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Jerome Bixby was an American short story writer and scriptwriter, best known for his science fiction and western works. He wrote the classic Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life" and four Star Trek episodes, including "Mirror, Mirror".
Jerome Bixby (1923-1998) was a writer and composer who created or wrote for Star Trek, Fantastic Voyage, The Twilight Zone and more. He also wrote the novel Space By The Tail and the story The Man from Earth.
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A classic science fiction short story by Jerome Bixby, published in 1953 and adapted for The Twilight Zone. It depicts a boy with god-like powers who can transform and kill anyone he dislikes in a secluded town.
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Drexel Jerome "Jerry" Lewis Bixby (11 January 1923 – 28 April 1998; age 75) was an American science fiction writer. He wrote the four Star Trek: The Original Series episodes "Mirror, Mirror", "By Any Other Name", "Day of the Dove", and "Requiem for Methuselah". The first of these garnered him a 1968 Hugo Award nomination in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation", which he shared with the director of the episode, Marc Daniels.
Apart from his Star Trek work, Bixby is most famous for the short story "It's a Good Life", which was adapted into a memorable episode of The Twilight Zone. The episode starred Bill Mumy as the boy, and featured Don Keefer. He also wrote the original story for the 1966 science fiction classic Fantastic Voyage (featuring a music score by Leonard Rosenman), that earned him his one year earlier Hugo Award nomination in the same category.
Jerome Bixby's last great work, was a screenplay The Man from Earth. Inspired by the Romanian legends of Krim Rosu, it was conceived in the early 1960s and was completed on his death bed in April of 1998. Much like the Star Trek episode "Requiem for Methuselah", The Man From Earth deals with the subject of immortality. In 2007, Jerome Bixby's Man From Earth (alternate title) was turned into an independent motion picture executive produced by his son Emerson Bixby, directed by Richard Schenkman and starring David Lee Smith, William Katt, Richard Riehle, Tony Todd, Annika Peterson, Alexis Thorpe, Ellen Crawford, and John Billingsley.
The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Emperor's New Cloak", the first episode after his death to return to the mirror universe he created, was dedicated to Bixby's memory.
•"Jerome Bixby, Fantastic Voyages", Pat Jankiewicz, Starlog, issue 164, March 1991, pp. 43-48, 70
•"Writer Jerry Bixby", Dennis Fischer, Cinefantastique, Vol 27 #11, 1996, pp. 54-55
Jerome Bixby was a science fiction writer who wrote four Star Trek: The Original Series episodes, including "Mirror, Mirror". He also wrote the short story "It's a Good Life" for The Twilight Zone and the original story for Fantastic Voyage.
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Jerome Bixby was a writer and composer who wrote for Star Trek, Fantastic Voyage and The Man from Earth. He died in 1998 and was the father of three writers.
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Jerome Bixby was a prolific American writer of science fiction, fantasy and westerns, known for his Star Trek episodes and The Man from Earth. Browse his books, ratings, reviews and similar authors on Goodreads.
Jul 28, 1998 · Science-fiction writer Jerome Bixby, known for his screenplays for "Fantastic Voyage" and "It! The Terror From Beyond Space," died in 1998. He also wrote for "The Twilight Zone" and "Star Trek" TV series.
