tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post8149792262183871227..comments2024-03-06T08:05:29.800-05:00Comments on Casual Debris: Casual Shorts & the ISFdb Top Short Fiction #3: It's a Good Life by Jerome BixbyCasual Debrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098608670682517783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-55763585296898129652022-12-31T20:40:33.788-05:002022-12-31T20:40:33.788-05:00George Kelley was accidentally posting as his wife...George Kelley was accidentally posting as his wife on occasion, late this year.<br /><br />It was certainly one of the stories that jumped out at me when I was reading THE SF HALL OF FAME, though I might've read it first in a "Hitchcock"-branded volume, too. It's not actually sf by any reasonable standard, but it certainly is one of the stories that its author might be remembered for after all else falls away (and the atrocious film version of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, which uses a perverse reworking of the story as a framing device, is deservedly completely forgotten). Bixby did no little good work, however, editorial as well as authorial.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-51770342177665949252022-11-17T08:25:23.256-05:002022-11-17T08:25:23.256-05:00I read the STAR SCIENCE FICTION STORIES anthology ...I read the STAR SCIENCE FICTION STORIES anthology way back in the 1960s. I remember enjoying the stories. I'll have to dig out my copy and reread it!Diane Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827934769386682220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-50955318663484483512022-11-17T08:21:24.531-05:002022-11-17T08:21:24.531-05:00I highly recommend. I've added a link to an on...I highly recommend. I've added a link to an online version at the end of my article: https://weirdfictionreview.com/2012/10/creepy-classic-its-a-good-life/.<br /><br />If you do get around to reading the story, I'd be curious to know what you think.Casual Debrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098608670682517783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-31192848608394743722022-11-16T16:53:17.939-05:002022-11-16T16:53:17.939-05:00I am leery of horror stories but this one does sou...I am leery of horror stories but this one does sound very well done. I will see if I can find an anthology that includes it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.com