EAC234 Assignment 1 - It's A Good Life - Chris Baynton

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GENERAL

“It’s A Good Life” is a short story by Jerome Bixby. Written in 1953, it was first published in 1953, it the book “Star Science Fiction Stories No.2”. This story also appears in “The Science Fiction Hall of Fame”. It is a collection of the greatest science fiction stories of all time as voted by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.


PLOT SUMMARY

MAJOR CHARACTERS

Anthony Fremont

  • The main character of the story
  • He is three years old
  • Depicted as casting an “odd shadow” and has a “purple gaze”
  • Has near-omnipotent powers which allow him to manipulate objects, people and animals around him through telekinesis