Thomas M. Disch
Selected Bibliography
One Hundred and Two H-Bombs (1967)
Echo Round His Bones (1967)
Camp Concentration (1968)
The Prisoner (1969)
334 (1972)
Getting Into Death and Other Stories (1976)
On Wings of Song (1979)
The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances (1980)
Yes, Let’s: New and Selected Poems (1989)
The Dark Old House (1996)
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of (1998)
About the Size of It (2007)
Thomas M. Disch (February 2, 1940-July 4, 2008) moved to Fairmont, Minnesota from Des Moines, Iowa at the age of eight and later moved to St. Paul. After high school, he moved to New York City where he briefly attended Cooper Union and New York University and worked various odd jobs to support the writing he did at night. Disch worked in offices and for a newspaper, at bookstores and for the Metropolitan Opera, but his heart was always for writing. He wrote reviews and articles for various publications, including The Washington Post, and later taught at several colleges, becoming the 1995 artist-in-residence at William and Mary College in Williamsburg.
The Double Timer was the first story that Disch ever published, selling it to the editor of the magazine Fantastic Stories for over $100. He wrote short stories, poetry, and novels, adopting a few pseudonyms, such as Thom Demijohn, Leonie Hargrave, and Cassandra Knye. Some of his works include The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of and award winning On Wings of Song. Several of his works were nominated for Hugo and Nebula Awards, and he won a Hugo Award in 1999 for The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of. Disch contributed to the New Wave movement in science fiction.
More information on Thomas M. Disch from the Minnesota Historical Society.