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Notes are here for these books: | Notes are here for these books: | ||
| − | * ''[[334]]'' | + | * '''''[[334]]''''' (1967-1972) |
| − | * ''[[Camp Concentration]]'' | + | * '''''[[Camp Concentration]]''''' (1967-1968) |
| − | * ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' | + | * '''''[[On Wings of Song]]''''' (1979) |
| − | * ''[[The Businessman]]'' | + | * '''''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]''''' (1980) |
| − | * ''[[The M.D.]]'' | + | * '''''[[The Businessman]]''''' (1984) |
| + | * '''''[[The M.D.]]''''' (1991) | ||
== Other reading == | == Other reading == | ||
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* {{wp|Thomas M. Disch|Wikipedia}} - biography etc. | * {{wp|Thomas M. Disch|Wikipedia}} - biography etc. | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180714223436/http://www.ukjarry1.talktalk.net/tmd.htm Schrödinger's Cake] - comprehensive fan site by Matthew Davis {{InternetArchive|date=July 4, 2018}} | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180714223436/http://www.ukjarry1.talktalk.net/tmd.htm Schrödinger's Cake] - comprehensive fan site by Matthew Davis {{InternetArchive|date=July 4, 2018}} | ||
| − | * | + | * {{cite article|author=Crowley, John|date=January 1, 2009|url=https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/john-crowley-thomas-disch-worldmaker/|title=Worldmaker: Remembering Thomas Disch|publication=Boston Review|accessed=January 24, 2025}} |
| − | * | + | * {{cite article|author=Auerbach, David|date=April 2, 2010|url=http://www.themillions.com/2010/04/the-prescient-science-fiction-of-thomas-m-disch.html|title=The Prescient Science Fiction of Thomas M. Disch|publication=The Millions|accessed=January 24, 2025}} |
| − | + | * {{cite article|author=Yezzi, David|date=2008|url=https://www.cprw.com/Yezzi/disch.htm|title=Thomas M., Meet Tom|publication=Contemporary Poetry Review|accessed=January 24, 2025}} | |
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* Disch's long autobiographical essays in ''Something About the Author Autobiography Series'', vol. 15, and ''Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series'', vol. 4 (Gale), both of which are widely available from library reference desks: ''Something About...'' is aimed at children and ''Contemporary Authors'' is not, but Disch's pieces in both of them (written in the mid-1980s) are informative and drily funny. The former piece, "My Life as a Child", also appeared in the October and November 1992 issues of ''Amazing Stories''. | * Disch's long autobiographical essays in ''Something About the Author Autobiography Series'', vol. 15, and ''Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series'', vol. 4 (Gale), both of which are widely available from library reference desks: ''Something About...'' is aimed at children and ''Contemporary Authors'' is not, but Disch's pieces in both of them (written in the mid-1980s) are informative and drily funny. The former piece, "My Life as a Child", also appeared in the October and November 1992 issues of ''Amazing Stories''. | ||
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| + | ''Interviews:'' | ||
| + | * {{cite article|author=Horwich, David|date=July 30, 2001|title=Interview: Thomas M. Disch|publication=Strange Horizons|url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/interview-thomas-m-disch/|accessed=January 24, 2025}} | ||
| + | * {{cite Disch Francavilla}} | ||
| + | * {{cite Disch Edelman}} | ||
{{Authornav}} | {{Authornav}} | ||
[[Category:Thomas M. Disch]] | [[Category:Thomas M. Disch]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:06, 25 January 2025
Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008), New Wave SF visionary, poet, anatomist of New York City and Minnesota, Gothic experimenter, critic, crank. Did a lot of different things. Sorely missed.
Notes are here for these books:
- 334 (1967-1972)
- Camp Concentration (1967-1968)
- On Wings of Song (1979)
- The Brave Little Toaster (1980)
- The Businessman (1984)
- The M.D. (1991)
Other reading
- Wikipedia - biography etc.
- Schrödinger's Cake - comprehensive fan site by Matthew Davis (Internet Archive link, archived July 4, 2018)
- Crowley, John (January 1, 2009). "Worldmaker: Remembering Thomas Disch". Boston Review. Accessed on January 24, 2025.
- Auerbach, David (April 2, 2010). "The Prescient Science Fiction of Thomas M. Disch". The Millions. Accessed on January 24, 2025.
- Yezzi, David (2008). "Thomas M., Meet Tom". Contemporary Poetry Review. Accessed on January 24, 2025.
- Disch's long autobiographical essays in Something About the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 15, and Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, vol. 4 (Gale), both of which are widely available from library reference desks: Something About... is aimed at children and Contemporary Authors is not, but Disch's pieces in both of them (written in the mid-1980s) are informative and drily funny. The former piece, "My Life as a Child", also appeared in the October and November 1992 issues of Amazing Stories.
Interviews:
- Horwich, David (July 30, 2001). "Interview: Thomas M. Disch". Strange Horizons. Accessed on January 24, 2025.
- Francavilla, Joseph (March 1983). "Disching It Out". Science Fiction Studies, #29, Vol. 10, Part 1. Accessed on January 24, 2025.
- Edelman, Scott (1984). "Unearthing my 1984 interview with Thomas M. Disch". Last Wave, Winter 1986. Accessed on January 24, 2025.