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Berserker Base

by Poul Anderson, Larry Niven · 1985

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Created in an ancient war, the berserkers are huge and implacable machines that rampage through the galaxy with one mission: the destruction of human life. In a collaboration of seven well-known writers. Berserker Base is the story of a group of people in a desperate struggle to stop this threat to civilization.

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Themes
artificial intelligenceartificial intelligenceMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages
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