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Devil's Scrapbook
Marketed as an Adult's Only / Sleaze book, this is a very good collection of weird and macabre stories by a Twilight Zone writer. Stories include:
Lust in Stone; The Best Lover in Hell; Sin Wager; Spell of the Witch Wife; The Dirtiest Story in Hell; The Last Wish; A Doll a Gypsy Curse and Murder; The Oldest Story in Hell; The Demon and the Well Heeled Satyr; The Strange Habits of Robert Prey; The Love Jug; Heavenly Nymph on Hell's Island; The Shangri La Caper; Jungle Sin; The Saddest Story in Hell; Kiss of Blood; The Marquis' Magic Potion; Tabu Cave Goddess; and The Mortal and the Goddess.
Lust in Stone; The Best Lover in Hell; Sin Wager; Spell of the Witch Wife; The Dirtiest Story in Hell; The Last Wish; A Doll a Gypsy Curse and Murder; The Oldest Story in Hell; The Demon and the Well Heeled Satyr; The Strange Habits of Robert Prey; The Love Jug; Heavenly Nymph on Hell's Island; The Shangri La Caper; Jungle Sin; The Saddest Story in Hell; Kiss of Blood; The Marquis' Magic Potion; Tabu Cave Goddess; and The Mortal and the Goddess.
- GenresHorror
158 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1964
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About the author
Jerome Bixby
172 books42 followersDrexel Jerome Lewis Bixby (January 11, 1923 Los Angeles, California – April 28, 1998 San Bernardino, California) was a American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter, best known for his 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).
He 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.
Probably his best-known work is the Star Trek: The Original Series 1967 episode "Mirror, Mirror", which introduced the series' concept of the Mirror Universe, also "Requiem for Methuselah" (Episode 76, Season 3:) about 'Flint' a 6,000 year old man. He also wrote the short story "It's a Good Life" (1953), adapted as a teleplay for The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling and parodied in the Simpsons Halloween 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 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, later novelized by Isaac Asimov.
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.
He 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.
Probably his best-known work is the Star Trek: The Original Series 1967 episode "Mirror, Mirror", which introduced the series' concept of the Mirror Universe, also "Requiem for Methuselah" (Episode 76, Season 3:) about 'Flint' a 6,000 year old man. He also wrote the short story "It's a Good Life" (1953), adapted as a teleplay for The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling and parodied in the Simpsons Halloween 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 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, later novelized by Isaac Asimov.
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.
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October 22, 2018
En general está bien. Aunque se nota que es un autor pulp que en general está por debajo de los grandes del género y tiene ideas un poco trilladas, la mayor parte de los cuentos son entretenidos, y resuelve bien los finales. Y hasta hay un par de piezas que los lectores entendidos podemos identificar como pertenecientes al subgénero de "la nueva carne". Eso sí, se echa en falta el relato que fue adaptado para The Twilight Zone
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