Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he lived in New York for a long time, was an employee of an advertising agency and worked in a bank. In the mid-60s, Dish changed occupation and became a professional writer. In addition to the United States, he also lived in the United Kingdom. Turkey. Italy and Mexico. The first NF story to be published was Fantastic (1962). Most of his early stories were published in The Hundred and Two More Hydrogen Bombs (1966). The aspiring writer was helped by Michael Moorcock, who
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Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he lived in New York for a long time, was an employee of an advertising agency and worked in a bank. In the mid-60s, Dish changed occupation and became a professional writer. In addition to the United States, he also lived in the United Kingdom. Turkey. Italy and Mexico.
The first NF story to be published was Fantastic (1962). Most of his early stories were published in The Hundred and Two More Hydrogen Bombs (1966). The aspiring writer was helped by Michael Moorcock, who “discovered” Dish and regularly published his works in his magazine “New Worlds”. In fact, Dish was one of the founders of the “new wave” in the UK.
Disch's first novel, "Genocide" (1965), about the Earth turned by aliens into a huge farm, received very good reviews from critics, it was compared with "Triffid Day" Wyndham. The second, "Humanity on a Tether" (1966), describes an Earth where powerful aliens keep humans as pets. This was followed by Echo of Your Flesh (1967) and Concentration Camp (1968). The latter has earned positive reviews from both traditional science fiction writers and New Wave writers (e.g., Samuel Delaney remarked that it is “one of the three most serious books of the decade”). The novel is built as a conscious imitation of Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus".
After these books, Dish published several dozen novels and collections of short stories, including a children's dilogy about the adventures of the glorious little toaster on Earth and on Mars.