Thomas Michael Disch (n. 2 februarie 1940– d. 4 iulie 2008) a fost un scriitor american de science-fiction și poet. A câștigat Premiul Hugo pentru cea mai bună carte non-ficțiune în 1999, Premiul John W. Campbell Memorial, Premiul Rhysling , două premii Seiun și alte premii.
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Lucrări
Romane The Genocides, 1965, nominalizare la Nebula pentru cel mai bun roman în 1965 The Puppies of Terra (inițial publicat sub denumirea Mankind Under the Leash), 1966 The House That Fear Built (cu John Sladek, sub pseudonimul Cassandra Knye), 1966 Echo Round His Bones, 1967 Camp Concentration, 1968, ISBN 0-246-97352-8 Black Alice (cu John Sladek, sub pseudonimul Thom Demijohn), 1968 The Prisoner, 1969 Alfred the Great (sub pseudonimul Victor Hastings), 1969 334, 1972, ISBN 0-261-63283-3 Clara Reeve (sub pseudonimul Leonie Hargrave), 1975, ISBN 0-394-48490-8 On Wings of Song 1979, ISBN 0-312-58466-0 Neighboring Lives (cu Charles Naylor), 1981, ISBN 0-684-16644-5 The Businessman: A Tale of Terror, 1984, ISBN 0-06-015292-3 The M.D.: A Horror Story, 1991, ISBN 0-394-58662-X The Priest: A Gothic Romance, 1994, ISBN 1-85798-090-5 The Sub: A Study in Witchcraft, 1999, ISBN 0-679-44292-8 The Word of God, 2008, ISBN 978-1892391773
Nuvele Torturing Mr. Amberwell, 1985 The Silver Pillow: A Tale of Witchcraft, 1988 The Voyage of the Proteus, 2007 The Proteus Sails Again, 2008
Colecții de povestiri One Hundred and Two H-Bombs, 1966 UK (ediție revizuită, 1971 SUA) Fun with Your New Head, 1971 SUA, (Under Compulsion), 1968 Marea Britanie, ISBN 0-586-03265-7 White Fang Goes Dingo, 1971 Marea Britanie, ISBN 0-09-004840-7 Getting into Death, 1973 Marea Britanie, ISBN 0-246-10614-X Getting into Death and Other Stories, 1976 US Fundamental Disch, 1980, ISBN 0-553-13670-4 The Man Who Had No Idea, 1982, ISBN 0-553-22667-3 The Wall of America, 2008, ISBN 978-1-892391-82-7
Pentru copii The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances Fantasy and Science Fiction (August 1980) London, Grafton Books, 1986. ISBN 0-246-13080-6 adaptare pentru film, 1987 The Tale of Dan De Lion, 1986 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, 1988 adaptare pentru film, 1998 A Child's Garden of Grammar, 1997 The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, 1999 (doar film)
Colecții de poezii Highway Sandwiches (cu Charles Platt și Marilyn Hacker), 1970 The Right Way to Figure Plumbing, 1972, ISBN 0-913560-05-7 ABCDEFG HIJKLM NPOQRST UVWXYZ, 1981, ISBN 0-85646-073-7 Burn This, 1982, ISBN 0-09-146960-0 Orders of the Retina, 1982, ISBN 0-915124-60-2 Here I Am, There You Are, Where Were We, 1984, ISBN 0-09-154871-3 Yes, Let's: New and Selected Poems, 1989, ISBN 0-8018-3835-5 Dark Verses and Light, 1991, ISBN 0-8018-4191-7 Haikus of an AmPart, 1991, ISBN 0-918273-68-4 The Dark Old House, 1996 About the Size of It, 2007 Winter Journey (va apărea)
Non-ficțiune The Castle of Indolence: On Poetry, Poets, and Poetasters, 1994, ISBN 0-312-13448-7 The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, 1998, ISBN 0-684-82405-1 The Castle of Perseverance: Job Opportunities in Contemporary Poetry, 2002, ISBN 0-472-09750-4 On SF, 2005, ISBN 0-472-09896-9. O colecție a scrierilor sale critice.
Antologii The Ruins of Earth: An Anthology of Stories of the Immediate Future, 1971 Bad Moon Rising: An Anthology of Political Forebodings, 1973 The New Improved Sun: An Anthology of Utopian Fiction, 1975 New Constellations: An Anthology of Tomorrow's Mythologies, 1976 (cu Charles Naylor) Strangeness: A Collection of Curious Tales, 1977 (cu Charles Naylor)
Teatru Ben-Hur 1989 The Cardinal Detoxes 1990
Jocuri video Amnesia, 1986
Audio "Can you hear me, think tank two?", 2001 (sub pseudonimul Tom Disch). Thought crimes in prose and poetry Mecca|Mettle, 2005. Thomas Disch, BlöödHag și Tim Kirk.
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Legături externe Endzone Disch's website Schroedinger's Cake: Website about Thomas M. Disch
Selected poems Obituary and public tribute Eulogy by Elizabeth Hand at salon.com "Remembering Thomas Disch" by John Crowley in the Boston Review "The Prescient Science Fiction of Thomas M. Disch" in The Millions Descending a story archived in The Wayback Machine
Categorie:Scriitori americani de literatură științifico-fantastică Categorie:Poeți americani Categorie:Scriitori care s-au sinucis Categorie:Oameni din Des Moines, Iowa Categorie:Scriitori din statul Iowa