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A Child’s Garden of Grammar by Thomas M. Disch (University Press of New England, September 1997, 0-87451-850-4, $9.95, 88pp, tp, co, cover by Dave Morice)     Associational non-fiction, a collection of 37 “poetry comics” about grammar, illustrated by Dave Morice. Most of the poems originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine; one has been rewritten for this edition. 2 · Nouns · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 6 · Verbs · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 8 · Pronouns · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 10 · Adjectives · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 12 · Adverbs · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1992 14 · A Conjugation of the Verb To Be · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1991 17 · Tenses · Tom Disch · gp (r) _17 · The Present Tense · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 _17 · Epitaph for the Past Tenses · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 _17 · The Future Tense · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 20 · Either/Or · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 22 · If/Then · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 24 · Maybe · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 26 · Not · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1992 28 · In and Out · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1991 30 · Proper Nouns · Tom Disch · pm 32 · The Subject · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1993 34 · The Object · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1993 38 · The Indirect Object · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1993 40 · The Object of the Preposition · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1993 42 · Strange Plurals · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1991 44 · Odious Comparisons · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1993 48 · Attractive Opposites · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1993 50 · Homophones · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1993 52 · Homonyms · Tom Disch · pm not the same as the poem of the same name in the May 1993 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction. 54 · Like and As · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1993 56 · Lie and Lay · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1993 58 · Contractions · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1993 60 · Split Infinitives · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1993 62 · Quotation Marks · Tom Disch · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1992 64 · Auxiliary Verbs · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1993 68 · Compound Object Pronouns · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1993 70 · The Agreement of Predicate Pronouns · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1993 72 · Some Personal Pronouns · Tom Disch · gp Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1993 _72 · You and I · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1993 _76 · He, She, and It · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1993 _80 · Thou, Thee, and Thine · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1993 84 · Definite and Indefinite Articles · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1993 86 · One’s Gender Problems · Tom Disch · pm

The Dark Old House by Tom Disch (RLB, 1996, no ISBN, 23pp, ph, co)     Poetry collection. Limited to 200 copies. 5 · A Note on the Poems · Tom Disch · in 7 · Sunday Morning, in the Laundry Room · Tom Disch · pm The Hudson Review Winter 1994 8 · The Dark Old House · Tom Disch · pm The Kenyon Review Fall 1994 9 · High Summer · Tom Disch · pm Chronicles April 1994 10 · A Sabbath Prayer · Tom Disch · pm Theology Today v50 #2, July 1993 11 · The Garage Sale as a Spiritual Exercise · Tom Disch · pm Poetry December 1993 12 · Making It Yours · Tom Disch · pm Southwest Review Winter 1994 14 · Morning Prayer · Tom Disch · pm Theology Today v50 #2, July 1993 15 · The Happy Snowflakes · Tom Disch · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1994 16 · Bird Feeder · Tom Disch · pm Light #12, Winter 1994/1995 17 · April in Barryville · Tom Disch · pm 18 · The Vanishing Point · Tom Disch · pm The Kenyon Review Spring 1996 19 · Signs of Spring in a Depressed Economy · Tom Disch · pm Poetry April 1994 20 · Handyman Special · Tom Disch · pm 21 · Ephemera: 20 Haiku · Tom Disch · pm

