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7th March 2002 at 9:38 pm #43307
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Originally posted by dgrequeen:
[b]But my dad asked me, “Isn’t he a British author?” I said, “Yes and later he moved to Sri Lanka.” This made him doubt that the FBI would question him. Maybe he was questioned by the British government?[/b]

This was a story told by Clarke himself in the preface of one of his books, and also mentioned by Isaac Asimov in a discussion about this very topic. At the time the FBI came knocking on his door, he was living in Manhattan. He didn’t move to Sri Lanka until the mid 50’s.

That’s really interesting! Can you tell me which book that preface appears? I just might have it. My father would be very interested in such anecdotes.