In Memory: Thomas M. Disch

Locus Online reported that science fiction author Thomas M. Disch died July 4, 2008 as a result of suicide after a long bout with depression. Read the article here.

Thomas M. Disch is popularly known as a science fiction writer but he also wrote horror, fantasy, historicals, poetry and even children’s stories. He has several collections of short stories and poetry.

The Genocide, Camp Concentration, 334, On Wings of Song are generally considered his best work of science fiction.

Some of his horror includes The M.D.: A Horror Story and The Sub: A Study in Witchcraft.

You may recognize his children’s books which were turned into movies: The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.

He wrote critically about plays and science fiction among other things and even produced librettos for two operas produced in New York: The Fall of the House of Usher and Frankenstein.

You can get a nice overview of his career at Wikipedia.

(Crossposted in …With Intent to Commit Horror and The Lair of the Undead Rat.)