Re: FW: London Times Article

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From: "Bif Smith" <bif@bifsmith.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: FW: London Times Article

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Llaneza <imperialdispatches@yahoo.com>
> To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 4:03 AM
> Subject: Re: FW: London Times Article
>
>
> > Wasn't this also one of Saberhagen's Berserker stories ? Damaged
> Berserker,
> > directedto a 'plum' planet. A military officer is outraged, but then
the
> > encyclopedia salesman reveals the deception.
> >
> > The moral of this statement that our deceitful nature is a survival
trait.
> >

BIG SNIP

> I`ve got this in my large collection of sf novels, and I think it is
the
> beserker novel series. It my actually be from one of the short story
> anthologies, and I think the same one that had the story of the
thought
> controlled fighters that end up being piloted by artificial
personalities,
> one being the red barron. Of course, I could be wrong (it would take
too
> long to check, lost count of my sf at 400 a couple of years ago)<G>.
>
> BIF
>  "yorkshire born,yorkshire bred,
>  strong in arms, thick in head"

I do believe you are correct--I think I've got that one here somewhere. 
And
as for the artificial personality fighters--"I wish my craft to be
painted
red." (or something like that)

Rob