The Best of Robert Bloch (1977)

by Robert Bloch

Other authors: Lester Del Rey (Introduction)

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I was going to rate this solid collection of fantasy stories a 3, but then I read the author's charming afterword in which he humbly explains his goals—to write readable stories—and I had to up it to 4 stars. Not quite as marvelous as Bradbury, not as clever as Collier, but it's good stuff. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Bloch, Robert	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Del Rey, Lester	Introduction	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Alexander, Paul	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Hehemann, Günter	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Pennington, Bruce	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Ballantine Best Of

M. V. Bibliothek Science Fiction

Contains

The Man Who Collected Poe [short story] by Robert Bloch

All on a Golden Afternoon by Robert Bloch

The Movie People [short story] by Robert Bloch

Enoch by Robert Bloch

Katzenjammer [Kurzgeschichte] by Robert Bloch

The Hungry House by Robert Bloch

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The Best of Robert Bloch

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The Best of Robert Bloch

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1977

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Dedication

This book - which I suggested they cut into four equal parts - is for Win, Frank, Barbara and Peter.

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By now, Robert Bloch must be thoroughly tired of being introduced as the man who wrote Psycho; after all, it is many years since he published the novel from which the movie was made and it it typical of only one aspect of Bloch's varied talents. (Introduction: Robert Bloch: The Man Who Wrote Psycho)

That's a good question. (Author's Afterword: "Will the Real Robert Bloch Please Stand Up?")

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Schelwokat, Günter M.

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