RIP Thomas Disch

The NY Times had a story on suicide in today's Magazine, "The Urge to End It." Which is a fascinating story that somehow read as a little more hollow given Thomas Disch's suicide July 2. (Or July 4th, depending on the blog post) I found out via Warren Ellis' Twitter post. And while there isn't anything in the news yet, it's certainly circulating around the writing community.

I admit, I hadn't read much of his work (embarrasingly, all I've read is The Brave Little Toaster), but I had heard quite a bit about him. It's always sad to hear that someone has gone through so much in such a short period of time - the death of his partner, threat of eviction. It's just.. so sad.