author
Larry Eisenberg
1919–2018
A biomedical engineer by profession and a science fiction writer by passion, he became known for witty, idea-driven stories that appeared in major magazines and anthologies. His best-known work, "What Happened to Auguste Clarot?", was featured in Harlan Ellison’s landmark collection Dangerous Visions.
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The fastest draw
by Larry Eisenberg
About the author
Born in New York City in 1919, he built a career in both science and fiction. He studied at the City College of New York and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, later working as a biomedical engineer and serving for many years as co-director of the Electronics Laboratory at Rockefeller University.
Alongside his scientific work, he published dozens of science fiction stories from the 1960s through the 1980s. Readers especially remember his humorous Emmett Duckworth stories, collected in The Best Laid Schemes, and the acclaimed "What Happened to Auguste Clarot?" from Dangerous Visions.
That mix of technical know-how and playful imagination gave his writing a distinctive voice: clever, funny, and full of speculative twists. He died in 2018 at age 99, leaving behind a body of work that still stands out for its inventiveness and charm.