Jerome Bixby

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Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby (* 11. January 1923 in Los Angeles County , California , USA ; † 28. April 1998 in San Bernardino , California, USA) was an American writer - and science fiction - author .

Bixby served in the Air Force Medical Corps during World War II . After the war he studied composition and piano at the Juilliard School of Music . A hand injury forced him to give up his planned career as a musician.

Bixby published his first SF story Tubemonkey in 1949 in Planet Stories magazine ; In the following years he wrote numerous SF stories as well as western and adventure stories for a number of Pulps . He used pseudonyms such as DB Lewis, Harry Neal, Albert Russell, J. Russell, M. St. Vivant, Thornecliff Herrick and Alger Rome (the latter in a collaboration with Algis Budrys ). 1950–1951 he was editor of Planet Stories , later also of The Complete Science-Adventure Books , Thrilling Wonder Stories and Startling Stories .

Bixby wrote the script for It! In 1958 . The Terror from Beyond Space , provided the basis for the SF film The Fantastic Journey from 1966 and was involved as a writer on the television series Men Into Space and Twilight Zone . He wrote four episodes for Spaceship Enterprise and brought in the concept of the mirror universe , which was used again and again in subsequent series. Shortly before his death, he also completed the template for the film The Man from Earth , which was directed by Richard Schenkman (the German DVD release is entitled Jerome Bixby's Man from Earth ).

Jerome Bixby had four sons, the eldest of whom, Emerson Bixby , is now a filmmaker and was an executive producer on The Man from Earth . Jerome Bixby died of heart failure after bypass surgery at the age of 75 .

bibliography

Spaceship Enterprise (scripts)
  • Mirror, Mirror (German: A parallel universe , 1967)
  • By Any Other Name (German: Stein und Staub , 1968)
  • Day of the Dove (German: The Balance of Power , 1968)
  • Requiem for Methuselah (German: Planet of Immortals , 1968)
Novels
  • Zen (short novel in: Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1952 )
    • German: Zen. In: Galaxy Science Fiction, # 2. Moewig, 1958.
  • The Slizzers (short novel in: Science Fiction Stories, # 1 1953 )
  • Share Alike (short novel in: Beyond Fantasy Fiction, July 1953 ; with Joe E. Dean)
  • Where There's Hope (short novel in: If, November 1953 )
  • The Holes Around Mars (short novel in: Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1954 )
    • English: Holes on Mars. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Galaxy 8. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3093, 1967.
  • The Draw (short novel in: Amazing Stories, March 1954 )
  • Little Boy (short novel in: If, October 1954 )
  • Our Town (short novel in: If, February 1955 )
  • Laboratory (short novel in: If, December 1955 )
  • The God-Plllnk (short novel in: Worlds of Tomorrow, December 1963 )
  • Day of the Dove (Star Trek Photo Novel # 10, 1978)
  • A Witch in Time (2019, short novel)
Collections
  • Devil's Scrapbook (1964; also: Call for an Exorcist , 1974)
  • Space by the Tale (1964)
  • "One Way Street" and Other Stories (2011)
  • Mirror, Mirror (2014)
  • The 18th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack (2015)
Short stories

1949:

  • Tubemonkey (in: Planet Stories, Winter 1949 )

1950:

  • - And All for One (in: Other Worlds Science Stories, May 1950 )
  • The Crowded Colony (in: Planet Stories, Fall 1950 )
  • Cargo to Callisto (in: Planet Stories, November 1950 )

1951:

  • Vengeance on Mars (in: Planet Stories, September 1951 )
  • The Whip (1951, in: Jungle Stories, Winter 1951-1952 )

1952:

  • Ev (in: Astounding Science Fiction, February 1952 ; with Raymond Z. Gallun )
  • Nightride and Sunrise (in: Other Worlds Science Stories, June 1952 ; with James Blish )
  • The Second Ship (in: Future Science Fiction, July 1952 )
  • Page and Player (in: Startling Stories, August 1952 )
  • Sort of Like a Flower (in: Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1952 )
  • Angels in the Jets (in: Fantastic, Fall 1952 )
  • Zen (1952)
    • German: Zen. In: Lothar Heinecke (Ed.): Galaxis 2. Moewig Galaxis # 2, 1958.

