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Subject:Re: Sturgeon's Law (A correction) From:"Arlen P. Walker" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 10 Mar 1995 14:05:00 -0600
Sturgeon's law is that "97% of everything is crap".
Wrong. Sturgeon's Law (named for SF writer Theodore Sturgeon) as he wrote in the
introduction to one of his story collections is "90% of Science Fiction is
crap." He then went on to postulate Sturgeon's Corollary, which stated "90% of
everything is crap." (Quotations approximate, as he used the s-word.) ;{>}
No matter our opinions, let our facts, at least, be right.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 24
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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