Dark Verses & Light by Tom Disch (The Johns Hopkins University Press, May 1991, 0-8018-4192-5, $12.95, 124pp, tp, co, cover by Martha Farlow)     Poetry collection by the sf writer. A hardcover edition (-4191-7, $26.00) is also available. 3 · The Snake in the Manger: A Christmas Legend · Tom Disch · pm 12 · The Eightfold Way: A Masque in Five Tableaux · Tom Disch · pl Grand Street Winter 1990 35 · Back Here · Tom Disch · pm Lake Street Review Summer 1977 36 · Garage Sale · Tom Disch · pm Lake Street Review #23, 1989 37 · A Questionnaire · Tom Disch · pm Poetry July 1971 38 · On Depositing the Check for a Legacy · Tom Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement October 1 1982 39 · To an Elder Brother, Aborted · Tom Disch · pm 40 · The Friends of Long Ago · Tom Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement December 19 1980 41 · Old Friends · Tom Disch · pm Tribune October 14 1977 42 · My Willoughby Personality Schedule · Tom Disch · pm Lake Street Review Summer 1977 43 · The Self as Product · Tom Disch · pm Inquiry July 1983 44 · How to Identify Yourself in a Crowd · Tom Disch · pm Lake Street Review Summer 1985 45 · A Call to Lost Members · Tom Disch · pm 46 · To Fame · Tom Disch · pm Transatlantic Review #57, October 1976 47 · Sunday at Home · Tom Disch · pm Open Places #35, Spring/Summer 1983 48 · So Grows the Tree · Tom Disch · pm Amazing Stories May 1986 49 · What’s Left Unsaid, or the Dodo’s Joy · Tom Disch · pm Boulevard Fall 1988 50 · A Tree in the Dark · Tom Disch · pm Witness Summer 1987 52 · Why This Tie, Why That · Tom Disch · pm Poetry April 1988 57 · The Joycelin Shrager Story · Tom Disch · nv The Paris Review #64, Winter 1975 77 · The Joycelin Shrager Poems · Tom Disch · si _81 · i am just a plain poet · Tom Disch · pm _83 · something people don’t realize · Tom Disch · pm _84 · i who have gone through the whole gamut · Tom Disch · pm _85 · minor poets are human too · Tom Disch · pm _86 · today i was almost put in jail · Tom Disch · pm _87 · hey everyone look at what’s here · Tom Disch · pm _90 · bowling has been the great spirit · Tom Disch · pm _91 · when i am sick science fiction · Tom Disch · pm _93 · excuse the language · Tom Disch · pm _95 · my assignment this week is a sonnet · Tom Disch · pm _96 · gotta get my act together · Tom Disch · pm _97 · if you know what i mean · Tom Disch · pm _99 · have you ever gone up to the roof · Tom Disch · pm 103 · Close Your Eyes Now · Tom Disch · pm Open Places #35, Spring/Summer 1983 105 · Selected Quirks · Tom Disch · pm The Little Magazine Autumn 1977 106 · Poem from the Pen · Tom Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement June 16/June 22 1989 107 · The Mad Governess · Tom Disch · pm The Times Literary Supplement February 8 1985 109 · Psalms of a Tax Accountant · Tom Disch · pm Contact II Fall 1985 113 · The Bride of Baron Death · Tom Disch · pm Fantasy Macabre #6, 1985 114 · Fool’s Mate · Tom Disch · pm Amazing Stories May 1987 116 · Orientating Mr. Blank · Tom Disch · pm The Paris Review #91, Spring 1984 118 · In the News · Tom Disch · pm Night Cry Fall 1987 119 · La Venganza de los Muertos Vivientes · Tom Disch · pm 120 · Lives of Great Men All Remind Us · Tom Disch · pm The New Republic November 3 1986 121 · Ancient Hero · Tom Disch · pm Yorcon 2 Programme Book ed. Alan Dorey, Yorcon, 1981 122 · Love and Clover: A White Paper · Tom Disch · pm The Berkley Showcase Vol. 3 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1981 123 · Events of the Day · Tom Disch · pm 124 · There Is an Index by First Lines · Tom Disch · ms Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic March 1983

