 The editor, Doug Fratz, later turned "Thrust" into a trade magazine, where Bischoff was a regular contributor.His first novel, "The Seeker" (with Christopher Lampton) was published in 1976, and in 1978 Bischoff coauthored "Tin Woodman", a short story nominated for a Nebula Award in that year, and later adapted into both a novel and TV episode for" ".Bischoff worked on various television series such as "", where he coauthored the episodes "" (with Dennis Putman Bailey) and "" (with Dennis Russell Bailey and Joe Menosky & Ronald D. Moore and Michael Piller) (not to be confused with the film "").