Tom Disch was among the first to ever read for the NYRSF Reading series, and a subsequent reading for us some 10 years ago was the last public appearance he made.  His prose and poetry ranged from wildly satirical stories to dark cautionary tales to YA adventure to amazing verse.  He was even a pioneer in interactive computer fiction.  Henry Wessells has gathered critics, peers, a filmmaker, and Disch's literary executor to remind (or inform) us of Tom's legacy.

Henry Wessells is a writer and antiquarian bookseller in New York City.  He is author of Another green world (short stories); The Private Life of Books (poems); and A Conversation larger than the Universe, Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic 1762-2017, published by the Grolier Club earlier this year.  His website is The Endless Bookshelf.

Brendan C. Byrne's criticism has appeared in Rhizome, the Baffler, and the Intercept, among other organs.  His fiction has appeared in Imperica, Big Echo, Terraform, Dark Mountain, Flapperhouse, and Flurb.

John Clute. Reviewer, critic, encyclopedia writer, author, variously. Appleseed (2001) is an sf novel.  The first version of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction was published in 1979 and exists in an online version.  Other non-fiction includes The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror (2006) and Pardon This Intrusion: Fantastika in the World Storm (2011). His friendship with Disch began in 1961 and continued until Tom's death.

Gregory Feeley writes science fiction and about science fiction.  His first novel, The Oxygen Barons, was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, and his short fiction has been frequently anthologized, most recently in The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2017.  He recently completed a new novel, and is preparing an edition of Thomas M. Disch’s best short fiction.

Elizabeth Hand is the multiple-award-winning author of fourteen novels and four collections of short fiction.  Her reviews, essays, and articles have appeared in numerous places, including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Review, Village Voice, Salon, Real Simple, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.  Her forthcoming novel Curious Toys, inspired by the work of outsider artist Henry Darger and the unsolved 1915 murder of five-year-old Elsie Paroubek, will be out next year.

The New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series provides performances from some of the best writers in science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, etc.  The series usually takes place the first Tuesday of every month, but maintains flexibility in time and space, so be sure to stay in touch through the mailing list, the Web, and Facebook.

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