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Thomas M. Disch

I was shocked this morning to read in Shelf Awareness that SF writer Thomas M. Disch committed suicide over the holiday weekend. He was 68.

When I was an editorial assistant at Bantam/Spectra, working with Pat LoBrutto, we revered Disch. His soulfulness was cut with an acute intelligence that made him both an amazing writer and a great critic. I met him one evening at the home of one of my writing professors - David Black - and he was so wry, courtly, and gentle. Often you meet people whose work you admire and you're disappointed; this was not the case with Disch.

At any rate, we've lost a really awesome mind, and it's doubly sad that it was self-inflicted.
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