What A Renaissance Man Was Larry!
December 26, 2018 12:47 PM Subscribe
Larry Eisenberg, electrical engineer, science fiction writer, and prolific commenter on NY Times articles, has died at age 99. Between 2008 and a date the Times obit does not include, Eisenberg submitted more than 13,000 comments to the paper, all of which were in verse, and most of which were limericks.
He also wrote science fiction. His best-known short story, What Happened To Auguste Clarot, was included in Harlan Ellison's first Dangerous Visions. (Previously.) He also helped developed the first radio-controlled, implantable cardiac pacemaker.
He also wrote science fiction. His best-known short story, What Happened To Auguste Clarot, was included in Harlan Ellison's first Dangerous Visions. (Previously.) He also helped developed the first radio-controlled, implantable cardiac pacemaker.
I liked his comments a lot,
even though some I forgot.
His wonderful rhymes
enlivened the Times,
So here I will leave him this dot.
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posted by 4ster at 1:27 PM on December 26, 2018 [42 favorites]
even though some I forgot.
His wonderful rhymes
enlivened the Times,
So here I will leave him this dot.
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posted by 4ster at 1:27 PM on December 26, 2018 [42 favorites]
Legend
posted by Going To Maine at 1:42 PM on December 26, 2018
posted by Going To Maine at 1:42 PM on December 26, 2018
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posted by JoeXIII007 at 2:09 PM on December 26, 2018
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I had no idea about the limericks, but my father had a copy of his short story collection Best Laid Schemes on his bookshelves that I read and still remember 30 years later. They are all funny, mostly science fiction themed tall tales, although Wikipedia is wrong to say the super-molecule that's both high calorie energy source and unparalleled aphrodisiac made people into walking bombs; Duckworth was lying about that last part because he was a bit of a prude.
posted by mark k at 7:17 PM on December 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
I had no idea about the limericks, but my father had a copy of his short story collection Best Laid Schemes on his bookshelves that I read and still remember 30 years later. They are all funny, mostly science fiction themed tall tales, although Wikipedia is wrong to say the super-molecule that's both high calorie energy source and unparalleled aphrodisiac made people into walking bombs; Duckworth was lying about that last part because he was a bit of a prude.
posted by mark k at 7:17 PM on December 26, 2018 [2 favorites]
Mr. Eisenberg, polymath, scribe,
in The Times would not e’er diatribe,
but craftily, wittily,
in written terpsichore
gave reasons for folks to subscribe.
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posted by kentk at 8:41 PM on December 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
in The Times would not e’er diatribe,
but craftily, wittily,
in written terpsichore
gave reasons for folks to subscribe.
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posted by kentk at 8:41 PM on December 26, 2018 [5 favorites]
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posted by yeahlikethat at 7:42 AM on December 27, 2018
posted by yeahlikethat at 7:42 AM on December 27, 2018
That headline!
posted by the_blizz at 2:22 PM on December 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by the_blizz at 2:22 PM on December 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
A link to all of Mr. Eisenberg's NYT limericks.
posted by Xurando at 4:02 AM on December 29, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Xurando at 4:02 AM on December 29, 2018 [1 favorite]
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