kwc@cvl.UUCP (Kenneth W. Crist Jr.) (06/28/85)
This is for all the Battlestar "Galactica" fans out there. This past
weekend I attended Colonial Con I in Easton, Maryland which was a Galactica
con. Richard Hatch and Robert Thurston (write the first four and best B.G.
adaptations.) were there.
Mr. Thurston gave a talk on the future of "Galactica" novels. He has been
signed by Berkley Books to do four more original stories. Berkley has decided
to stop adapting the episodes and wants to get into new material.
His first book will be out in late November or early December of this
year. The title is "The Nightmare Machine" which he wanted titled "Lucifer's
Guilt Machine". It seems that Berkley thinks its bad advertising to have
guilt in a book title. The hardest hit by Lucifer's little contraption are
of course Starbuck and Adama. The one who finds it easiest to deal with, is
Boomer.
His second book will be out around June of 86. Mr. Thurston's title was
"Deal, Chameleon", but Berkley wants to call it "Deal, Starbuck". This is not
an adaptation of "The Man With Nine Lives" and Mr. Thurston of course would
not say is Starbuck finds out the truth. This story also marks the return of
Captain Croft from "Gun on Ice Planet Zero" (The Cylon Death Machine) and he
makes a few moves on Sheba.
Berkley wants to do two more original stories, but as yet has not signed
anyone. From comments made during the discussions with Mr. Thurston it is
unlikely that Ron Goulart will be doing them.
In case anyone one in the U.S. is interested, "Galactica" has a large
following in England and Australia. We had a large group consisting of fans
from both countries who showed up. The con was a big hit.
Colonial Con II will be held in San Diego next year. If anyone is
interested write to me by Email and I can send you the address to write to
for more info.
Kenneth Crist, Jr.
kwc@cvl
Computer Vision Lab
University of Maryland