David Bischoff

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David Frederick Bischoff (born December 15, 1951 in Washington, DC ; died March 19, 2018 in Eugene , Oregon ) was an American science fiction writer.

Life

Bischoff graduated from the University of Maryland in Baltimore and graduated in 1973. He then worked for the television company NBC in Washington. His first SF short story, The Sky's to Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls , appeared in 1975 in the US pocket book series Perry Rhodan . As a result, novels appeared, including the Dragonstar series (with Thomas F. Monteleone , 1980 ff.) And numerous short stories.

He was best known for his novel versions and tie-ins for films, television series and computer games. He wrote the "book about the film" for WarGames - War Games (1983), Isn't she wonderful? (1987), Gremlins 2 (1988) and Blob - Horrors Without a Name (1989). He has also written scripts for television series, including episodes of Space Cops , Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century and The Astro-Dinos .

John Clute describes him in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as a versatile and adaptable author, which at the same time expresses a criticism insofar as he misses a separate profile in the work of Bischoff. In this context, Clute speaks of “ingenious but impersonal skill”.

In 1978 he was nominated for the Nebula Award for a short version of the short story Tim Woodman (1976), which was expanded into a novel in 1979 and which he had written with Dennis R. Bailey .

Bischoff lived in Eugene, Oregon, where he died in March 2018 at the age of 66. He leaves a son.

bibliography

Series

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Nightworld
  • Nightworld (1979)
  • Vampires of Nightworld (1981)
Dragonstar (with Thomas F. Monteleone)
  • Dragon Star (1980)
  • Day of the Dragonstar (1983)
  • Night of the Dragonstar (1985)
  • Dragonstar Destiny (1989)
Star case
  • Star Fall (1980)
  • Star Spring (1982)
Time Machine
  • Search for Dinosaurs (1984)
    • German: In the land of monsters. Translated by Sabine Reinhardt-Jost. Franck, 1985, ISBN 3-440-05462-4 . New edition: Saurians wanted. With drawings by Doug Henderson and Alex Nino. Ravensburger Paperback # 1864. Maier, 1993, ISBN 3-473-51864-6 .
Gaming Magi
  • The Destiny Dice (1985)
  • Wraith Board (1985)
  • The Unicorn Gambit (1986)
Star Hounds
  • The Infinite Battle (1985)
  • Galactic Warriors (1985)
  • The Macrocosmic Conflict (1986)
Gremlins
The UFO Conspiracy
  • Abduction (1990)
    • English: The UFO Conspiracy Vol. 1: Kidnapped. Translated by Jürgen Langowski. Heyne TB # 10530. Heyne, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13114-2 .
  • Deception (1991)
    • English: The UFO Conspiracy Vol. 2: Deceived. Translated by Jürgen Langowski. Heyne TB # 10531. Heyne, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13139-8 .
  • Revelation (1991)
    • English: The UFO Conspiracy Vol. 3: Revealed. Translated by Jürgen Langowski. Heyne TB # 10532. Heyne, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13161-4 .
Bill, the Galactic Hero (with Harry Harrison )
  • Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (1991)
    • German: The world of unspeakable delights. Translated by Hilde Linnert. Heyne SF&F # 5174. Heyne, 1995, ISBN 3-453-07976-0 .
  • Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars (1991)
    • German: The world of ten thousand bars. Translated by Hilde Linnert. Heyne SF&F # 5175. Heyne, 1995, ISBN 3-453-07989-2 .
Melvinge of the Megaverse ( Daniel Pinkwater )
  • Night of the Living Shark! (1991)
Mutants running amok
  • Mutants Amok (1991)
  • Mutant Hell (1991)
  • Rebel Attack (1991)
  • Holocaust Horror (1991)
Dr. dimension
  • Dr. Dimension (1993) with John DeChancie
  • Masters of Spacetime (1994)
Starship Enterprise - The Next Century
  • Grounded (1993)
Alien
  • Genocide (1994)
  • Aliens Omnibus Volume 2 (1996)
Aliens vs. Predator
  • Hunter's Planet (1994)
  • Aliens vs Predator Omnibus (1995)
SeaQuest DSV
  • SeaQuest DSV: The Ancient (1994)
    • German: Colossus from the deep. Translated by Sabine Lorenz and Felix Seewöster. vgs, 1994, ISBN 3-8025-2292-3 .
Space Precinct
  • The Deity-Father (1995)
  • Demon Wing (1995)
  • Alien Island (1996)
The Crow
  • A Murder of Crows (1998)
  • Quoth the Crow (1998)
    • English: The Crow: The Immortal. Heyne General Series # 13135. Heyne, 2000, ISBN 3-453-16941-7 .
Farscape
  • Ship of Ghosts (2001)

