Assembled here are Robert Bloch’s best essays from fan-produced magazines, including such classics as 'The Seven Ages of Fan,' 'Through a Picture-Tube, Darkly,' 'The Demolished Fan,' 'Poe and Me,' 'In Memoriam: Weird Tales,' and 'The Incredible Head-Shrinking Man.' Bloch’s blend of wry humor, insight, awful puns, and verbal play make the 46 essays and 3 poems in The Eighth Stage of Fandom some of the most interesting and remarkable work in a career filled with the interesting and remarkable. 3