Larry Eisenberg

Larry Eisenberg
2016 photo
2016 photo
Born(1919-12-21)December 21, 1919
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 25, 2018(2018-12-25) (aged 99)
Lincoln, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation
  • Engineer
  • professor
  • science fiction writer
Alma mater
Genre
Notable work"What Happened to Auguste Clarot?"
Spouse
Frances Brenner
(m. 1950; died 2017)
Children2

Lawrence Eisenberg (December 21, 1919[1] – December 25, 2018) was an American biomedical engineer and science fiction writer. He is best known for his short story "What Happened to Auguste Clarot?", published in Harlan Ellison's anthology Dangerous Visions. Eisenberg's stories have also been printed in a number of leading science fiction magazines, including The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, and Asimov's Science Fiction. His stories have been reprinted in anthologies such as Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century, The 10th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F, and Great Science Fiction By the World's Great Scientists. He also wrote limericks, and later in life, he became known for the poems that he posted in the comments sections of various articles in The New York Times.[2]

  1. ^ Reginald, Robert (1979). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature - Volume 2. p. 888. ISBN 978-0941028783.
  2. ^ The 6th Floor’s Poet in Residence by Tony Gervino, The New York Times, July 14, 2011.