Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
Forfatter af Camp Concentration
Om forfatteren
Thomas Disch was a popular & prolific poet, playwright, essayist, & novelist. He is the author of many works of science fiction & the poetry collections "Dark verses & Light" & "Yes, Let's: New & Selected Poems". (Publisher Provided) Thomas M. Disch was born in Des Moines, Iowa on February 2, 1940. vis mere He dropped out of the architecture program at Cooper Union, and then left New York University after he sold a short story entitled The Double Timer. His first novel, The Genocides, was published in 1965. His other novels include The House That Fear Built, 334, The M.D., The Priest, The Word of God: Or, Holy Writ Rewritten, and Clara Reeve written under the pseudonym Leonie Hargreave. He won several awards including the 1969 Ditmar Award for Camp Concentration, the O. Henry Award in 1975 for Getting into Death and in 1977 for Xmas, the 1980 John W. Campbell, Jr. Memorial Award for On Wings of Song, and the 1981 British Science Fiction Award for The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances. He was also wrote poetry, opera librettos, plays, and criticism of theater, films and art. His collections of poetry include Here I Am, There You Are, Where Are We; The Dark Old House; Yes, Let's: New and Selected Poetry; and Dark Verses and Light. He won the 1999 biennial Michael Braude Award for Light Poetry for A Child's Garden of Grammar, the Locus and Hugo Awards for 1999 for The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, and the Puschcart Prize for The First Annual Performance Art Festival at Slaughter Rock Battlefield. His criticism appeared in several publications including The Nation, The New York Daily News, and The New York Sun. In 1987, he wrote a script for the television series Miami Vice. He shot himself on July 4, 2008 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: photo by Bernard Gotfryd, 1986 or 1988
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Værker af Thomas M. Disch
The Castle of Perseverance: Job Opportunities in Contemporary Poetry (Poets on Poetry) (2002) 10 eksemplarer
Descending 8 eksemplarer
Voices of the Kill [short fiction] 7 eksemplarer
Fun With Your New Head [short story] 7 eksemplarer
Thomas l'incredulo 5 eksemplarer
The Roaches 5 eksemplarer
The Asian Shore {novelette} 4 eksemplarer
La stanza vuota 4 eksemplarer
In Xanadu 4 eksemplarer
The Squirrel Cage 3 eksemplarer
Canned Goods (Short story) 3 eksemplarer
The Number You Have Reached [short fiction] 3 eksemplarer
The Man Who Had No Idea [short fiction] 3 eksemplarer
Things Lost 3 eksemplarer
Total Amnesia: The Complete Text and Programming Notes of the World's Most Famous Lost Computer Game (2021) 2 eksemplarer
The White Man [short story] 2 eksemplarer
The Grown-Up [short fiction] 2 eksemplarer
Highway Sandwiches 2 eksemplarer
The Shadow 2 eksemplarer
Jour de Fête [short story] 2 eksemplarer
Minnesota Gothic [short story] 2 eksemplarer
Narcissus 2 eksemplarer
Tomorrow: Science Fiction and the Future 2 eksemplarer
The Santa Claus Compromise [short fiction] 2 eksemplarer
The Birds [short fiction] 2 eksemplarer
The Owl and the Pussycat [short story] 2 eksemplarer
Nada 1 eksemplar
Ciencia ficción : primera seleccion 1 eksemplar
Logor koncentracije 1 eksemplar
334 - 1974 Nebula Award Nominee 1 eksemplar
198…199 1 eksemplar
The Flneurs of Mars 1 eksemplar
Poems (in Paris Review 158 - PLIMPTON) 1 eksemplar
Mort et la jeune fille solitaire 1 eksemplar
"A Vacation on Earth" (in SF 12) 1 eksemplar
Torturing Mr. Amberwell 1 eksemplar
The story of faith [short fiction] 1 eksemplar
The Wall of America [short story] 1 eksemplar
Come To Venus Melancholy 1 eksemplar
Mutability 1 eksemplar
Josie and the Elevator 1 eksemplar
Terra all'infinito 1 eksemplar
In Praise of Older Women {short story} 1 eksemplar
Painting Eggplants {short story} 1 eksemplar
A Knight at the Opera {short story} 1 eksemplar
The First Annual Performance Art Festival at the Slaughter Rock Battlefield {short story} 1 eksemplar
The Vengeance of Hera 1 eksemplar
Prayer to Pleasure {poem} 1 eksemplar
The Revelation [short story] 1 eksemplar