1953:

  • Can Such Beauty Be? (in: Beyond Fantasy Fiction, September 1953 )
    • German: Can there be so much beauty? In: Margaret L. Carter (Ed.): Horror-Love. Heyne General Series # 5038, 1973, ISBN 3-453-00359-4 .
  • The Monsters (in: Fantastic, September-October 1953 )
  • Underestimation (in: Rocket Stories, September 1953 ; with Algis Budrys )
  • It's a Good Life (1953, in: Frederik Pohl (Ed.): Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ; also: 'It's a Good Life' , 2011)
  • One Way Street (1953, in: Amazing Stories, December 1953-January 1954 )

1954:

  • The Good Dog (in: Fantastic, January-February 1954 )
  • Halfway to Hell (in: Beyond Fantasy Fiction, January 1954 )
  • The Young One (in: Fantastic, April 1954 )
  • Small War (in: Science Fiction Quarterly, May 1954 )
  • For Little George (in: Fantastic, August 1954 )
  • Mirror, Mirror (in: Future Science Fiction, August 1954 ; with James Blish)
    • German: mirror, mirror. In: James Blish: Spock is running amok. Goldmann SF Enterprise # 23732, 1972, ISBN 3-442-23732-7 .
  • The Battle of the Bells (in: Imagination, September 1954 )
  • The Murder-Con (in: Fantastic, October 1954 )
  • The Holes Around Mars (1954)
    • English: Holes on Mars. In: Clark Darlton (ed.): Galaxy 8. Heyne SF & F # 3093, 1967.

1963:

  • The Bad Life (in: Galaxy Magazine, February 1963 )

1964:

  • Guardian (in: If, March 1964 )
    • German: The Eternal Guard. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Galaxy 2. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3044, 1965.
  • Old Testament (in: If, July 1964 )
  • Natural History of the Kley (in: Worlds of Tomorrow, November 1964 )
  • The Best Lover in Hell (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
    • English: Hell's best lover. In: Michel Parry (ed.): Ten devil's kisses. Pabel (Vampire Paperback # 68), 1978.
  • The Demon and the Well-Heeled Satyr (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • The Dirtiest Story in Hell (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • A Doll, a Gypsy Curse and Murder (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • Heavenly Nymph on Hell's Island (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • Jungle Sin (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • Kiss of Blood (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • The Last Wish (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • The Love Jug (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • Lust in Stone (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • The Magic Typewriter (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Space by the Tale )
  • The Marquis' Magic Potion (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • The Mortal and the Goddess (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • The Oldest Story in Hell (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • The Saddest Story in Hell (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • The Shangri-La Caper (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • Sin Wager (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • Spell of the Witch Wife (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • The Strange Habits of Robert Prey (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • Tabu Cave Goddess (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Devil's Scrapbook )
  • Trace (1964, in: Jerome Bixby: Space by the Tale )

1972:

  • By Any Other Name (1972; with James Blish and Dorothy C. Fontana )
    • German: With any other name. In: James Blish: Enterprise 6. Williams SF # 6, 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0009-1 .
  • Requiem For Methuselah (1972; with James Blish)
    • German: Requiem for Methuselah. In: James Blish: Enterprise 5. Williams SF # 5, 1972, ISBN 3-8071-0008-3 .

1975:

  • The Day of the Dove (1975; with James Blish)
    • German: The day of the dove of peace. In: James Blish: Bread and Games. Moewig Terra Astra # 293, 1977. Also called: The Day of the Dove. In: James Blish: The Day of the Dove. Goldmann SF Enterprise # 23741, 1988, ISBN 3-442-23741-6 .

1976:

  • The Magic Potion (1976, in: Peter Haining (Ed.): The Black Magic Omnibus )

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personal data
SURNAME Bixby, Jerome
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bixby, Drexel Jerome Lewis (full name); Bixby, Jerry (alternative spelling); Bixby, Jay Lewis (alternative spelling); Drexel, Jay B. (pseudonym); Herrick, Thornecliff (pseudonym); Lewis, DB (pseudonym); Lewis, Jay (pen name); Neal, Harry (pseudonym); Rome, Alger (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and science fiction - Author
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles County , California , USA
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1998
Place of death San Bernardino , California , USA