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- From: canright@convex.com (Robert Canright)
- Subject: Re: Sturgeon's Law?
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:24:28 GMT
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- In <1992Dec30.221850.29266@news2.cis.umn.edu> charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer) writes:
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- >In article <76480003@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com> tonyz@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com
- >(Tony Zugates) writes:
- >>Does anyone know Sturgeon's Law?
- >>I think it goes "90 percent of everything is crap".
- >>
- >>I cant remember where I heard it, but I think the story goes:
- >>
- >>Theodore Sturgeon (the late SciFi writer) was giving a lecture
- >>and some young man stood up and said "I've been reading a lot
- >>of SF and most of it is crap!"
- >>
- >>Sturgeon responded: "90 percent...."
- >>
- >>Is this true?
-
- The story I heard was that Sturgeon was criticized for writing a Star Trek
- episode. He was told that TV is crap & he responded "90%...."
-
- Does anyone know if Sturgeon truly wrote a Star Trek episode? Which one?
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