Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
Auteur van Camp Concentration
Over de Auteur
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. toon meer 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) toon minder
Fotografie: photo by Bernard Gotfryd, 1986 or 1988
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Werken van Thomas M. Disch
The Ruins of the Earth (1973) — Redacteur; Medewerker, sommige edities; Introductie — 162 exemplaren
The Castle of Perseverance: Job Opportunities in Contemporary Poetry (Poets on Poetry) (2002) 10 exemplaren
Descending 8 exemplaren
Voices of the Kill [short fiction] 7 exemplaren
Fun With Your New Head [short story] 7 exemplaren
Thomas l'incredulo 5 exemplaren
The Roaches 5 exemplaren
The Asian Shore {novelette} 4 exemplaren
In Xanadu 4 exemplaren
La stanza vuota 4 exemplaren
Things Lost 3 exemplaren
The Squirrel Cage 3 exemplaren
The Number You Have Reached [short fiction] 3 exemplaren
The Man Who Had No Idea [short fiction] 3 exemplaren
Canned Goods (Short story) 3 exemplaren
The Santa Claus Compromise [short fiction] 2 exemplaren
The Shadow 2 exemplaren
Highway Sandwiches 2 exemplaren
The White Man [short story] 2 exemplaren
Narcissus 2 exemplaren
Total Amnesia: The Complete Text and Programming Notes of the World's Most Famous Lost Computer Game (2021) 2 exemplaren
Tomorrow: Science Fiction and the Future 2 exemplaren
Minnesota Gothic [short story] 2 exemplaren
The Birds [short fiction] 2 exemplaren
The Owl and the Pussycat [short story] 2 exemplaren
Jour de Fête [short story] 2 exemplaren
The Grown-Up [short fiction] 2 exemplaren
Logor koncentracije 1 exemplaar
Torturing Mr. Amberwell 1 exemplaar
Ciencia ficción : primera seleccion 1 exemplaar
334 - 1974 Nebula Award Nominee 1 exemplaar
TRIPLICITY by THOMAS M DISCH Nelson Doubleday 1965 1966 1967 BCE HC [Hardcover] Thomas M Disch 1 exemplaar
Mort et la jeune fille solitaire 1 exemplaar
198…199 1 exemplaar
"A Vacation on Earth" (in SF 12) 1 exemplaar
Poems (in Paris Review 158 - PLIMPTON) 1 exemplaar
Mutability 1 exemplaar
Painting Eggplants {short story} 1 exemplaar
Prayer to Pleasure {poem} 1 exemplaar
The Vengeance of Hera 1 exemplaar
The First Annual Performance Art Festival at the Slaughter Rock Battlefield {short story} 1 exemplaar
A Knight at the Opera {short story} 1 exemplaar
A Family of the Post-Apocalypse [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Flneurs of Mars 1 exemplaar
Terra all'infinito 1 exemplaar
Josie and the Elevator 1 exemplaar
Nada 1 exemplaar
Come To Venus Melancholy 1 exemplaar
The Wall of America [short story] 1 exemplaar
1972 1 exemplaar
The Hawk & the Metaphor 1 exemplaar
Concepts [novelette] 1 exemplaar
Storie del bene e del male 1 exemplaar
Et in Arcadia ego 1 exemplaar
The Revelation [short story] 1 exemplaar
The story of faith [short fiction] 1 exemplaar
In Praise of New York {poem} 1 exemplaar
Quincunx [short fiction] 1 exemplaar
The Fugitive {poem} 1 exemplaar
The Politics of Darkness {poem} 1 exemplaar
Ode on the Source of the Clitumnus {poem} 1 exemplaar
Robot 32 : Nuove costellazioni 1 exemplaar
In Praise of Older Women {short story} 1 exemplaar
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Ik griezel van genot nieuwe verhalen vol erotiek en horror (1991) — Medewerker; Medewerker — 548 exemplaren
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection (2003) — Medewerker — 233 exemplaren
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Medewerker — 216 exemplaren
The Heat Death of the Universe and Other Stories (1988) — Introductie, sommige edities — 94 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30-Year Retrospective (1980) — Medewerker — 86 exemplaren
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Medewerker — 69 exemplaren
The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science Fiction by Thomas M. Disch--"Angouleme" (1978) 40 exemplaren
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Medewerker — 36 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1980, Vol. 59, No. 2 (1980) — Auteur — 18 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1983, Vol. 64, No. 5 (1983) — Medewerker — 12 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 56. Jeffty ist fünf. (1980) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 15, No. 15 [Mid-December 1991] (1991) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1989, Vol. 77, No. 4 (1989) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 65. Cyrion in Bronze. (1983) — Medewerker, sommige edities — 10 exemplaren
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 16, No. 4 & 5 [April 1992] (1992) — Medewerker — 10 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1988, Vol. 75, No. 5 (1988) — Auteur — 10 exemplaren
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2002, Vol. 102, No. 4 (2002) — Medewerker — 9 exemplaren
The Little Magazine, v. 11, #1, Spring 1977 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
The Little Magazine, v. 10, #1-2, Spring Summer 1976 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
S-Fマガジン 2009年 05月号 [雑誌] — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
季刊NW-SF 1972年 01月 第5号 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Disch, Thomas M.
- Officiële naam
- Disch, Thomas Michael
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Demijohn, Thom
Hargrave, Leonie (pseudonym)
Knye, Cassandra (pseudonym together with John Sladek)
Tharp, Beebe (pseudonym)
Disch, Tom - Geboortedatum
- 1940-02-02
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2008-07-04
- Graflocatie
- Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium, Dubuque, Iowa, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- New York, New York, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- suicide
- Woonplaatsen
- Roseville, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Cooper Union
New York University - Beroepen
- theater critic
author
poet
playwright
essayist
novelist - Relaties
- Naylor, Charles (partner)
- Organisaties
- The Nation
New York Daily News
PEN
National Book Critics Circle
Writers Guild of America East - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- 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) (toon 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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Earth invaded, conquered & terraformed in Name that Book (augustus 2012)
Short sci fi story - endless stairs in Name that Book (december 2009)
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