America is a nation of liars, and for that reason science fiction has a special claim to be our national literature, as the art form best adapted to telling the lies we like to hear and to pretend we believe.
Let me tell you about the end of the world. It happened fifty years ago. Maybe a hundred. And since then it's been lovely. I mean it. Nobody tries to… - Thomas M. Disch
Let me tell you about the end of the world. It happened fifty years ago. Maybe a hundred. And since then it's been lovely. I mean it. Nobody tries to…
- Thomas M. Disch
The distances between the stars seem brief by contrast to the distances between each of us and his fellows. - Thomas M. Disch
The distances between the stars seem brief by contrast to the distances between each of us and his fellows.
Gene Wolfe has produced a work of art that can satisfy adult appetites and in which even the most fantastical elements register as poetry rather than… - Thomas M. Disch
Gene Wolfe has produced a work of art that can satisfy adult appetites and in which even the most fantastical elements register as poetry rather than…
Creativeness is finding patterns where none exist. - Thomas M. Disch
Creativeness is finding patterns where none exist.
Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements of ba… - Thomas M. Disch
Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements of ba…
Sometimes the whole world is mud luscious and puddle wonderful - Thomas M. Disch
Sometimes the whole world is mud luscious and puddle wonderful
Thought is a disease of the brain. The mind defends itself against the degenerative process of creativity; it begins to jell; notions solidify into i… - Thomas M. Disch
Thought is a disease of the brain. The mind defends itself against the degenerative process of creativity; it begins to jell; notions solidify into i…
Sameness is what marketers want us to want. - Thomas M. Disch
Sameness is what marketers want us to want.
Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist. - Thomas M. Disch
Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.
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