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Robert Bloch

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

April 05, 1917

Died

September 23, 1994

Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

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Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer. He was the son of Raphael "Ray" Bloch (1884, Chicago-1952, Chicago), a bank cashier, and his wife Stella Loeb (1880, Attica, Indiana-1944, Milwaukee, WI), a social worker, both of German-Jewish descent.

Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, usually crime fiction, science fiction, and, perhaps most influentially, horror fiction (Psycho). He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle; Lovecraft was Bloch's mentor and one of the first to seriously encourage his talent.

He was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award (for his story "That Hell-Bound Tra ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 185,057 ratings · 11,941 reviews · 1,091 distinct works • Similar authors

	Psycho (Psycho, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 77,471 ratings — published 1959 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psycho II (Psycho, #2) 3.19 avg rating — 2,900 ratings — published 1982 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psycho House (Psycho, #3) 2.77 avg rating — 1,271 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mysteries of the Worm by Robert Bloch, Steven Gilberts (Illustrator), Robert Price (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 849 ratings — published 1981 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Crowded Earth by Robert Bloch, Gregg Margarite 3.57 avg rating — 637 ratings — published 1958 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night of the Ripper 3.61 avg rating — 627 ratings — published 1984	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Gothic 3.40 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 1974	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert Bloch's Psychos by Robert Bloch (Editor), Gary A. Braunbeck (Contributor), Denise Bruchman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Robert Bloch by Robert Bloch, Lester del Rey (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shambler from the Stars 3.65 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 1935 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Psycho (3 books)
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Quotes by Robert Bloch (?)

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
― Robert Bloch

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“The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.”
― Robert Bloch

tags: humor

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“I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.”
― Robert Bloch, Psycho

tags: horror, psycho

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