1972 1 eksemplar
Concepts [novelette] 1 eksemplar
Storie del bene e del male 1 eksemplar
Et in Arcadia ego 1 eksemplar
The Hawk & the Metaphor 1 eksemplar
In Praise of New York {poem} 1 eksemplar
Quincunx [short fiction] 1 eksemplar
The Fugitive {poem} 1 eksemplar
The Politics of Darkness {poem} 1 eksemplar
Ode on the Source of the Clitumnus {poem} 1 eksemplar
Robot 32 : Nuove costellazioni 1 eksemplar
A Family of the Post-Apocalypse [short story] 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection (2003) — Bidragyder — 234 eksemplarer
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Bidragyder — 216 eksemplarer
The Heat Death of the Universe and Other Stories (1988) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 94 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30-Year Retrospective (1980) — Bidragyder — 86 eksemplarer
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Bidragyder — 69 eksemplarer
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Eighth Annual Collection (1979) — Bidragyder — 64 eksemplarer
The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science Fiction by Thomas M. Disch--"Angouleme" (1978) 40 eksemplarer
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Bidragyder — 36 eksemplarer
Holding your eight hands; an anthology of science fiction verse (1969) — Bidragyder — 20 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1980, Vol. 59, No. 2 (1980) — Forfatter — 18 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1983, Vol. 64, No. 5 (1983) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1989, Vol. 77, No. 4 (1989) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 65. Cyrion in Bronze. (1983) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 10 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 56. Jeffty ist fünf. (1980) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 15, No. 15 [Mid-December 1991] (1991) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 16, No. 4 & 5 [April 1992] (1992) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1988, Vol. 75, No. 5 (1988) — Forfatter — 10 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2002, Vol. 102, No. 4 (2002) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
The Little Magazine, v. 11, #1, Spring 1977 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
The Little Magazine, v. 10, #1-2, Spring Summer 1976 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
S-Fマガジン 2009年 05月号 [雑誌] — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
季刊NW-SF 1972年 01月 第5号 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Disch, Thomas M.
- Juridisk navn
- Disch, Thomas Michael
- Andre navne
- Demijohn, Thom
Hargrave, Leonie (pseudonym)
Knye, Cassandra (pseudonym together with John Sladek)
Tharp, Beebe (pseudonym)
Disch, Tom - Fødselsdato
- 1940-02-02
- Dødsdag
- 2008-07-04
- Begravelsessted
- Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium, Dubuque, Iowa, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Dødssted
- New York, New York, USA
- Dødsårsag
- suicide
- Bopæl
- Roseville, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA - Uddannelse
- Cooper Union
New York University - Erhverv
- theater critic
author
poet
playwright
essayist
novelist - Relationer
- Naylor, Charles (partner)
- Organisationer
- The Nation
New York Daily News
PEN
National Book Critics Circle
Writers Guild of America East - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1981)
Michael Braude Award for Light Verse (1999)
Hugo Award (nonfiction work, 1999)
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1980)
Pushcart Prize (1998)
Rhysling Award (1981) (vis alle 12)
Seiun Award for Best Translated Short Story (1970, 1982)
British Science Fiction Association Award (1981)
Locus Award (1981, 1999)
Ditmar Award (1969)
Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award (1989)
O. Henry Prize (1975, 1979) - Agent
- Karpfinger Agency
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Discussions
Earth invaded, conquered & terraformed i Name that Book (august 2012)
Short sci fi story - endless stairs i Name that Book (december 2009)
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