![]() ![]() The Revelation: Ninety percent of everything is crud.Ĭorollary 1: The existence of immense quantities of trash in science fiction is admitted and it is regrettable but it is no more unnatural than the existence of trash anywhere.Ĭorollary 2: The best science fiction is as good as the best fiction in any field. ![]() I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against attacks of people who used the worst examples of the field for ammunition, and whose conclusion was that ninety percent of it is crud.How to Avoid a Hole in the Head in Marvel Science Stories (May 1951), p.I think faith-especially capital-F Faith-is more dangerous and more disgusting than either. So are forest fires, and the color of gangrene. Character Hughie McCauley, quoting fictional space-opera hero Captain Jaundess, in "Two Percent Inspiration", first published in Astounding Science-Fiction (October 1941) also published in Microcosmic God : Volume II : The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon (1995), edited by Paul Williams, p.Professor Thaddeus MacIlhainy Nudnick, in "Two Percent Inspiration", first published in Astounding Science-Fiction (October 1941) also published in Microcosmic God : Volume II : The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon (1995), edited by Paul Williams, p. ![]() It's the Simple things that are really effective.Quotes It's the Simple things that are really effective. ![]()
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