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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).
Robert Bloch, who died a year or two ago, was a fine writer. As a
teenager, he corresponded with Lovecraft, and the two of them wrote
each other into their stories. His early stuff was imitation
Lovecraft for WEIRD TALES in the 30s, but very good for a-that. His
best work may be the fantasy things of the early 40's like "The
Skull of the Marquus de Sade" and "Yours Truly, Jack the
Ripper"--both also for WEIRD TALES.
He's best known for PSYCHO and similar works in which the horror,
instead of being supernatural, is all too natural. See his
autobiography, ONCE AROUND THE BLOCJ, and a recent anthology of
commentary about Bloch and stories by him, ROBERT
BLOCH--APPRECIATIONS, edited by Richard Matheson.
Doug
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