Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Carnegie Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Novels Set in London (But Not the One in Canada) Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:29:58 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 01:29:59 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7d7c241556ada39f4ce478926f551faa"; logging-data="2169951"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/fYRXOKeTHliglUTs1TNnlLGaIYIGQjRI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:obvLSSSPBA/zOG3DNKu4pXd4w1I= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2385 On 14/07/2024 08:27, Charles Packer wrote: > On 10 Jul 2024 00:29:49 -0000, Scott Dorsey wrote: > >> In article , >> James Nicoll wrote: >>> Five SFF Novels Set in London (But Not the One in Canada) >>> >>> London, England! A stage for so many adventures! >>> >>> https://reactormag.com/five-sff-novels-set-in-london-but-not-the-one-in- > canada/ >> >> In spite of all of these my favorite story set in London is Arthur C. >> Clarke's _The Forgotten Enemy_. Probably the most depressing story I >> have ever read though. >> --scott > > Could this story explain why its author relocated to Sri Lanka? I posted in 2020 - My inner sniggering schoolboy still fondly remembers a radio-based parody of Arthur C. Clarke's "Mysterious World" - from the Red Dwarf creators I think, in series _Son of Cliche_ - where their "Clarke", speaking from the place he called home - specifically I think, Joe's Beach Bar, Sri Lanka (!) - explained that "Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot, the Yeti" was seen in many places around the world, but never in Joe's Beach Bar, Sri Lanka. "That's why I live here."