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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.

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-'''Jerome Bixby''' {{born|11|January|1923|died|28|April|1998}} was an American science fiction writer. He wrote four episodes of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'': {{e|Mirror, Mirror}}, {{e|By Any Other Name}}, {{e|Day of the Dove}}, and {{e|Requiem for Methuselah}}.  The first of these garnered him a [[Hugo Award]] nomination.
+| Name              = Jerome Bixby
+| image             = Jerome Bixby.jpg
+| Birth name        = Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby
+| Gender            = Male
+| Date of birth     = {{d|11|January|1923}}
+| Place of birth    = Los Angeles, California
+| Date of death     = {{d|28|April|1998}}
+| Place of death    = San Bernardino, California
+| Awards for Trek   = 1 [[Hugo Award]] nomination
+| Roles             = [[:Category:Writers|Writer]]
+| image2            = Jerome Bixby dedication title card.jpg
+| imagecap2         = The ''Deep Space Nine'' commemorative title card
+}}
+'''Drexel Jerome "Jerry" Lewis Bixby''' {{born|11|January|1923|died|28|April|1998}} was an American science fiction writer. He wrote the four ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episodes {{e|Mirror, Mirror}}, {{e|By Any Other Name}}, {{e|Day of the Dove}}, and {{e|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 "[[wikipedia:It's a Good Life|It's a Good Life]]", which was adapted into a memorable episode of ''[[wikipedia:The Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone]]''. This tale about a small child with unlimited mental powers terrorizing a small community was a possible inspiration for the ''Star Trek'' episode {{e|Charlie X}}.
+Apart from his ''Star Trek'' work, Bixby is most famous for the short story "{{w|It's a Good Life|It's a Good Life}}", which was adapted into a memorable episode of {{wt|The Twilight Zone|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, a screenplay The Man From Earth, 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 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]].
+Jerome Bixby's last great work, was a screenplay {{w|The Man from Earth|''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 {{e|The Emperor's New Cloak}} was dedicated to Bixby's memory.
+The ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode {{e|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.
+== Further reading ==
+* "Jerome Bixby, Fantastic Voyages", [[Pat Jankiewicz]], ''{{dis|Starlog|magazine}}'', issue 164, March 1991, pp. 43-48, 70
+* "Writer Jerry Bixby", Dennis Fischer, ''[[Cinefantastique]]'', Vol 27 #11, 1996, pp. 54-55
 == External links ==
+* {{wikipedia}}
 * {{IMDb-link|nm0003198}}
-* [http://www.manfromearth.com ''Man From Earth'' movie website]
+* [http://www.manfromearth.com ''Man From Earth'' movie site]
+* {{sf-encyc|bixby_jerome}}
-[[Category:Writers|Bixby, Jerome]]
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