Harvey Jacobs

Harvey Jay Jacobs (January 7, 1930 – September 23, 2017) was an American author best known for science fiction and fantasy stories, very often with a humorous and/or satirical bent.

Born in New York City to Louis, a dentist, and Laura Jacobs, Harvey Jacobs received his BA from Syracuse University and attended Columbia University for graduate studies.^[1]

Jacobs contributed scripts to

Jacobs died September 23, 2017, of a bacterial infection after being diagnosed with cancer.[5] Jacobs is survived by his son Adam and his granddaughter, Charlotte Emerson Jacobs. His wife Estelle died on March 27, 2021.

Bibliography

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Novels

• American Goliath
• Side Effects
• Beautiful Soup
• The Juror
• Summer On A Mountain of Spices
• The Egg of The Glak

Short fiction

Stories^[6]

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected	Notes
Fish story	2001	"Fish story". F&SF. 100 (2): 61–74. Feb 2001.

References

1. ^ "Jacobs, Harvey 1930-". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
2. ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2013). Terror Television: American Series, 1970–1999.
   ISBN 978-0-78-640890-0
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3. ^ "American Goliath: A Novel of the Cardiff Giant". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
4. ^ Datlow, Ellen (1996). Twists of the Tale, p. 278.
   ISBN 978-0-44-021771-8
   .
5. ^ "Harvey Jacobs (1930-2017)". Locus. September 25, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
6. ^ Short stories unless otherwise noted.

External links

• http://www.HarveyJacobs.org
• Harvey Jacobs at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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