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The Life Hater
Fred Saberhagen · 1964short story
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- Genrehard science fiction
- Themealiens
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A representative of an inhabited planet engages in dialogue with an immense artificially intelligent war machine which has been programmed to destroy all life, in an attempt to convince it to abandon its mission.
Source · ISFDB CC BY 4.0
Placement
- Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)
- contained in 100 Astounding Little Alien Storiesanthology
- contained in Berserkercollection
- contained in Berserkers: The Beginningomnibus
- contained in Robert Silverberg Presents the Great SF Stories: 1964anthology
- contained in Saberhagen: My Bestcollection
- contained in The If Reader of Science Fictionanthology
- contained in The Mammoth Book of SF Warsanthology
- contained in Yesterday's Tomorrowsanthology