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* {{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}} | * {{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}} | ||
* 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''. | ||
| − | * | + | * {{cite book|author=Disch, Thomas|date=2006-2008|title=Endzone|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108042338/http://tomsdisch.livejournal.com/}} {{InternetArchive|date=January 8, 2010}}<ref name="note-endzone">Disch published the ''Endzone'' blog during the last two years of his life. Its content included some light-hearted posts and some good poems, but at other times was very dark and likely to be upsetting to people who love his other writing: Disch was increasingly in despair over the death of his partner Charles Naylor and a series of other misfortunes, and had descended into a heavily xenophobic type of misanthropy that overlapped with far-right politics even though he still considered himself on the left. Readers and friends engaged with him in the comment section in various ways up to the end.</ref> |
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| − | * {{cite article|author=Champion, Edward|title=Thomas M. Disch|publication=The Bat Segundo Show|url=http://www.edrants.com/segundo/thomas-m-disch-bss-219/|accessed=January 28, 2025}} An audio interview | + | * {{cite article|author=Champion, Edward|title=Thomas M. Disch|publication=The Bat Segundo Show|url=http://www.edrants.com/segundo/thomas-m-disch-bss-219/|accessed=January 28, 2025}} An audio interview shortly before his death, focusing mainly on his final novel ''The Word of God''. |
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Revision as of 14:23, 29 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 - archive of a fan site by Matthew Davis with many interview excerpts and a comprehensive bibliography. (Internet Archive link, archived July 4, 2018) Davis's more recent web page, also called Schrödinger's Cake, contains a large collection of nonfiction material by Disch: essays, reviews, etc. Accessed on January 26, 2025.
- 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.
- Disch, Thomas (2006-2008). Endzone. (Internet Archive link, archived January 8, 2010)[1]
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.
- Champion, Edward. "Thomas M. Disch". The Bat Segundo Show. Accessed on January 28, 2025. An audio interview shortly before his death, focusing mainly on his final novel The Word of God.
Footnotes
- ↑ Disch published the Endzone blog during the last two years of his life. Its content included some light-hearted posts and some good poems, but at other times was very dark and likely to be upsetting to people who love his other writing: Disch was increasingly in despair over the death of his partner Charles Naylor and a series of other misfortunes, and had descended into a heavily xenophobic type of misanthropy that overlapped with far-right politics even though he still considered himself on the left. Readers and friends engaged with him in the comment section in various ways up to the end.