tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post2023080971780619112..comments2008-07-14T13:00:03.328-05:00Lester Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-28212467980243253782008-07-14T13:00:00.000-05:002008-07-14T13:00:00.000-05:00Matt, <BR/><BR/>Of his SF novels, the most approachable that I have read was Camp Concentration. Also, I've never read it, but I assume the even earlier novel, The Genocides, must be good, since it is still in print after all these years. (It's evidently about a future in which the earth is taken over by plants -- not intelligent plants, just plants -- from outer space.) But the SF stuff of his that makes you stop and say "wow" most often is undoubtedly his short stories. As near as I can tell, the ones I am thinking of were reprinted in a book called "The Early Science Fiction Stories of Thomas M. Disch." It is easy to find in libraries. With Disch, "early" is good, since his stuff became progressively weirder and harder to take. The fact that he eventually committed suicide was not a big surprise.Lester Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-69699315977625997702008-07-14T11:17:00.000-05:002008-07-14T11:17:00.000-05:00Lester,<BR/><BR/>I'm not a huge fan of sci-fi, but I do occasionally like reading books in the genre. I'd only vaguely heard of Disch before I saw his obit in the NY Times. Are there any books of his that you would recommend?Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02246367770009754155noreply@blogger.com