The Early Science Fiction Stories of Thomas M. Disch by Thomas M. Disch (Gregg Press, June 1977, 0-8398-2370-3, $13.00, xxxii+334pp, hc, co)     Stories from the British and American versions of the collection 102 H-Bombs & the novel The Puppies of Terra. vii · Introduction · Robert Thurston · in 3 · Introduction from 102 H-Bombs · Thomas M. Disch · in One Hundred and Two H-Bombs by Thomas M. Disch, Compact, 1967 5 · White Fang Goes Dingo · Thomas M. Disch · nv If April 1965 51 · The Return of the Medusae · Thomas M. Disch · vi Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1963 53 · Bone of Contention · Thomas M. Disch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1966 61 · The Demi-Urge · Thomas M. Disch · vi Amazing Stories June 1963 64 · The Princess’ Carillon · Thomas M. Disch · vi Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1963, as “The Enchanted Prince, 1963” 67 · Final Audit · Thomas M. Disch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1963 86 · Utopia? Never! · Thomas M. Disch · vi Amazing Stories August 1963 90 · Genetic Coda · Thomas M. Disch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination June 1964 100 · 5 Eggs · Thomas M. Disch · ss Orbit 1 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1966 108 · Dangerous Flags · Thomas M. Disch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1964 114 · The Vamp · Thomas M. Disch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1965 121 · Leader of the Revolution · Thomas M. Disch · ss Bizarre Mystery Magazine October 1965 130 · 102 H-Bombs · Thomas M. Disch · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination March 1965 160 · The Sightseers · Thomas M. Disch · ss Worlds of Tomorrow November 1965 173 · Invaded by Love · Thomas M. Disch · nv New Worlds SF #166, 1966 197 · The Puppies of Terra · Thomas M. Disch · n. Ace, 1966, as “Mankind Under the Leash” expanded from “White Fang Goes Dingo”, If Apr ’65.

Endzone by Tom Disch (Mitteldeutscher Verlag, February 2018, 978-3-95462-987-9, €24.00, 205pp, hc, co) [edited by Christopher Ecker]     Collection of poems, all but one of which were first published on Disch’s blog “Endzone”, together with comments by Disch that were either first published on his blog or are taken from emails to the editor. The collection also contains translations of the poems into German by the editor on facing pages—these are not listed. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Vorwort · John Crowley · fw; in German. 14 · I Get the Times Across the Street · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 4 2006 16 · A Reverie by the Shore · Tom Disch · pm Endzone April 19 2008 18 · “Harpooned Again!” · Tom Disch · pm Endzone April 22 2008 20 · Buffalo · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 1 2008 22 · Our Lands · Tom Disch · pm Endzone March 5 2008 24 · O Terra, Addio · Tom Disch · pm Endzone September 30 2006 26 · What I Can See from Here · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 24 2008 28 · Der Trauerzug · Tom Disch · pm 30 · Invitation to the Walt · Tom Disch · pm Endzone April 19 2008 32 · All the Walts in the World · Tom Disch · pm Endzone April 21 2008 34 · New Adventures in Space and Time: An Aubade · Tom Disch · pm Endzone February 3 2007 36 · A Song from Hell · Tom Disch · pm Endzone January 29 2008 38 · On the Anniversary of a Death · Tom Disch · pm Endzone September 6 2006 40 · Dawn’s Early Light · Tom Disch · pm Endzone January 21 2008 42 · Bibliographica Aeterna · Tom Disch · pm Endzone August 9 2008 44 · No Message · Tom Disch · pm Endzone June 3 2007 46 · Aurelia · Tom Disch · pm Endzone February 24 2008 48 · January Light · Tom Disch · pm Endzone January 11 2007 50 · Loving Heath · Tom Disch · pm Endzone March 22 2008 52 · Another for Heath · Tom Disch · pm Endzone April 19 2008 54 · In Memoriam (“He went down the chute just now”) · Tom Disch · pm Endzone June 21 2008 56 · Apology · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 19 2006 60 · The Unnamed Hills · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 31 2007 62 · Alarms · Tom Disch · pm Endzone October 27 2007 64 · Cloud · Tom Disch · pm Endzone January 24 2008 66 · The North Wind’s Song · Tom Disch · pm Endzone July 3 2006 68 · A Baffin Island Benediction · Tom Disch · pm Endzone; deleted from the blog at some point prior to October 30, 2006. 