Title: The Plot is the Thing
Title Record # 53922
Author: Robert Bloch
Date: 1966-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Robert Bloch
Date: 1966-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Current Tags: fantasy (1), horror (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| Made First Ballot | 1967 Nebula | Short Story |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1966 | 1966-07-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | Mercury Press, Inc. | $0.50?$: US dollar |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Chesley Bonestell |  |
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| Fiction, #157 | 1966-12-00 |
ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux |
OPTA | F3.00?F: French frank |
164 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Michel Jakubowicz | |
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| The Living Demons | 1967-09-00 | Robert Bloch | Belmont Books | B50-787 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
156 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | |
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| The Living Demons | 1967-09-00 | Robert Bloch | Belmont Books | B50-787 | C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
156 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | |
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| The Hollywood Nightmare: Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Film World | 1970-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Macdonald | 0-356-03050-4 | £1.75?£: UK pound |
276 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Living Demons | 1970-00-00 | Robert Bloch | Sphere Books (Sphere Occult) | 0-7221-1711-6 | 5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
156 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
| Boten des Grauens | 1970-11-00 | Robert Bloch | Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #800) | 800 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
158 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | M. Schmatz | |
| The Hollywood Nightmare: Tales of Fantasy and Horror from the Film World | 1971-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Taplinger | $5.95?$: US dollar |
276 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| New Worlds of Fantasy #3 | 1971-07-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Ace Books | 0-441-57272-3 / 57272 | $0.75?$: US dollar |
253 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Kenneth Smith | |
| Boten des Grauens | 1972-00-00 | Robert Bloch | Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #800) | 800 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
158 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | M. Schmatz | |
| Os Controladores | 1972-00-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Editorial Bruguera (Ficção Científica (Bruguera) #42) | 160 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||||
| Parlez-moi d'horreur... | 1973-00-00 | Robert Bloch | Marabout ( Bibliothèque Marabout - Fantastique?Bibliotheque Marabout - Fantastique #425) |
313+ [7] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | |
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| The Best of Robert Bloch | 1977-11-00 | Robert Bloch | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25757-X | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 397 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Paul Alexander | |
| The Best of Robert Bloch | 1977-11-00 | Robert Bloch | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25757-X | C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
xvii+ 397 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Paul Alexander | |
| Parlez-moi d'horreur... | 1982-07-00 | Robert Bloch | Néo (Fantastique / Science-fiction / Aventures #49) | 2-7304-0151-2 | 296 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Jean-Michel Nicollet | ||
| Last Rites | 1987-00-00 | Robert Bloch | Underwood-Miller | 0-88733-055-X | $80.00?$: US dollar |
398 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch, Volume 3: Last Rites | 1991-05-00 | Robert Bloch | Citadel Twilight | 0-8065-1227-X | $12.95?$: US dollar |
398 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Kevin Kelly | |
| The Frankenstein Omnibus | 1994-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Chartwell Books | 0-7858-0041-7 | $10.98?$: US dollar |
647 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| The Frankenstein Omnibus | 1994-03-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Orion | 1-85797-550-2 | £15.99?£: UK pound |
645 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Frankenstein Omnibus | 1994-03-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Orion | 1-85797-551-0 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
viii+ 645 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | ||
| The Frankenstein Omnibus | 1995-02-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Orion | 1-85797-804-8 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
x+ 734 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | |
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| Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master | 1997-00-00 | Robert Bloch | Tor | 0-312-86385-3 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
382 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | |
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| The Frankenstein Omnibus | 2003-00-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Bounty Books | 0-7537-0831-0 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
viii+ 645 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction