Thomas Michael Disch Net Worth
Thomas Michael Disch Net Worth is
$1.4 Million
Thomas Michael Disch Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nominations and nine Nebula Award nominations to his credit, plus one win of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, a Rhysling Award, and two Seiun Awards, among others.In the 1960s, his work began appearing in science-fiction magazines. His critically acclaimed science fiction novels, The Genocides, Camp Concentration, 334 and On Wings of Song are major contributions to the New Wave science fiction movement. In 1996, his book The Castle of Indolence: On Poetry, Poets, and Poetasters was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and in 1999, Disch won the Nonfiction Hugo for The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, a meditation on the impact of science fiction on our culture, as well as the Michael Braude Award for Light Verse. Among his other nonfiction work, he wrote theatre and opera criticism for The New York Times, The Nation, and other periodicals. He also published several volumes of poetry as Tom Disch.Following an extended period of depression following the death in 2005 of his life-partner, Charles Naylor, Disch stopped writing almost entirely, except for poetry – although he did produce two novellas. Disch committed suicide by gunshot on July 4 2008 in his apartment in Manhattan, New York City. His last book, The Word of God, which was written shortly before Naylor died, had just been published a few days before Disch's death. | Date Of Birth | February 2, 1940 |
| Died | 2008-07-04 |
| Place Of Birth | Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
| Profession | Writer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Book Review, "Queen Victoria's Computers," Published in "The New York Times," 10 March 1991. |
| 2 | Book Review, "Niagara Falls Gothic," Published in "The New York Times," 18 March 1990. |
| 3 | Book Review, "Refusing To Be a Pussycat," Published in "The New York Times," 24 January 1988. |
| 4 | Death was by self-inflicted gunshot. |
| 5 | Some sources erroneously credit Disch with creating the 1960s TV classic "Prisoner, The" (1967), as Disch wrote the first original novel based upon the series. |
| 6 | Was called by Newsweek magazine "the most formidably gifted unfamous American writer." |
| 7 | His play 'The Cardinal Detoxes' (1990) was denounced by the Catholic Church. |
| 8 | Author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. |
| 9 | Collaborated with John Thomas Sladek (1937-2000) as "Cassandra Knye" on a Gothic romance, "The House that Fear Built", and as "Thom Demijohn" on the thriller novel "Black Alice". |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars | 1998 | Video novel | |
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | 1997 | Video characters | |
| Miami Vice | 1987 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
| The Brave Little Toaster | 1987 | based on the novella by |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
Known for movies
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
as Writer
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)
as Writer
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997)
as Writer
Miami Vice (1987)
as Writer