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Bloch, Robert

Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago. He moved with his family to Milwaukee in Wisconsin when he was ten years old. His mother was a social worker and his father worked in a bank. Bloch was a great admirer of H.P. Lovecraft; he had discovered Weird Tales, which included Lovecraft’s stories, when he was a teenager. Bloch eventually dared to write to Lovecraft, who replied to his letters, and o...

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Carl Crader

Gender: Male

Middle-aged man who is the director of the American police organisation CIB (Computer Investigation Bureau). He reports directly to the White House and is on first-name terms with the president, according to author Edward D. Hoch. Little is known about Carl Crader’s private life, but he dyes his hair which has started to turn grey, and has two faithful members of staff: his assistant Earl Jazine a...

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