70 · First Dark · Tom Disch · pm Endzone July 16 2006 72 · To Do · Tom Disch · pm Endzone November 5 2007 74 · Malfunction · Tom Disch · pm Endzone February 16 2007 76 · The Great Lull · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 18 2007 78 · A Message on the Machine · Tom Disch · pm Endzone April 8 2008 82 · The Curse · Tom Disch · pm Endzone October 6 2007 84 · The Posthumous Life · Tom Disch · pm Endzone July 31 2006 86 · When Did I Die? · Tom Disch · pm Endzone July 31 2006 88 · The Proud Beggar · Tom Disch · pm Endzone June 1 2008 92 · A Pirate Crew · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 20 2007 94 · Ghost Ship · Tom Disch · pm Endzone June 10 2006 98 · The Community of Losers · Tom Disch · pm Endzone July 21 2006 100 · Twenty Years Later · Tom Disch · pm Endzone August 10 2006 102 · Do What You’ve Got to Do · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 22 2008 104 · Taking Action in the Current Crisis · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 28 2008 106 · 1066 · Tom Disch · pm Endzone July 20 2006 108 · Escape from Heaven · Tom Disch · pm Endzone June 14 2006 112 · The Mad Teddybear · Tom Disch · pm Endzone December 15 2007 114 · The Tragedy of Life · Tom Disch · pm Endzone September 2 2006 116 · Advice to Mice · Tom Disch · pm Endzone September 23 2006 118 · Sylvan Pavane · Tom Disch · pm Endzone June 17 2008 122 · Les · Tom Disch · pm Endzone May 31 2008 126 · Comment on “I Get the Times Across the Street” · Tom Disch · ms 127 · Comment on “A Reverie by the Shore” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone April 21 2008 128 · Comment on “Harpooned Again!” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone April 27 2008 128 · Comment on “Buffalo” · Tom Disch · ms 129 · Comment on “Our Lands” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone March 10 2008 129 · Comment on “What I Can See from Here” · Tom Disch · ms 130 · Comment on “Der Trauerzug” · Tom Disch · ms 131 · Comment on “All the Walts in the World” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone April 21 2008 131 · Comment on “New Adventures in Space and Time: An Aubade” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone February 3 2007 132 · Comment on “A Song from Hell” · Tom Disch · ms 132 · Comment on “On the Anniversary of a Death” · Tom Disch · ms 133 · Comment on “Bibliographica Aeterna” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone August 11 2007 134 · Comment on “January Light” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone January 12 2007 135 · Comment on “In Memoriam” · Tom Disch · ms 136 · untitled (“I have from time to time cleared away…”) · Tom Disch · ms Endzone October 30 2006, as “Housekeeping Alert” 136 · Comment on “To Do” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone November 7 2007 137 · Comment on “The Curse” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone October 6 2007 139 · Comment on “When Did I Die?” · Tom Disch · ms 139 · The Wealth of Nations · Tom Disch · ms Endzone June 2 2008 140 · Argh! · Tom Disch · ms Endzone June 3 2008 140 · Comment on “The Proud Beggar” · Tom Disch · ms 140 · Comment on “A Pirate Crew” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone May 21 2007 141 · Comment on “Do What You’ve Got to Do” · Tom Disch · ms 142 · Comment on “Taking Action in the Current Crisis” · Tom Disch · ms 142 · Comment on “1066” · Tom Disch · ms 142 · Comment on “The Mad Teddybear” · Tom Disch · ms 143 · Comment on “The Tragedy of Life” · Tom Disch · ms 144 · Comment on “Advice to Mice” · Tom Disch · ms Endzone September 23 2006 144 · Comment on “Sylvan Pavane” · Tom Disch · ms 197 · Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead! · Tom Disch · ob Endzone June 16 2008 [Ref. Algis Budrys] 198 · Letter to the FBI, October 28, 1972 (“Gentlemen: I am a well-known author of science fiction novels”) · Philip K. Dick · lt The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick: 1972-1973 by Philip K. Dick, Underwood-Miller, 1994