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Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby (January 11, 1923 – April 28, 1998) was an American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter, best known for his work in science fiction. He also wrote many westerns and used the pseudonyms Jay Lewis Bixby, D. B. Lewis, Harry Neal, Albert Russell, J. Russell, M. St. Vivant, Thornecliff Herrick and Alger Rome (for one collaboration with Algis Budrys). He is most famous for the 1953 story "It's a Good Life" which was the basis for a 1961 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' and which was included in ''Twilight Zone: The Movie'' (1983). He also wrote four episodes for the ''Star Trek'' series: "Mirror, Mirror", "Day of the Dove", "Requiem for Methuselah", and "By Any Other Name". With Otto Klement, he co-wrote the story upon which the classic sci-fi movie ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), television series, and novel by Isaac Asimov were based (as well the third episode of the ''The Magic Schoolbus'', 'Inside Ralphie'). Bixby's final work was the screenplay for the 2007 cult sci-fi film ''The Man From Earth''. ==Career== Bixby was the editor of ''Planet Stories'' from Summer 1950 to July 1951, and editor of ''Two Complete Science Adventure Novels'' from Winter 1950 to July 1951. His best-known television works include two original ''Star Trek'' episodes: 1967's "Mirror, Mirror", which introduced the franchise's concept of the "Mirror Universe"; and 1969's "Requiem for Methuselah", about "Flint", a 6,000-year-old man. But his short story "It's a Good Life" (1953), adapted as a teleplay for ''The Twilight Zone'' by Rod Serling, is arguably his most generally known work to reach the small screen. It was popular enough to be revisited in the 1983 ''Twilight Zone'' film, and famous enough to be parodied in the ''Simpsons'' Halloween 1991 episode "Treehouse of Horror II". 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 story for the 1966 film ''Fantastic Voyage'', 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Full cast and crew for 'Fantastic Voyage' )〕 Bantam Books obtained the rights for a paperback novelization based on the screenplay and approached Isaac Asimov to write it. Jerome Bixby's last work, a screenplay ''The Man From Earth'', was conceived in the early 1960s and completed on his deathbed in April 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. Bixby wrote the original screenplay for 1958's ''It! The Terror from Beyond Space'', which was the inspiration for 1979's ''Alien''. The ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' seventh season (1999) Mirror Universe episode, "The Emperor's New Cloak", is dedicated to Bixby's memory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jerome Bixby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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