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Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby (January 11, 1923 – April 28, 1998) was a United States science fiction author and editor. He also used the pseudonyms D.B. Lewis, Harry Neal, Albert Russell, J. Russell, M. St. Vivant, Thornecliff Herrick and Alger Rome.
He was editor of Planet Stories, from Summer 1950 to July 1951; and was editor of Two Complete Science Adventure Novels from Winter 1950 to July 1951.
Probably his most well known work today is the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror" and the short story "It's a Good Life," adapted as a teleplay for the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling and revisited several times by that franchise. He also concieved and co-wrote the 1966 film "Fantastic Voyage", later novellized by Isaac Asimov.
The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seventh season episode The Emperor's New Cloak is dedicated to Bixby's memory.
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He is survived by three sons (Jan Emerson Bixby, Leonardo Brook Bixby, and Russell Albert Ludwig Bixby) and four grandchildren (Leonardo's son William, Jan's sons Brian and Michael, and Russell's daughter Tanith).
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.
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Collections
Call for an Exorcist (1974)
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Short fiction
A Doll, A Gypsy Curse and Murder (unknown)
Nightride and Sunrise (unknown)
The Spell of the Witch Wife (unknown)
Angels in the Jets (1952)
Ev (1952) with Raymond Z. Gallun
Sort of Like a Flower (1952)
Can Such Beauty Be? (1953)
Share Alike (1953) with Joe E. Dean
Where There's Hope (1953)
The Battle of the Bells (1954)
The Holes Around Mars (1954)
Nightride and Sunrise (1957) with James Blish
The Magic Typewriter (1963)
The Best Lover in Hell (1964)
The Demon and the Well-Heeled Satyr (1964)
The Dirtiest Story in Hell (1964)
A Doll, a Gypsy Curse and Murder (1964)
Heavenly Nymph on Hell's Island (1964)
The Marquis' Magic Potion (1964)
The Mortal and the Goddess (1964)
Natural History of the Kley (1964)
The Oldest Story in Hell (1964)
The Saddest Story in Hell (1964)
The Shangri-La Caper (1964)
Spell of the Witch Wife (1964)
The Strange Habits of Robert Prey (1964)
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Esays/articles
Introducing the Author (1954)
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