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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Novels Set in London (But Not the One in
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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 13:01:15 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <pan$aa804$4725fbfa$ccaa801b$c10db0e5@cpacker.org>,
Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
>On 10 Jul 2024 00:29:49 -0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>
>> In article <v6jgh2$8d4$1@panix2.panix.com>,
>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> 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?

More a desire not to be jailed for being gay, was my impression. 
Ceylon didn't prosecute gay men in the 1950s but the UK very 
definitely did. 
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