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Complete Stories of Robert Bloch: Final Reckonings (Complete Stories of Robert Bloch)

4 reviews
Robert Bloch

Citadel, 1998

A Bloch Party
Robert Bloch's first volume of complete stories is gruesome fun. Some of his most famous and chilling short stories can be found in this collection. Many of these stories were translated into either film by Amicus productions (The House That Dripped Blood, Asylum, Torture Garden, Tales from the Crypt, etc.) or made into a radio play. Among the great stories contained are "Mannikins of Horror" ...

The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

135 reviews
H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch

Del Rey, 1987

Best of Lovecraft
The title says it all. The best of his stories and if you're a fan of Lovecraft, this must be a part of your collection.

The Song of Songs: The World's First Great Love Poem (Modern Library Classics)

8 reviews

Modern Library, 2006

Love is human and divine, both
This book of the Old Testament is first of all a beautiful poem. The subject is love, love for a woman and love for a man. It is the love song of two lovers. It is never erotic or pornographic, but always poetic. That is probably why it was used over and over again by composers in vespers dedicated to the Holy Virgin, particularly the first poem : « I am black but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem » ...

Psycho

47 reviews
Robert Bloch

Amereon Ltd, 1984

a classic
Screw those guys who did the two star reviews, I read this book in two days when I picked it up when I was living in Iowa. The differences between the novel and book are slight -- the way that Crane dies in the book is a lot more gruesome than in the movie. Bates in the book is an overweight momma's boy who dressed up in his mother's clothing and spoke in his mother's voice. Very chilling ...

Skeleton in the Closet and Other Stories (The Reader's Bloch)
Robert Bloch

Subterranean, 2008

Shooting Star/Spiderweb (Hard Case Crime)

3 reviews
Robert Bloch

Leisure Books, 2008

A book you'll literally flip for
It has not been uncommon for writers to toil in the trenches of paperback originals, earning their keep by churning out potboilers quickly. It doesn't seem to happen as much nowadays, but back in the 1950s and 1960s, some big-name authors started out publishing this way: Lawrence Block, John MacDonald and Donald Westlake, for example. Then there was Robert Bloch, who would eventually be known ...

Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography

2 reviews
Robert Bloch

Tor Books, 1995

a man, a fan, a life -- autobiography!
I had the good fortune to meet Robert Bloch at a small science-fiction convention in Atlanta in the late 70's/early 80's. He read one of his short stories, fielded questions, then we were treated to a screening of Psycho (I think he may have left by this time.) I remember how warm and funny, even self-depreciating, he was. This book is like that. From boyhood and adolescence in hard times, to ...

Robert Bloch's Psychos

10 reviews
Stephen King

Pocket Books, 1998

A solid collection from the premier horror writers out there
This is a collection of 22 original stories presented by The Horror Writers Association. In the U.S., there are two editions: a paperback and the limited hardcover put out by Cemetery Dance Publications. I suggest picking up the hardcover and I'll explain why later. The big draw to this one is Stephen King's original appearance of AUTOPSY ROOM 4, a story about a guy who is not dead but the ...

The Dunwich Horror And Others

21 reviews
H. P. Lovecraft

Arkham House Publishers, 1984

About this edition . . . .
I will not try to write a complete review, since I see that there are already 17 reviews available here, several of fine quality. This edition is of great interest because it issues from Arkham House. Arkham House publishing was founded by August Derleth, a protege of H.P. Lovecraft who himself wrote a rather large volume of pastiche material using the Cthulhu mythos of Lovecraft. One motive ...

Completely Doomed

3 reviews
Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, ...

IDW Publishing, 2007

A THROWBACK TO 1970'S HORROR MAGS
The bronze age of comics is the most overlooked of the various comic book eras. It doesn't have the historical significance of the Golden Age, the panache of The Silver Age's rejuvenation of comic books, or the gritty realism of the Modern Age. But one thing that the Bronze Age could boast, that none of the other eras could, was the great black & white horror magazines of the 70's. Because ...

ALIEN WORLDS: Afternoon of a Fahn; Cosmic Poachers; Dawn Invader; Last Monster; Fear Planet; Singleminded; ...
Roger (editor) (Eric Frank Russell; Philip K. Dick; Robert Sheckley; Poul Anderson; Robert Bloch; Edmond Hamilton; John W. Campbell Jr.; John Wyndham; Clifford D. Simak) Elwood

Paperback Library, 1968

Mass market paperback by Popular Library, Inc., 1968. Ten startling sci-fi adventures by Anderson, Bloch, Brunner, Campbell, Dick, Hamilton, Russell, Sheckley, Simak, Wyndham. 176 pp

Best of Robert Bloch
Robert Bloch

Ballantine, 1978

The Best of Fredric Brown
Robert (editor) Bloch

Nelson Doubleday, 1976

Night World

1 review
Robert Bloch

Tor Books, 1986

disgraces Bloch's name and repuation
After reading the three PSYCHO novels, all of which I thought were good and worth the read (particularly PSYCHO II) I decided to read NIGHT WORLD. I was astonished in the first few pages. I was hooked to the book and couldn't put it down...but after about 40 pages I put it down. The next day I picked it up again and finished it;not because it was SO enthralling and suspenseful, but because I ...

The star stalker

1 review
Robert Bloch

Pyramid Books, 1968

A softer, gentler side of Robert Bloch.
With a title like "The Star Stalker" any reader familiar with Robert Bloch's work would assume that the book revolved around a psychotic stalking a starlet. The assumption would be wrong, The Star Stalker is an entirely different kind of book. It is the story of nineteen year old aspiring screenwriter Tommy Post, who rides a ten or so year long rollercoaster of personal and professional success ...

The Window: New and Selected Poems

1 review
Dahlia Ravikovitch

Sheep Meadow, 1998

The Window
Poorly translated. Doesn't match poetic intent nor tempo. Translation is a bit of an word for word english repetition of text rather than concentrating on the poetry. After all it is poetry that is being translated. Without knowledge of the Hebrew, poems appear very bland and soul-less.

Three Complete Novels (Psycho, Psycho II, and Psycho House)

1 review
Robert Bloch

Random House Value Publishing, 1993

Psycho book
The book is great. It was what I expected and it came so soon after ordering.

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