The extraordinary science-fiction writer, poet, and essayist Thomas M. Disch has died, reportedly by suicide, on the 4th of July. He was 68. You may know his best-known work, the novella The Brave ...

Though he never won mainstream fame, Disch was highly regarded in the world of science fiction. Three of his novels, “Camp Concentration,” “334” and “On Wings of Song” were named in ...