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Robert Bloch

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    (April 5, 1917-September 23, 1994)
    Raised in Wisconsin
    Best known for his novel 'Psycho (1959)'
    Wrote 'The Opener of the Way (1945),' 'The Scarf (1947),' 'Kidnapper (1954),' 'Tales in a Jugular Vein (1965),' 'Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow (1971),' 'Strange Eons (1978),' 'Psycho II (1982),' 'Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep (1987),' 'Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography (1993)' and 'The Early Fears (1994)'
    Screenwriter for 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents,' 'Star Trek,' 'Rod Serling's Night Gallery' and 'Tales from the Darkside'

Why he might be annoying:

    Despite a long, successful career, he never became a household name.
    He cracked a lot of corny jokes.
    He used some terrible puns in his titles ('Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow,' 'Once Around the Bloch,' etc.).
    He was divorced.
    He wrote the novelization for the wimpy sequel 'Psycho II.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He read a book per day.
    He liked to say: 'I have the heart of a small boy - I keep it at home in a drawer.'
    This quote is often wrongly attributed to Stephen King.
    As a teenager, his pen-pal was H. P. Lovecraft.
    Although they corresponded for ten years, they never met in person.
    His novel 'Psycho' (based on the serial killer Ed Gein) inspired one of the most successful films in history.
    He loved doing horror and sci-fi conventions.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 64 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 60.47% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 87 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 106 Votes: 51.89% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 185 Votes: 57.84% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 85 Votes: 47.06% Annoying