Thomas M. Disch

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
• Camp Concentration
• The Brave Little Toaster
• The Businessman
• The M.D.

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.