Robert Thurston

This article is about the writer Robert Thurston. For the historian of the same name, see Robert W. Thurston .

Robert Thurston (born October 28, 1936 in Lockport , New York ) is an American writer from the science fiction genre. He mainly writes scripts or he writes novel versions , whereby he brings the material of the film into book form in detail and unchanged.

In 1968 and 1970 Thurston was a participant in the renowned Clarion workshop for budding science fiction and fantasy authors, where he subsequently also worked as a lecturer. He wrote his most famous books on behalf of Glen A. Larson on the world-famous SciFi series Battlestar Galactica . He was also known as the co-author of Isaac Asimov Robot City: Robots and Aliens . In the early 1990s, Thurston wrote the Battletech novels for the game of the same name. In 1992 he wrote the book for the film 1492 - Conquest of Paradise . Thurston wrote his last book for the time being in 1999 from the Battletech series: Falcon Rising: Twilight of the Clans 8 .

Works (selection)

• Battle Star Galactica, Goldmann, 1978
• Battle star Galactica 2, Goldmann, 1979
• The Cylon Death Machine, Goldmann, 1980
• Battlestar Galactica 3, Goldmamm, 1980
• The graves of Kobol, Goldmann, 1981
• Battle star Galactica 4, Goldmann, 1981
• The Young Warriors, Goldmann, 1982
• Battle star Galactica 5, Goldmann, 1982
• The discovery of the earth, Goldmann, 1982
• 1492, Goldmann, 1992
• I am Jade Falcon, Battletech, Goldmann, 1995

Web links

• Thurston at Fantasyfiction.co.uk