Cleve Cartmill
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Cleve Cartmill (June 21, 1908 in Platteville, Wisconsin – February 11, 1964 in Orange County, California)[1] was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy short stories. He is best remembered for what is sometimes referred to as "the Cleve Cartmill affair",[2][3] when his 1944 story "Deadline" attracted the attention of the FBI by reason of its detailed description of a nuclear weapon similar to that being developed by the highly classified Manhattan Project.[4]
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Cleve Cartmill | |
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Born | (1908-06-21)June 21, 1908 Platteville, Wisconsin |
Died | February 11, 1964(1964-02-11) (aged 55) Orange County, California |
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