Author talk:Chet Arthur

I'm suspicious of the pseudonym. "The Lucky People", F&SF Feb 1968 (as Chet Arthur) seems to be based on an anonymous Wikipedia edit. And as there's a 29 year gap before the next publication, I'm not sure that's valid. Can anyone confirm this? BLongley 18:35, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I checked it myself and came up with this, which quotes Cowdrey himself. BrendanMoody 18:58, 16 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Just found the same interview myself! :-) It doesn't specifically say that Cowdrey said it was his first title, that comment seems to have been added by John Joseph Adams as interviewer (or the editor of the interview), but it looks more likely now. I still wonder why the long gap though? BLongley 19:05, 16 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I've just checked the author bios for Cowdrey in a couple anthologies I own. Apparently he spent those thirty years writing history and other nonfiction for the army, and returned to his love for fantastic fiction after retirement, "determined never to fabricate another footnote in this life."  One of the bios reiterates that he had a story in F&SF in 1968, but unfortunately that doesn't specify the title either. BrendanMoody 19:15, 16 November 2010 (UTC)