in memoriam

[substitute]

Thomas Disch apparently died a suicide on the 4th.

He was a fine writer and a fascinating man. It was a privilege to talk with him on Livejournal after years of reading him, back to my childhood.

He'd been through a lot in his last years and was often a terribly bitter and angry man. It's not surprising that he left this way, just very sad.

Comments

[gillen]

damn.

Disch also wrote the story for a text adventure game I played the hell out of back in the mid-80s, Amnesia.

[perich]

Thomas "Camp Concentration" Disch? God damn.

[microbie]

I remember that wouldprefernot2 was a fan. I'm sorry to hear that he's gone, too.

[eyeteeth]

Oh Jesus. Aw, fucking hell.

[studeronomy]

I discovered Disch a few years ago, and really got into him (in part because he was a fellow Iowan, though mostly because he was a fantastic writer). I taught On Wings of Song to my students last semester. This is very sad news.