Novels

  • The Seeker (1976)
  • The Phantom of the Opera (1977)
  • Forbidden World (1978)
  • with Dennis Russell Bailey: Tin Woodman (1979)
  • Star Fall (1980)
  • with Charles Sheffield The Selkie (1982)
  • Mandala (1983)
    • German: Mandala. Translated by Hans Maeter. Heyne SF&F # 4129. Heyne, 1984, ISBN 3-453-31103-5 .
  • Wargames (1983)
    • German: Wargames - war games. Book for the film based on a script by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes. Translated by Hans Maeter. Heyne # 6199. Heyne, 1983, ISBN 3-453-01920-2 .
  • The Crunch Bunch (1985)
  • A Personal Demon (1985)
  • The Manhattan Project (1986)
  • Some kind of wonderful (1987)
    • German: Isn't she wonderful! Book for the film by Howard Deutch. Translated by Bodo Baumann. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 10950. Bastei Lübbe 1987, ISBN 3-404-10950-3 .
  • The Blob (1989)
    • English: the blob: horror without shape. The book about the film . Translated by Rosemarie Pinnow. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 13192. Bastei Lübbe, 1988, ISBN 3-404-13192-4 .
  • with Charles Sheffield: The Judas Cross (1994)
  • Hackers (1995)
  • Philip K. Dick High (2000)
  • The Diplomatic Touch (2001)

Scripts

Dinosaucers (with Ted Pedersen)
  • The Bone Ranger and Bronto (1987)
Starship Enterprise: The Next Century
  • First Contact (1991)
  • Tin Man (1990)
Space Precinct
  • Alien Island (1995)
  • Demon Wing (1995)
  • The Deity Father (1995)

collection

  • Tripping the Dark Fantastic (2000)

