demo with Diversy DOS [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #3], 6-13-1984
Item 56: Animal Lover demo with Diversy DOS [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #3], 5-2-1984
Item 57: Pride and Prejudice Version-Apple 64K [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #3], 10-21-1984, 10-22-1984 sent to Jim
Item 58: Animal Lover Preserve Break In and Flight [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #3], 6-13-1984
Item 59: ORBS and Dale Koehler [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #4], 3-14-1985
Item 60: Starball [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #4], no date
Item 61: Starball|Dale Koehler [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #4], 7-29-1984
Item 62: Starball|Dale Koehler [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #4], 7-27-1984
Item 63: Starball [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #4], 7-19-1984
Item 64: Animal Lover Magic Window text Disk 2 of 2 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 65: Aftermath MW 3.3 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 66: Aftermath backup|MW 3.3 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 67: Swords MW 3.3 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 68: Swords back up MW 3.3 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 69: Magic Window|Animal Lover [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 70: Magic Window|Starball|Tim Villarveva|Spritemania|Graveyard [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 71: Empire 3.2 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 72: Empire back up 3.2 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 73: Wizard War MW files [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 74: Animal Lover Magic Window text Disk 1 of 2 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside white envelope #5], no date
Item 75: Electric Dragon|compiled|copy of Jim's disk [Mini Floppy Disk|inside beige flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 76: Electric Dragon|based on I Ching or Book of Changes [Mini Floppy Disk|inside beige flexydisk storage case], 10-30-1984
Item 77: Force 400 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside beige flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 78: I Ching Workdisk - Tests [Mini Floppy Disk|inside beige flexydisk storage case], 11-18-1984
Item 79: Ching Source [Mini Floppy Disk|inside beige flexydisk storage case], 6-30, received 11-10-1984
Item 80: Ching Stuff [Mini Floppy Disk|inside beige flexydisk storage case], 10-30-1984
Item 81: Electric Dragon Workdisk [Mini Floppy Disk|inside beige flexydisk storage case], 10-30-1984
Item 82: Ching Stuff back up Workdisk [Mini Floppy Disk|inside beige flexydisk storage case], 10-30-1984
Item 83: I Ching [Mini Floppy Disk|inside beige flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 84: Ching Stuff basic [Mini Floppy Disk and notes|inside beige flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 85: Wings [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], 1-7-1985, 1-9-1985, 1-14-1985 sent to Jim
Item 86: Raids Master [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], 4-5-1984
Item 87: Wings Final [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], 1-26-1985
Item 88: Pride Final IBM [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], 10-15
Item 89: IBM Database Mailing List Disk 1 [Mini Floppy Disk and notecard|inside grey flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 90: IBM Database Mailing List Disk 2 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 91: IBM Database Mailing List Disk 3 [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 92: Raids EXE disk for mass duplication [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 93: Wizard War|includes source [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 94: Wizard War A7 ww intro [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], 9-17-1984
Item 95: Wizard War A7 ww intro back up [Mini Floppy Disk|inside grey flexydisk storage case], 9-17-1984
Item 96: Starball production verification disk [Mini Floppy Disk], 12-17-1984
Item 97: Starball Dale Koehler [Mini Floppy Disk], 7-29-1984
Item 98: Starball Com 64 [Mini Floppy Disk], 10-21-1984
Item 99: Animal Lover Continuous demo [Mini Floppy Disk], 9-85, 1985
Item 100: Animal Lover segmented demo [Mini Floppy Disk], 8-85, 1985
Item 101: Animal Lover segmented demo disk 1 of 2 [Mini Floppy Disk], 8-85, 1985
Item 102: Animal Lover Continuous demo disk 2 of 2[Mini Floppy Disk], 9-85, 1985
Item 103: Wings Out of Shadow [Mini Floppy Disk], no date
Item 104: Pride final|Apple 64K [Mini Floppy Disk], 10-21
Item 105: Pride and Prejudice final IBM 128K [Mini Floppy Disk], 10-16-1984
