Jerome Bixby also wrote the script (his last one) for the very low budget 2007 movie "The Man From Earth":
http://imdb.com/title/tt0756683/
which explores a similar theme. In this film, professor John Oldman reveals that he has been alive for 14,000 years. What kind of life would that be? Is he joking?
The approach is different from "Requiem for Methuselah" in that the focus is less on character development and more on a discussion of certain historical topics and the issue of how an immortal would fit into normal life on Earth: Would he become a genius? Would he get married? Would he have children?
Bixby completed "The Man from Earth" on his deathbed in 1998.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0756683/
which explores a similar theme. In this film, professor John Oldman reveals that he has been alive for 14,000 years. What kind of life would that be? Is he joking?
The approach is different from "Requiem for Methuselah" in that the focus is less on character development and more on a discussion of certain historical topics and the issue of how an immortal would fit into normal life on Earth: Would he become a genius? Would he get married? Would he have children?
Bixby completed "The Man from Earth" on his deathbed in 1998.