David Bischoff
David Bischoff | |
|---|---|
| Pen name | Mark Grant, Dave Bischoff , Dave F. Bischoff , Michael F. X. Milhaus |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer, educator |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1975—Present |
| Genre | Science fiction, Fantasy |
David F. Bischoff (born December 15, 1951) is an American science fiction and television writer.
General Background
Born in Washington D.C. and now living in Eugene, Oregon, he is the author of various science fiction series including the Gaming Magi series and the Dragonstar series with Thomas F Monteleone. He also wrote novelizations for WarGames (translated in the USSR to Russian and published in the youth magazine in about 1984), The Blob, and Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
Movies and Television
David has worked on various television series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, where he wrote the episodes "Tin Man" and "First Contact" (not to be confused with the Star Trek movie First Contact). He also wrote the Star Trek tie-in novel Grounded, which spent time on the bestseller list.
Other TV work included Dinosaucers (with Ted Pedersen) produced by DIC Entertainment. His interest in dinosaurs led him to write the second of 24 books in the Time Machine series, Search for Dinosaurs, which is actually about finding Archaeopteryx, the first bird.
In addition to some seventy-five original novels, David has written tie-in novels for well known Movies and TV series such as Aliens , Alien Versus Predator , Farscape, Gremlins , Space Precinct, SeaQuest DSV , and Jonny Quest. He has also written show-business related nonfiction under a variety of pen names.
Teaching
David teaches creative writing at Seton Hill University, Pennsylvania, in an innovative low-residency Master's degree program in Writing Popular Fiction.
Selected bibliography
Novels
- The Seeker (novel) (1976)
- The Phantom of the Opera (novel) (1977)
- Forbidden World (novel) (1978)
- Tin Woodman (novel) (1979)
- The Selkie (1982)
- Mandala (novel) (1983)
- Wargames (novel) (1983)
- The Crunch Bunch (1985)
- A Personal Demon (1985)
- The Manhattan Project (novel)(1986)
- The Blob (novel) (1989)
- The Judas Cross (1994)
- Hackers (novel) (1995)
- Philip K. Dick High (2000)
- The Diplomatic Touch (2001)
Fiction Series
- Aliens Omnibus Volume 2 (1996)
- Genocide (novel) (1994)
Aliens Versus Predator (novel series)
- Aliens vs Predator Omnibus (1995)
- Hunter's Planet (1994)
- Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (1991)
- Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars (1991)
Daniel M. Pinkwater's Melvinge of the Megaverse
- Night of the Living Shark! (1991)
Dr. Dimension (science fiction series)
- Dr. Dimension (1993) with John DeChancie
- Masters of Spacetime (1994)
Dragonstar (science fiction series)
- Dragonstar (novel) (1980)
- Day of the Dragonstar (1983)
- Night of the Dragonstar (1985)
- Dragonstar Destiny (1989)
- Ship of Ghosts (novel) (2001)
- The Destiny Dice (1985)
- Wraith Board (1985)
- The Unicorn Gambit (1986)
- The New Batch (novel) (1988)
- Mutants Amok (1991)
- Mutant Hell (1991)
- Rebel Attack (1991)
- Holocaust Horror (1991)
Nightworld (science fiction series)
- Nightworld (science fiction novel) (1979)
- Vampires of Nightworld (1981)
- seaQuest DSV: The Ancient (1994)
- The Deity-Father (1995)
- Demon Wing (1995)
- Alien Island (1996)
- Star Fall (1980)
- Star Spring (1982)
- The Infinite Battle (1985)
- Galactic Warriors (1985)
- The Macrocosmic Conflict (1986)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Grounded (Star Trek) (1993)
- A Murder of Crows (1998)
- Quoth the Crow (1998)
The UFO Conspiracy (science fiction series)
- Abduction (The UFO Conspiracy series novel) (1990)
- Deception (The UFO Conspiracy series novel) (1991)
- Revelation (The UFO Conspiracy series novel) (1991)
Short story collections
- Tripping the Dark Fantastic (2000)
Anthologies edited by David Bischoff
- Quest (1977)
- Strange Encounters (1977)
Short Fiction
- The Sky's an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls (1975)
- Feeding Time (1976)
- Heavy Metal (1976)
- Tin Woodman (1976) nominated for a Nebula Award in 1977[1]
- The Apprentice (1977)
- Top Hat (1977)
- In Medias Res (1978)
- Alone and Palely Loitering (1978)
- All the Stage, A World (1979)
- Outside (1980)
- Waterloo Sunset (1982)
- The Warmth of the Stars (1983)
- Wired (1983)
- Copyright Infringement (1984)
- Cooking with Children (1989)
- (Excerpt) Mutant Hell (1991)
- Spare Change (1991)
- High Concept (1993)
- The Big Nap (1993)
- Dr. Dimension (1993)
- Santa Ritual Abuse (1995)
- Be Still My Heart: The Bartender's Tale (1995)
- Cam Shaft (1996)
- Brigbuffoon (1996)
- Vicious Wishes (1996)
- Fade (1996)
- The Xaxrkling of J. Arnold Boysenberry (1997)
- In the Bleak Mid-Solstice (1997)
- The S-Files (1998)
- Tooth or Consequences (1998)
- Tooth or Consequence (1998)
- Bongoid (1998)
- Mushroom Tea (1999)
- Sittin' on the Dock (1999)
- Joy to the World (1999)
- A Ghost of a Chance (1999)
- I Have No Blimp and I Must Dream (2000)
- Love After Death (2000)
- Fat Farm (2000)
- Side Effects (2000)
- May Oysters Have Legs (2000)
- CD OM (2000)
- Rounded by a Sleep (2000)
- The Last Full Measure (2000)
- A Game of Swords (2000)
- The Whiteviper Scrolls (2001)
- Mutant Mother from Hell: A “Fizz Smith” Story (2001)
- The Tenth Wonder of the World (2001)
- Books (2002)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice's Apprentice (2002)
- Die, Christmas, Die! (2004)
- Lonesome Diesel (2004)
- Heathcliff's Notes (2004)
- Enter All Abandon, Ye Who Hope Here (2005)
- Quoth the Screaming Chicken (2006)
- Further (2006)
- The Man Who Would Be Overlord (2007)