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| − | '''Thomas M. Disch''' (1940-2008), New Wave SF visionary, anatomist of New York City and Minnesota, Gothic experimenter | + | '''Thomas M. Disch''' (1940-2008), New Wave SF visionary, poet, anatomist of New York City and Minnesota, Gothic experimenter, critic, crank. One of those "I didn't know he did ''that'' too" people, thanks to his uncharacteristic successes with ''The Brave Little Toaster'' and ''The M.D.'' He's sorely missed. |
Notes are here for these books: | Notes are here for these books: | ||
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* ''[[334]]'' | * ''[[334]]'' | ||
* ''[[Camp Concentration]]'' | * ''[[Camp Concentration]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[The Businessman]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[The M.D.]]'' | ||
== Other reading == | == Other reading == | ||
* [[wikipedia:Thomas M. Disch|Wikipedia]] - biography etc. | * [[wikipedia:Thomas M. Disch|Wikipedia]] - biography etc. | ||
| − | * [http://www.ukjarry1.talktalk.net/tmd.htm Schrödinger's Cake] | + | * [http://www.ukjarry1.talktalk.net/tmd.htm Schrödinger's Cake] - comprehensive fan site by Matthew Davis |
| − | * [http://www.themillions.com/2010/04/the-prescient-science-fiction-of-thomas-m-disch.html The Prescient Science Fiction of Thomas M. Disch] by David Auerbach | + | * [http://poems.com/special_features/prose/essay_crowley.php Boston Review obituary] - by John Crowley |
| + | * [http://www.themillions.com/2010/04/the-prescient-science-fiction-of-thomas-m-disch.html The Prescient Science Fiction of Thomas M. Disch] - by David Auerbach | ||
| + | * [http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/11/with-one-bound-we-are-free-pulp-fantasy-and-revolution/#more-2740 A wide-ranging Disch interview] from 2001 by David Horwich | ||
| + | * [https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews/disch29interview.htm Another long interview] by Joseph Francavilla, ''Science Fiction Studies'' #29, 1983 | ||
| + | * 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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[[Category:Thomas M. Disch]] | [[Category:Thomas M. Disch]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:14, 11 February 2018
Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008), New Wave SF visionary, poet, anatomist of New York City and Minnesota, Gothic experimenter, critic, crank. One of those "I didn't know he did that too" people, thanks to his uncharacteristic successes with The Brave Little Toaster and The M.D. He's sorely missed.
Notes are here for these books:
Other reading
- Wikipedia - biography etc.
- Schrödinger's Cake - comprehensive fan site by Matthew Davis
- Boston Review obituary - by John Crowley
- The Prescient Science Fiction of Thomas M. Disch - by David Auerbach
- A wide-ranging Disch interview from 2001 by David Horwich
- Another long interview by Joseph Francavilla, Science Fiction Studies #29, 1983
- 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.