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1. Website. robertbloch.net. Robert Albert Bloch (/ blɒk /; April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small amount of science fiction.
- Psycho (novel)
Psycho is a 1959 horror novel by American writer Robert...
- The Best
The Best of Robert Bloch is a collection of speculative...
- Psycho (novel)
- Early Writing Career
- Psycho and Screenwriting
- Writings on Bloch
- Selected Bibliography
During the 1930s, Bloch was an avid reader of the pulp magazine Weird Tales. H. P. Lovecraft, a frequent contributor to that magazine, became one of his favorite writers. As a teenager, Bloch befriended and corresponded with Lovecraft, who gave the promising youngster advice on his own fiction-writing efforts. Bloch's first professional sales, at t...
Bloch became most famous as the author of the novel Psycho, which was adapted by Joseph Stefano into the screenplay for the film of the same name, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. His best-known work as a screenwriter is probably The Night Walker(1964), which he wrote for William Castle. He also penned two scripts for the original series of Star Trek,...
There is an essay on his work, with particular reference to the novels Psycho and The Scarf, in S. T. Joshi's book The Modern Weird Tale (2001). Joshi examines Bloch's literary relationship with Lovecraft in a further essay in The Evolution of the Weird Tale(2004). In addition, Randall D. Larson has authored three reference books about Robert Bloch...
Novels
1. Strange Eons(1978)
Collections
1. The Opener of the Way(1945) 2. Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares(1960) 3. Mysteries of the Worm(1981, 1993, 2009) 4. Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies(1998)
Short Fiction
1. "The Shambler from the Stars" (1935) 2. "The Secret in the Tomb" (1935) 3. "The Suicide in the Study" (1935) 4. "Black Lotus" (1935) 5. "The Opener of the Way" (1936) 6. "The Faceless God" (1936) 7. "The Grinning Ghoul" (1936) 8. "The Dark Demon" (1936) 9. "Mother of Serpents" (1936) 10. "The Mannikin" (1937) 11. "The Brood of Bubastis" (1937) 12. "The Creeper in the Crypt" (1937) 13. "The Secret of Sebek" (1937) 14. "Fane of the Black Pharaoh" (1937) 15. "The Black Kiss" (with Henry Kuttn...
Psycho is a 1959 horror novel by American writer Robert Bloch. The novel tells the story of Norman Bates , a caretaker at an isolated motel who struggles under his domineering mother and becomes embroiled in a series of murders.
The Best of Robert Bloch is a collection of speculative fiction short stories by American author Robert Bloch. It was first published in paperback by Del Rey/Ballantine in November 1977 [ 1][ 2] as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction. [ 1] The book has been translated into German.
An acclaimed entry in the Ripper canon, the book is notable for weaving such real-life personages as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Elephant Man, and Oscar Wilde into its storyline. Lists Bloch's novels and provides links to their individual pages.
Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer. He became most famous as the author of the novel Psycho, which was adapted by Joseph Stefano into the screenplay for the film of the same name, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Sep 23, 1994 · 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.
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