'''It’s A Good Life''' is a short story by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Bixby Jerome Bixby] about a young boy with special powers. This boy is continually terrorizing the residents of his small town by reading their thoughts. This causes everyone to maintain a façade of happiness and cheerful thoughts, when they are actually living in constant fear.  Written in 1953, it was first published in 1953, it the book [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Science_Fiction_Stories_No.2 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_Writers_of_America Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America].