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".
Author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction.
His play 'The Cardinal Detoxes' (1990) was denounced by the Catholic
Church.
Was called by Newsweek magazine "the most formidably gifted unfamous
American writer."
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.
Death was by self-inflicted gunshot.
Book Review, "Refusing To Be a Pussycat," Published in "The New York Times," 24 January 1988.
Book Review, "Niagara Falls Gothic," Published in "The New York Times," 18 March 1990.
Book Review, "Queen Victoria's Computers," Published in "The New York Times," 10 March 1991.