Item 106: Pride and Prejudice production verification disk [Mini Floppy Disk], 12-17-1984
Item 107: Pride and Prejudice by Jon Williams [Mini Floppy Disk], 1985
Item 108: Wolf Game [Mini Floppy Disk], no date
Item 109: Pride and Prejudice by Jon Williams [Mini Floppy Disk], 1985
Item 110: Wings Out of Shadow production disk with no protect [Mini Floppy Disk and note], 4-84
Item 111: Wings Out of Shadow scroll and flash bridge [Mini Floppy Disk], 4-7-1984
Item 112: Berserker Raids production Com 64 unprotected [Mini Floppy Disk], 2-6-1984, 4-12-1984 & 10-3-1984 sent to Jim
Item 113: Berserker Raids production DOS 1.1 IBM [Mini Floppy Disk], 4-2-1984
Item 114: Berserker Raids production [Mini Floppy Disk], 1-7-1984
Item 115: Berserker Raids Atari [Mini Floppy Disk], 3-19-1984 [Atari], 4-12-1984 sent to Jim
Item 116: Berserker Raids IBM [Mini Floppy Disk], 4-5-1984
Item 117: Wings Out of Shadow [Mini Floppy Disk], 3-30-1984
Item 118: The Electric Dragon master [micro floppy disk|inside small white envelope], no date
Item 119: Electric Dragon MBASIC ver 2.0 1985 redo[micro floppy disk|inside grey micro flexydisk storage case], 1985
Item 120: Electric Dragon back up of 2-15-85 demo [micro floppy disk|inside grey micro flexydisk storage case], 2-15-1985
Item 121: System Backup 512K with some E. Dragon files [micro floppy disk|inside grey micro flexydisk storage case], 11-84
Item 122: E. Dragon some back up files [micro floppy disk|inside grey micro flexydisk storage case], no date
Item 123: Sign of the Wolf proposal files data & Wings [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], no date
Item 124: BWL Financial Reports [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], no date
Item 125: BWL catalogs flyers & Wolf gallery cover [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], no date
Item 126: BWL ads & labels [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], no date
Item 127: BWL disk [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], no date
Item 128: Electric Dragon MBASIC 2.0 [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], 12-13-1984
Item 129: Electric Dragon program backup and source files [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], 12-13-1984
Item 130: Electric Dragon MBASIC version 1.0 [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], 12-13-1984
Item 131: Dragon backup files [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], no date
Item 132: E Dragon data files|files used by packing program 1st attempt [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], 11-84
Item 133: Data files 2nd attempt at compress [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], no date
Item 134: Dragon Work Files [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], no date
Item 135: Dragon.dat 1st attempt & 2nd attempt|Dragon.tbc|backup [micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], no date
Item 136: Dragon Back Up files as received by modem[micro floppy disk|inside fujifilm storage case], 11-84
Item 137: Letters - Logo data P & P Wings|Wings explained [micro floppy disk|members note|making fonts note|inside apple storage case for ten disks], no date
Item 138: Aftermath data & Nukrat|Wings short story [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], no date
Item 139: Dragon Work|Maugtep modem prog [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], no date
Item 140: Dragon save [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], no date
Item 141: Electric Dragon 512 K no system no basic [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], 2-20
Item 142: Electric Dragon Demo 512 K modified system and finder|compressed and protected [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], 2-15-1985
Item 143: Electric Dragon 128 K modified system and finder [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], 2-19-1985
Item 144: Electric Dragon MBASIC 2.0 back up disk 2 [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], 1985
Item 145: Electric Dragon game manuals word file|Dragon labels|Raids label [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], no date
Item 146: Animal Lover data [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], no date
Item 147: Empire data [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], no date
Item 148: Empire data files for the game|last update|you'll need write & paint [micro floppy disk|inside apple storage case for ten disks], 9-20-1984
Item 149: Sabberhagen: A Retrospective [CD|inside green CD envelope], no date
Item 150: Sabberhagen Retrospective V2 [CD|inside yellow CD envelope], 6-10-2008
Item 151-154: Casette Tape Recordings, 1982: Addendum 3: This is an addendum to Series VI: Media