Career
Thurston attended the Clarion Workshop at Clarion State College, Pennsylvania in 1968, instructed by several major sci-fi writers (Bibliography
Novels
* *''Set of Wheels''. New York: Berkley 1983 *''Q Colony''. Berkley, 1985 *''For the Silverfish (Rugger No. 1)''. New York: Avon Books, 1985 ;Battlestar Galactica series *''Battlestar Galactica'' (with Glen A. Larson) 1978 *''The Cylon Death Machine'' (with Glen A. Larson) 1979 *''The Tombs of Kobol'' (with Glen A. Larson) 1979 *''The Young Warriors'' (with Glen A. Larson) 1980 *''The Nightmare Machine'' (with Glen A. Larson) 1985 *''Die, Chameleon!'' (with Glen A. Larson) 1986 *''Apollo's War'' (with Glen A. Larson) 1987 *''Surrender the Galactica!'' (with Glen A. Larson) 1988 ; BattleTech series *'' Way of the Clans'' (1991) *'' Bloodname'' (1991) *'' Falcon Guard'' (1991) *'' I Am Jade Falcon'' (1995) *''Short fiction
;StoriesShort stories unless otherwise noted. *"Wheels." ''Clarion'' ed. Robin Scott Wilson. Berkeley: Signet, 1971 *"Anaconda." ''Clarion'' ed. Robin Scott Wilson. Berkeley: Signet, 1971 *"The Last Desperate Hour." ''Clarion'' ed. Robin Scott Wilson. Berkeley: Signet, 1971 *"Get FDR!" ''Clarion II'' ed. Robin Scott Wilson. Berkeley: Signet, 1972 *"The Good Life." ''Clarion II'' ed. Robin Scott Wilson. Berkeley: Signet, 1972 *"Punchline." ''Clarion II'' ed. Robin Scott Wilson. Berkeely: Signet, 1972 *"Good-Bye Shelley, Shirley, Charlotte, Charlene." ''Orbit 11'' ed. Damon Knight. New York: Putnam, 1972 *"The Hippie-Dip File." ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' March 1972 and ''Social Problems Through Science Fiction'' ed. Martin H. Greenberg, John W. Milstead, Joseph D. Olander & Patricia S. Warrick. New York: St. Martin's, 1975 *"She/Her." ''Infinity #5'' ed. Robert Hoskins. Lancer, 1973 *"Up Against the Wall." ''Amazing'' August 1973 and ''School and Society Through Science Fiction'' ed. Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia Warrick. Chicago: Rand McNally College Publishing, 1974 *"Soundtrack: The Making of a Thoroughbred." ''Fantastic'' Vol. 23 no. 4, May 1974 *"Searching the Ruins." Amazing August 1974 *"The Haunted Writing Manual." ''Fantastic'' October 1975 *"Theodora and Theodora." ''New Dimensions: Science Fiction Number 5''. New York: Harper & Row, 1975 *"Groups." ''Fantastic'' February 1976 *"If That's Paradise, Toss Me an Apple." ''Amazing Stories'' March 1976 *"Parker Frightened on a Tightrope." ''Fantastic Sword & Sorcery and Fantasy Stories'' Vol. 25 no. 5 November 1976 *"Aliens." ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' Vol. 51 no. 6 December 1976 *"The Mars Ship." ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' Vol. 52 no. 6 June 1977 *"The Bulldog Nutcracker." ''Chrysalis Vol. 2''. Ed. Roy Torgeson. New York: Zebra Books, 1978 *"Seedplanter." ''Chrysalis Vol. 3''. Ed. Roy Torgeson. New York: Zebra Books, 1978 *"What Johnny Did on His Summer Vacation." (with Joe W. Haldeman). ''Rod Serling's Other Worlds'' ed. Rod Serling. Bantam, 1978. *"The Wanda Lake Number." ''Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact'' Jan. 1979 and ''Light Years and Dark'' Ed. Michael Bishop. Berkly 1984 *"Alternate 51: Bliss." ''The Berkeley Showcase: New Writings in Science Fiction and Fantasy Vol. 4''. Ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack. New York: Berkeley Books, July 1981 *"The Fire at Sarah Siddons." ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' Vol. 8 no. 8 August 1984 *"Was That House There Yesterday?" ''Universe 16'' Ed. Terry Carr. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1986 *"The World's Light Heavyweight Champion in Nineteen Twenty-Something" ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' Vol. 100 no. 6 June 2001 *"Who Wants to Live Forever?" ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' Vol. 103 no.2 August 2002 *"Zeroing In." ''The Corps: Battlecorps Anthology Vol. 1.'' Catalyst Game Labs, 2008 *"Face in the Viewport." ''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction.'' Catalyst Game Labs, 2009 ;Novellas *"Kingmakers." ''New Voices in Science Fiction''. ed. George R.R. Martin. 1977 *"Vibrations." ''Chrysalis 4''. Ed. Roy Torgeson.New York: Zebra Books, 1979 *"The Oonaa Woman." ''The Berkeley Showcase: New Writings in Science Fiction and Fantasy Vol. 3''. Ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack. New York: Berkeley Books, January 1981 ;Novelettes; *"Carolyn's Laughter." ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' Vol. 42 no. 1 1972 *"Dream by Number." ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' Vol. 49 no. 3 September 1975 *"Marchplateau." ''Worlds of If Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fact'' Sept-Nov. 1986 *"I.D.I.D." ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' Vol. 108 no. 5 May 2005 *"One Magic Ring, Used." ''Fantastic'' Vol. 25 no. 3 May 1976 *"Under Siege." ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'' Vol. 47 no. 1 July 1974 *"Wheels Westward." ''Cosmos'' Vol. 1 no. 4 November 1977 *"Nobody Like Josh." ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' #486, July 2016Introductions and other contributions
*"Introduction." ''Big Time''. Fritz Leiber. Gregg Press, 1976 *"Introduction." ''Dark Universe''. Daniel F. Galouye. Gregg Press, 1976 *"Introduction." ''Driftglass''. Samuel R. Delany. Gregg Press, 1977 *"Introduction." ''The Early Science Fiction Stories of Thomas M. Disch''. Gregg Press, 1977 *"Introduction." ''Today We Choose Faces''. Roger Zelazny. Gregg Press, 1978 *"Introduction." ''The Game Players of Titan''. Philip K. Dick. Gregg Press, 1979 *"Afterword." ''The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison''. Gregg Press, 1979References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070909021024/http://contento.best.vwh.net/s242.htm#A4530 Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition * *http://catalog.loc.gov/ The Library of Congress Online Catalog *https://web.archive.org/web/20091027102206/http://geocities.com/sjpaxton/thurston.html Interview with Robert Thurston at Battlestar Network *http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/t/robert-thurston/ Fantastic Fiction *https://web.archive.org/web/20081009074920/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue379/interview.html Author Jack Dann mentions meeting Robert Thurston and other SF writers. *https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024007/http://www.classicbattletech.com/downloads/BattleTech_Novel_List.pdf List of Battletech Book Series {{DEFAULTSORT:Thurston, Robert 1936 births 2021 deaths 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American short story writers American male novelists American male short story writers American science fiction writers The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction people People from Lockport, New York New Jersey City University faculty University at Buffalo alumni Clarion University of Pennsylvania alumni