Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby (January 11, 1923 Los Angeles, California – April 28, 1998 San Bernardino, California) was a United States short story writer, editor and scriptwriter, best known for comparatively small output in science fiction. He also wrote many westerns and used the pseudonyms D. B. Lewis, Harry Neal, Albert Russell, J. Russell, M. St. Vivant, Thornecliff Herrick and Alger Rome (for one collaboration with Algis Budrys). is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Falling Torch (1959) Algis Budrys (born January 9, 1931) is an American science fiction author. ...

He was editor of Planet Stories from Summer 1950 to July 1951; and editor of Two Complete Science Adventure Novels from Winter 1950 to July 1951. Planet Stories was a pulp science fiction magazine, which published 71 issues between 1939 and 1955. ...

Probably his best-known work is the Star Trek: The Original Series 1967 episode "Mirror, Mirror", which introduced the series' concept of Mirror Universe, and the short story "It's a Good Life" (1953), adapted as a teleplay for the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling and revisited several times by that franchise. His 1968 Star Trek episode Day of the Dove is also much respected by fans of science fiction. Bixby also conceived and co-wrote the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, later novelized by Isaac Asimov. The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ... Mirror, Mirror is an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ... The Mirror Universe (MU) is a fictional parallel universe in which the plots of several Star Trek television episodes take place, named for Mirror, Mirror, the original series episode in which it first appeared. ... Its a Good Life is a short story by Jerome Bixby, written in 1953. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... Note, this page is about the television series and its two revivals. ... Rodman Edward Rod Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction anthology television series, The Twilight Zone. ... Day of the Dove is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast November 1, 1968 and repeated June 17, 1969. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ...

Jerome Bixby's last great work, a screenplay The Man From Earth, was conceived in the early 1960s and was completed on his death bed in April of 1998. In 2007, "Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth" (as it is now called) 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. William Katt is an American film and television actor. ... Richard Riehle is an actor who has been in movies such as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, potraying Deuces father, Office Space, as well as being on the show Grounded for Life. ... Tony Todd (born December 4, 1954 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actor and producer, known for his cult status amongst horror and sci-fi fans. ... Alexis Thorpe (b. ... John Billingsley (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor, most famous in the role of Doctor Phlox on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise. ...

The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seventh season (1999) Mirror Universe episode The Emperor's New Cloak is dedicated to Bixby's memory. Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... The Emperors New Cloak is an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

Trivia

• He was survived by three sons (Jan Emerson Bixby, Leonardo Brook Bixby, and Russell Albert Ludwig Bixby) and four grandchildren (Leonardo's son Wesley David Bixby, Jan's sons Brian Exavier and Michael Khan Bixby, and Russell's daughter Tanith Lin Murphy-Bixby).
• He once stated that nobody could ever solve a Rubik's Cube without the assistance of a book. His son Russell proved this to be incorrect, and they both soon became very accomplished at solving them.
• He liked lateral thinking puzzles, and owned many books full of them.
• His ashes were cast into the ocean a year after his death.

Bibliography

Collections

• Devil's Scrapbook (1964; also as Call for an Exorcist 1974)
• Space by the Tale (1964)

Day of the Dove (1978) - novelization of his ST:TOS episode Day of the Dove is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first broadcast November 1, 1968 and repeated June 17, 1969. ...

External links

• Jerome Bixby in Gary Westfahl's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film
• Jerome Bixby at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Jerome Bixby at the Internet Movie Database