Short stories

1974
  • The Most Dangerous Man in the World (in: Thrust, # 4, January 1974 ; with Christopher Lampton)
  • Trial by Storm (in: Thrust, # 5 1974 ; with Christopher Lampton)
1975
  • The Sky's to Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls (1975, in: Perry Rhodan # 66: The Horror )
1976
  • Heavy Metal (in: Other Times, February 1976 )
  • Feeding Time (1976, in: Roger Elwood (Ed.): 50-Meter Monsters and Other Horrors ; with Christopher Lampton)
  • Tin Woodman (in: Amazing Stories, December 1976 ; with Dennis R. Bailey)
1977
  • The Apprentice (in: Fantastic, February 1977 )
  • Top Hat (in: Fantastic, December 1977 )
1978
  • In Medias Res (in: Fantastic, April 1978 )
  • Cold Flower, Blooming (1978, in: Starwind, # 5 )
  • Alone and Palely Loitering (1978, in: Roy Torgeson (Ed.): Chrysalis 3 )
    • English: Pale bored. In: Roy Torgeson (ed.): The corrupt woman. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6720), 1981, ISBN 3-8118-6720-2 .
1979
  • All the Stage, a World (1979, in: Roy Torgeson (Ed.): Chrysalis 5 )
    • German: The whole stage, one world. In: Roy Torgeson (ed.): The great consecration. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6722), 1981, ISBN 3-8118-6722-9 .
1980
  • Outside (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1980 )
    • German: Outside. In: Manfred Kluge (Ed.): The time syndicate. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3845, 1981, ISBN 3-453-30774-7 .
1981
  • The Way to the Heart (in: Rigel Science Fiction, # 1 Summer 1981 )
1982
  • The Salesman (in: Rigel Science Fiction, # 3 Winter 1982 )
  • Waterloo Sunset (1982, in: Victoria Schochet and Melissa Ann Singer (Eds.): The Berkley Showcase: New Writings in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 5 )
1983
  • The Warmth of the Stars (1983, in: Roy Torgeson (Ed.): Chrysalis 10 )
  • Wired (in: Omni, August 1983 )
1984
  • Copyright Infringement (1984, in: Thomas F. Monteleone (Ed.): RAM Random Access Messages of the Computer Age )
1989
  • Cooking with Children (in: Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 5: Fall 1989 )
1991
  • Spare Change (1991, in: David B. Silva and Paul F. Olson (Eds.): Dead End: City Limits: An Anthology of Urban Fear )
1993
  • High Concept (1993, in: Thomas F. Monteleone (Ed.): Borderlands 3 )
  • The Big Nap (1993, in: John Gregory Betancourt (Ed.): Swashbuckling Editor Stories )
1995
  • Santa Ritual Abuse (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1995 )
  • Be Still My Heart: The Bartender's Tale (1995, in: Kevin J. Anderson (Ed.): Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina )
    • German: Burn, my heart, for me: The story of the bartender. In: Kevin J. Anderson (ed.): Storm over Tatooine. Goldmann, 1997, ISBN 978-3-442-43599-9 .
1996
  • Brigbuffoon (1996, in: John DeChancie and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Castle Fantastic )
  • Fade (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1996 )
  • Cam Shaft (1996, in: Edward E. Kramer (Ed.): Children of Dracula )
  • Vicious Wishes (1996, in: Jerry Oltion (Ed.): Buried Treasures: An Anthology of Unpublished Pulphouse Stories )
1997
  • The Xaxrkling of J. Arnold Boysenberry (1997, in: Martin H. Greenberg and Larry Segriff (Eds.): First Contact )
  • In the Bleak Mid-Solstice (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1997 )
1998
  • The S-Files (1998, in: Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): The UFO Files )
  • Tooth or Consequences (1998, in: Edward J. McFadden (Ed.): The Best of Pirate Writings: Tales of Fantasy, Mystery & Science Fiction )
  • Bongoid (1998, in: Denise Little (Ed.): Alien Pets )
1999
  • Joy to the World (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1999 )
  • A Ghost of a Chance (in: Realms of Fantasy, February 1999 )
  • Mushroom Tea (1999, in: Denise Little (Ed.): A Dangerous Magic )
  • Sittin 'on the Dock (1999, in: Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Ed.): Past Lives, Present Tense )
2000
  • The Clandestine Phallusy (in: Fantastic Stories of the Imagination # 19, Spring 2000 )
  • Rounded by a Sleep (2000, in: Denise Little (Ed.): Perchance to Dream )
  • CD OM (2000, in: Elizabeth Engstrom (Ed.): Imagination Fully Dilated, Volume II )
  • I Have No Blimp and I Must Dream (in: Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 2000 )
  • The Last Full Measure (2000, in: Martin H. Greenberg (Ed.): Civil War Fantastic )
  • A Game of Swords (2000, in: John Helfers and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Warrior Fantastic )
  • May Oysters Have Legs (2000, in: Russell Davis and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Mardi Gras Madness: Tales of Terror and Mayhem in New Orleans )
2001
  • The Whiteviper Scrolls (2001, in: Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (Eds.): Villains Victorious )
  • Mutant Mother from Hell: A "Fizz Smith" Story (2001, in: Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (Eds.): The Mutant Files )
2002
  • Books (2002, in: Greg Ketter (Ed.): Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores )
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice's Apprentice (2002, in: Martin H. Greenberg and Russell Davis (Eds.): Apprentice Fantastic )
2004
  • Die, Christmas, Die! (2004, in: Martin H. Greenberg and Russell Davis (Eds.): Haunted Holidays )
  • Lonesome Diesel (2004, in: Russell Davis (as David Cian) (Ed.): Transformers: Legends )
  • Heathcliff's Notes (2004, in: Denise Little (Ed.): Rotten Relations )
2005
  • Fat Farm (2005, in: David Bischoff: Tripping the Dark Fantastic )
  • Love After Death (2005, in: David Bischoff: Tripping the Dark Fantastic )
  • Side Effects (2005, in: David Bischoff: Tripping the Dark Fantastic )
  • Enter All Abandon, Ye Who Hope Here (2005, in: Martin H. Greenberg (Ed.): All Hell Breaking Loose )
2006
  • Quoth the Screaming Chicken (2006, in: Denise Little (Ed.): The Magic Toybox )
  • Further (2006, in: Jean Rabe and Brian M. Thomsen (Eds.): Furry Fantastic )
2007
  • The Man Who Would Be Overlord (2007, in: Russell Davis and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): If I Were an Evil Overlord )
2012
  • Hi Ted (2012, in: Theresa Dillon and Marc Ciccarone (Eds.): Night Terrors II: An Anthology of Horror )

Anthologies

  • Quest (1977)
  • Strange Encounters (1977)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ obituary , locusmag.com, accessed on 29 March 2018
  2. ↑ Forrest J. Ackerman, Pat LoBrutto (ed.): Perry Rhodan # 66: The Horror. Ace Books # 66049, 1975.
personal data
SURNAME Bischoff, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bischoff, David Frederick (full name); Bischoff, Dave (alternative spelling); Bischoff, DF (alternative spelling); Grant, Mark (pseudonym); Milhaus, Michael FX (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC
DATE OF DEATH 19th March 2018
Place of death Eugene , Oregon