Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.books Subject: Re: Sturgeon's Law Message-ID: <499@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 19:57:57 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.499 Posted: Fri Jun 21 19:57:57 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Jun-85 14:54:18 EDT References: <11311@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Distribution: net Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 31 Xref: linus net.sf-lovers:7079 net.books:1881 Summary: In article <11311@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: >There have been references to Theodore Sturgeon recently, and also a few >citations of the famous "Sturgeon's Law". > >What is the true wording of this famous phrase? > >Can anyone cite the actual text where this originated? Or was it of >verbal origin, perhaps in a lecture or talk or in a conversation (maybe >at a con somewhere?) and entered the SF folklore via reporting and >repetition? The way I heard it went something like this: During a conversation at a party (con?) a rather obnoxious critic said to Ted "90% of Science Fiction is crap.". Ted's immediate reply was the now famous "Of course. 90% of _everything_ is crap.". Personally, I like Bradbury's defense better: "A horrible little boy came up to me and said 'You know your in your book _The Martian Chronicles?'. I said 'Yes?'. He said 'You know where you talk about Diemos rising in the east?'. I said 'Yes?' He said 'No.' -- So I hit him." -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe