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== First appearances == The first story, "Without a Thought" (originally published as "Fortress Ship")<ref name="saberhagen196301">{{Cite magazine |last=Saberhagen |first=Fred |date=January 1963 |title=Fortress Ship |url=https://archive.org/details/1963-01_IF/page/n95/mode/2up?view=theater |magazine=Worlds of IF |pages=96β105 |access-date=2021-08-24}}</ref> (1963), is a puzzle story, whose protagonist must find a way to simulate intelligence to fool an enemy trying to determine whether there was any conscious being present in a [[spacecraft|spaceship]]. 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. A common theme in the stories is of how the apparent weaknesses and inconsistencies of living beings are actually the strengths that bring about the killer machines' eventual defeat. The second story, "Goodlife" (1963), introduces human [[treason|traitor]]s or [[Collaborationism|collaborators]] who cooperate with the Berserker machines to stay alive for a little longer.
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