Comments on: Tom Disch is Gone http://marclaidlaw.com/2008/07/06/tom-disch-is-gone/ "Mark How Far the Signal's Flung, Milady..." Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:37:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: marc http://marclaidlaw.com/2008/07/06/tom-disch-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-15324 marc Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:06:09 +0000 http://marclaidlaw.com/?p=193#comment-15324 Yeah, it's amazing how many of the bits and pieces that jostle around in my mind stem either directly or indirectly from Disch--the criticism as well as the fiction. As well as the critical work about him, such as Samuel R. Delany's "The American Shore." Disch's work was a place where a lot of what was best about modern sf converged. Yeah, it’s amazing how many of the bits and pieces that jostle around in my mind stem either directly or indirectly from Disch–the criticism as well as the fiction. As well as the critical work about him, such as Samuel R. Delany’s “The American Shore.” Disch’s work was a place where a lot of what was best about modern sf converged.

]]> By: John Ginsberg-Stevens http://marclaidlaw.com/2008/07/06/tom-disch-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-15320 John Ginsberg-Stevens Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:35:16 +0000 http://marclaidlaw.com/?p=193#comment-15320 Yeah, this hit me pretty hard. On Wings of Song was a seminal work in my upbringing as a writer and oddly enough helped me get through high school. 334 will also always be a standout, as will his critical works and his recent poetry, which like others I had been following and sometimes commenting on (LJ username is sunpony). I urge folks to go there and read his work; some of it is just amazing. His departure is a great loss; with the new books coming out I was hoping to read a lot more of his work in the years to come, and to perhaps meet him. Yeah, this hit me pretty hard. On Wings of Song was a seminal work in my upbringing as a writer and oddly enough helped me get through high school. 334 will also always be a standout, as will his critical works and his recent poetry, which like others I had been following and sometimes commenting on (LJ username is sunpony). I urge folks to go there and read his work; some of it is just amazing.

His departure is a great loss; with the new books coming out I was hoping to read a lot more of his work in the years to come, and to perhaps meet him.

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