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It's a Good Life

Jerome Bixby

First published December 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

In a small American town, a child with paranormal powers is born.

Notes

In some publications the Good in the title is italicised.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2004 Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story Runner-up
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (91)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1953 Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 Ballantine Books Anthology 66
December 1953 Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 Ballantine Books Anthology 66
November 1955 Science Fantasy, November 1955 Nova Publications Ltd. MAGAZINE 111
October 1960 Star of Stars Doubleday Anthology 219
January 1961 Star of Stars Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 219
March 1961 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 79
August 1961 Stories for Late at Night Random House Anthology 13
1962 Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 Ballantine Books Anthology 66
1962 Stories for Late at Night Max Reinhardt Anthology 13
1962 Stories for Late at Night Max Reinhardt Anthology 13
July 1962 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology 79
December 1962 More Stories for Late at Night Dell Anthology 7
1963 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 79
1964 Stories for Late at Night: Part One Pan Books Anthology 21
1964 Introducing SF: A Science Fiction Anthology Faber and Faber Anthology
1964 Star of Stars Ballantine Books Anthology 205
1964 Star of Stars Ballantine Books Anthology 205
1965 Best SF Four Faber and Faber Anthology 79
1965 Stories for Late at Night: Part One Pan Books Anthology 21
October 1965 Horror Anthology Mayflower-Dell Anthology 90
1966 Masters' Choice Simon & Schuster Anthology 34
1966 Star Fourteen Whiting & Wheaton Anthology 219
1966 Tomorrow's Children Doubleday Anthology 355
October 1966 Tomorrow's Children Doubleday Anthology 355
1967 Introducing SF: A Science Fiction Anthology Faber and Faber Anthology 190
February 1967 Wake Up Screaming Bantam Books Anthology 1
1968 Star Fourteen Pan Books Anthology 216
1968 Masters' Choice Herbert Jenkins Anthology
1969 Masters' Choice 1 Tandem Anthology 34
1970 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 79
April 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday Anthology 431
May 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 431
January 1971 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 19
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 523
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 523
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol Two Sphere Anthology |10
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume Two Sphere Anthology |10
November 1972 Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 Ballantine Books Anthology 66
November 1972 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 523
November 1972 Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 Ballantine Books Anthology 66
1973 Speculations Glencoe Press Anthology
1973 The Supernatural in Fiction McGraw-Hill Anthology 195
April 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 523
1974 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 355
December 1974 Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction Thomas Nelson Anthology 45
1975 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Avon Anthology 523
January 1975 Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction Thomas Nelson / SFBC Anthology 29
July 1975 In Dreams Awake Dell Laurel Anthology 159
1976 Tomorrow's Children Compton Russell Anthology 355
1976 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 355
March 1976 Some Things Weird and Wicked Pantheon Books Anthology 196
May 1976 Mutants: Eleven Stories of Science Fiction Abelard-Schuman Anthology 45
February 1977 Mutants Corgi Anthology 39
August 1977 Some Things Weird and Wicked Bantam Books Anthology 167
August 1977 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 355
June 1979 Wolf's Complete Book of Terror Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 44
June 1979 Wolf's Complete Book of Terror Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 44
1980 Constellations: Stories of the Future Gollancz Anthology 107
1981 Weekend Book of Science Fiction Harmsworth Publications Ltd. for Assoc. Newspapers Group Ltd. Anthology 111
1981 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 355
October 1981 The Golden Age of Science Fiction Hutchinson Anthology 308
1983 The Golden Age of Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 306
1983 Constellations: Stories of the Future Puffin Anthology
March 1983 Hallucination Orbit: Psychology in Science Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Anthology 9
July 1983 Constellations: Stories of the Future Penguin Books Anthology 97
1985 The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories MJF Books Anthology 125
July 1985 The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories Avon Books Anthology 125
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 523
December 1986 The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) DAW Books Anthology 331
December 1986 The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) DAW Books Anthology 331
1990 Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic Lester & Orpen Dennys Anthology 17
January 1991 Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 17
April 1991 White Fire: Further Fantastic Literature Picador Anthology 17
April 1992 Reel Terror Xanadu Anthology 232
June 1992 Reel Terror Carroll & Graf Anthology 232
June 1992 Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic Vintage Canada Anthology 17
November 1994 Wolf's Complete Book of Terror Newmarket Press Anthology 39
August 1998 Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! Souvenir Press Anthology 36
August 1998 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 431
1999 Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 36
2001 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One The Easton Press Anthology 431
February 2003 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology 433
February 2005 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Orb Anthology 433
March 2009 Mutants Wildside Press Anthology 45
February 2010 Time Enough at Last & Other SF Stories that Inspired Classic Episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Tales of Tomorrow, and Other Classic SF Television Series Pageturner Anthology
November 2014 Mirror, Mirror Strange Particle Press Collection 50
November 2014 Mirror, Mirror Strange Particle Press Collection |6
June 2015 The 18th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack Wildside Press Collection
December 2017 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964 Blackstone Audio Anthology |431
February 2018 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology
July 2020 Dr. Acula's Reel Monsters: The Original Short Stories That Became 8 Classic Horror Films Strange Particle Press / Digital Parchment Press Anthology |8