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Robert Bloch

5 April 1917 - 23 September 1994

Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of German-Jewish Americans. During the 1930s, he was an avid reader of Weird Tales magazine and H. P. Lovecraft in particular. He wrote to Lovecraft, who responded with advice on writing, and Bloch sold his first published short story, "The Feast in the Abbey" to Weird Tales when he was just seventeen. He continued to write for Weird Tales and went on to become one of its most popular authors, while also contributing to other magazines. In 1946, his first published novel, The Scarf, was released. He received the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1959 for “That Hell-Bound Train” (1958). Also in 1959, he published one of his best-known novels, Psycho, which was adapted for the screen in 1960 by Joseph Stefano, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He wrote the screenplay for the movie The Night Walker (1964), and he also wrote three scripts for the television show Star Trek. Over the course of his career, he wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, mostly in the crime fiction, science fiction and, horror fiction genres.

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    First published in 1959 27 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Hugo Winners

    First published in 1962 13 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition hugowinners0001unse Cover of edition bwb_P8-ADE-584
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    First published in 1983 8 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition fantasyhalloffam00silv Cover of edition fantasyhalloffam0000unse Cover of edition fantasyhalloffam0000unse_t5q7 Cover of edition fantasyhallfame00silv
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  • Cover of: The Hugo winners: Volumes one and two

    First published in 1962 8 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition hugowinners0001isaa Cover of edition hugowinners0001unse_q4x1 Cover of edition hugowinners0012unse
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    First published in 1994 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Isaac Asimov presents the great science fiction stories: Volume 1, 1939

    First published in 1979 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1973 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1998 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1984 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition murdermostfoul0000unse_q8s8 Cover of edition bwb_KS-139-797
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    First published in 1978 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1974 4 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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Subjects
American Horror tales, Fiction, Horror tales, American Science fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, horror, Horror tales, American, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Children's fiction, English Horror tales, Fiction, science fiction, general, short stories, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, general, Short stories, American Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), Horror stories, American Fantasy fiction, English Short stories, Horror, Science fiction, American, short story, Fantasy fiction, Horror fiction
Places
London, Paris, Baker Street, Jefferson, Maine, Mississippi, New England, Yoknapatawpha County, Alabama, Australia, Ballarat, Boscombe Pool, Boscombe Valley, Bridgton, Carcosa, England) Whitechapel (London, Gennesault, Hartford, Hatherley Farm, Herefordshire, India, Italy, Jamaica, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Massachusetts
People
John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), Robert Bloch (1917-), Archie, Berenice, C. Auguste Dupin, Colonel Sartoris, Duncan Ross, Egaeus, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Jabez Wilson, Jack the Ripper, John Clay, Minister D—, Mr. Grierson, Mr. Merryweather, Police Inspector Jones, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Tobe, Vincent Spaulding, Aggie Bibber, Alan Turman, Alice Turner
Time
20th century, 1890, Antebellum era, 1600s, 1861-65, 1950's, 19th century, Sci-Fi, carnival, futurist, futuristic

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  • Robert Bloch
  • Tarleton Fiske, Will Folke, Nathan Hindin, E.K. Jarvis, Wilson Kane, Jim Kjelgaard, Sherry Malone, John Sheldon, Collier Young

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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June 13, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Edited without comment.
November 26, 2013 Edited by Sarah Breau Added middle name to bio, removed alternate names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import