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Another fun story:

In 1944, John W Campbell, the legendary editor of Astounding Science Fiction, had a visit from the FBI. It concerned a published story that had just too much detail about the atomic bomb. Campbell pointed out that the information was available, and other details could be extrapolated...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_(science_fiction_stor...

A proud day for science fictioneers!




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