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Fred Saberhagen got there decades earlier with his _Berserker_ novels. AFAIK every "alien machines that wipe out intelligent life" story is descended from them.

Fred Saberhagen got there decades earlier with his _Berserker_ novels. AFAIK every "alien machines that wipe out intelligent life" story is descended from them. Greg Bear's _The Forge of God_ / _Anvil of Stars_ (which are both excellent, IMO) followed similar lines in the late 80s.

acheron 12y ago
Yeah. The Babylon 5 episode that talmand was referring to was an explicit reference to the Berserker stories.