This week's Wildside Press freebie is:
The Jerome Bixby MINIPACK™ (
ISFDB,
Wikipedia)
Fun fact: the late Mr. Bixby once wrote a short story which may or may not have been the inspiration for one of our fellow MR member's forum handle:
Tubemonkey
Jerome Bixby (1923 – 1998) was an American short story writer, editor, and scriptwriter, best known for his work in science fiction. He also wrote many westerns and used the pseudonyms Jay Lewis Bixby, D. B. Lewis, Harry Neal, Albert Russell, J. Russell, M. St. Vivant, Thornecliff Herrick and Alger Rome (for one collaboration with Algis Budrys). He is most famous for the 1953 story “It’s a Good Life” which was the basis for a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone and which was included in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). He also wrote four episodes for the Star Trek series: “Mirror, Mirror,” “Day of the Dove,” “Requiem for Methuselah,” and “By Any Other Name.” With Otto Klement, he co-wrote the story upon which the classic sci-fi movie Fantastic Voyage (1966), television series, and novel by Isaac Asimov were based (as well the third episode of the The Magic Schoolbus, ‘Inside Relphie’). Bixby’s final work was the screenplay for the 2007 cult sci-fi film The Man From Earth.
The Jerome Bixby MINIPACK™ collects 5 of his classic science fiction stories.
Also a reminder that the
Humble Make: Book Bundle ends tomorrow on Wednesday at 11 AM, and among the additions to the more-than-average tier is an interesting-looking book on
DIY Coffee, which is not so much about making actual coffee oneself, but for making the coffee-making tools such as your own quote-unquote "Bottomless Espresso Portafilter".
And the week's Agate freebies have now shown up as DRM-free PDF direct downloads available worldwide for the benefit of international Gentle Readers and can be found under the usual auto-search tag link:
drm-free ebook