I will make a point of getting that reissue of the Chalice of Death stories! I loved 'em in my teens, and I want to see if I still enjoy them as much fifty years later. On another matter, I don't recall when I first heard that you had regretted writing the Calvin Knox space operas ONLY BECAUSE it made it harder to later get taken as a serious author, but it was a long time before Wikipedia existed. The report (rumor?) has existed for a long time, as urban legends tend to do. I'm glad it isn't true, then; as I said, I enjoyed them all.
I will make a point of getting that reissue of the Chalice of Death stories! I loved 'em in my teens, and I want to see if I still enjoy them as much fifty years later. On another matter, I don't recall when I first heard that you had regretted writing the Calvin Knox space operas ONLY BECAUSE it made it harder to later get taken as a serious author, but it was a long time before Wikipedia existed. The report (rumor?) has existed for a long time, as urban legends tend to do. I'm glad it isn't true, then; as I said, I enjoyed them all.
Fred Patten