Sci Fi in Pop Culture

[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 (which is why I thought it might be true). 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.

[ 07-03-2002: Message edited by: dgrequeen ]