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Originally Posted by salty-horse

Speaking of which.... Here's a testimony (the first story in that article) about him being a child predator (consider that a content warning, obviously)

I'm not sure why SF fans ignore the whispers about him and then rant against other late authors for being huge a-holes. Like Jason Sanford says, many people initially assumed the charges were made because Clarke was a closeted gay man.

Being a huge a-hole is bad. Powerful a-holes in an industry can make lives miserable and even drive people out of an industry. But yes, some things are even worse than that.

Speaking of problematic behavior, you can read The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. I for free on Kindle Unlimited or buy it for $3.50. But one reviewer reported that the Kindle is "a mess." (It could be scanning errors -- or maybe JWC had a lousy typewriter.)