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30 July 2001: Author Focus issue on Thomas M. Disch

[The Further Adventures of Mark in the Present!, by Mark Heath]

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ARTICLE: Interview: Thomas M. Disch, by David Horwich

"Science fiction, in our culture, is basically intended for children, or young adults, as they say. . . . If it fails to do that as a genre, then it won't command its place in the marketplace."

ARTICLE: Sermonettes, by Thomas M. Disch

We live in an age of permitted theft. From high to low thieves feel they are entitled to take what they want, so long as they really, really want it.

FICTION: Understanding Human Behavior, by Thomas M. Disch

He wondered, as all erasees do, why he'd decided to wipe out his past.

POETRY: The Clouds, by Thomas M. Disch

Slowly they graze the mountaintops, slow
Cows wandering home to their sunset--
Mildly anxious, leaking drops of milk
Into the monumental snow.

POETRY: Ballade of the New God, by Thomas M. Disch

I'd worship me if I were you.
A new religion starts tonight!

REVIEW: Fun with Your New (Vintage) Disch, by Fred Bush

Vintage Books has recently republished 334 and Camp Concentration, two of Disch's early works, in handsome new editions. Reading them is like walking into a black, windy, rainy night, or exploring the decaying sub-basement of a government office without any idea of how to escape its winding corridors.

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