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Re: RARA-AVIS: Hollywood - Bloch
Robert Bloch is a fabulous writer, so fabulous that I'll read his
scifi/fantasy stuff (a genre I normally ignore). I have a Gold Medal
collection called Atoms and Evil (1962) which is full of entertaining,
creepy, and frequently hilarious short science/fantasy stories which
frequently echo crime-fiction in cool, inventive ways. Though he's not
HardBoiled in any trad. sense, I think members of this list would love him
(if they don't already).
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Michael D. Sharp, Dept. of English, University of Michigan
(msharp@umich.edu)
"Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking!" --Ralph Wiggum
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, M. Taboada wrote:
> After reading the very interesting comments by Robert and Healy, the
> story of Robert Bloch and "Psycho" came to my mind. I remember reading
> that he was paid a sum (a small one) up front, and never made another dime
> from the enormously successful film. Not only that, but he got
> pigeon-holed in an unhealthy way as a writer in the style of "Psycho".
> In reality, his achievements cover a much broader area, but for many
> he is and will remain stereotyped. I suppose the famous film *did* do
> something for him, but I am not sure that the publicity was sufficient
> compensation.
>
> Incidentally, last summer I read a couple of volumes of his collected
> stories and was very impressed by his talent and range in this medium.
> Does anyone else in this list read Bloch?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mario Taboada (recently out of Tinseltown and not missing it - well,
> L.A. does have nice mystery stores!)
>
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