THOMAS M. DISCH

THE PRISONER

Better known for SF novels likeCamp Concentration, 334 andOn Wings of Song, THOMAS M. DISCH has had consid­erable success with works as diverse asClara Reeve (a period Gothic),Neighboring Lives (an historical novel of literary London in the 19th Century), and a series of supernatural novels situated in Minnesota that read like Frank O'Hara rewriting Stephen King; all the time maintaining a prolific career as a critic and book reviewer for periodicals such asThe Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times, Wash­ington Post Book World, Playboy, The Atlantic, The Nation, Hudson Review, andPoetry ; while still finding time to pub­lish an incessant stream of short fiction in genre and literary magazines; and, as “Tom” Disch, over 500 poems that offer much in the way of wit and delightful formalism; not to mention the acclaim brought by his children's books likeThe Brave Little Toaster andA Child's Garden of Grammar . He has lived in Mexico, Spain, England, and Rome, but for the last 20 years he has lived in New York City and out of it, where he is a sometimes radio pundit and theatre critic.

“[Disch] is without doubt one of the really bright . . . lights on the American SF scene.”
Fantasy and Science Fiction

“One of the most remarkably talented writers around.”
The Washington Post Book World