Review: Science Fiction by Robert Bloch
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2012
Robert Bloch, the author of the novel "Psycho," is most famous for his horror fiction, but he also wrote some science fiction. This 1958 story originally appeared in Amazing as a "complete in one issue novel" (which means it would be around 100 pages of print). It starts as a well-written, if rather conventional, dystopia about a world grown overcrowded as a result of the population explosion. But after the first chapter, Bloch adds a few unusual twists and turns to his plot to keep the reader off-balance. Well done.