You could hardly believe your luck when one of Ted's stories went singing through your head. There were to be other silences. This was Sturgeon's caviar dish. As for those silences. Something sank Sturgeon.
Success is a vampire.
In the midst of life we are in definite trouble. They say Sturgeon was the first author in the field ever to sign a six-book contract. A six-book contract was a rare mark of distinction, like being crucified. A mark of extinction. At one time, he was reduced further to writing TV pilot scripts for Hollywood.