"Ninety percent of all Science Fiction is rubbish."
When confronted with this statement, famous Sci-Fi novellist N.N. replied:
"Yes. But then again, ninety percent of everything is rubbish."
Question: who was this writer?
90% of all Sci-Fi is complete rubbish
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90% of all Sci-Fi is complete rubbish
by TurnIP on Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:19 pm
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by spudthedestroyer on Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:29 pm
Theodore Sturgeon, if one recalls. Was on the sci-fi channels short 'scifi horizons' 
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by TurnIP on Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:22 pm
Fun page indeed, but there's still a lot missing imo.
And some of the information is not correct I think:
Afaik, the word "Robot" (which is not in the list - only derivations) was first used by Czech writer Karel Capek (1890-1938). It was made popular by Asimov.
And some of the information is not correct I think:
robotic (n.)
antedating 1941
robotical (adj.)
antedating 1942
robotically (adv.)
antedating 1971
Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a reprint of Poul Anderson's "The Byworlder"Mike Christie verified this in the 1971 original magazine publication.
roboticist (n.)
antedating 1946
Mike Christie submitted a 1946 cite from Isaac Asimov's "Evidence". Earliest cite in the OED: 1947.
roboticized (adj.)
antedating 1952
Fred Galvin submitted a 1952 cite from Edward Wellen's "Origins of Galactic Slang" Earliest cite in the OED: 1957
robotics (n.)
antedating 1941 (Isaac Asimov)
Afaik, the word "Robot" (which is not in the list - only derivations) was first used by Czech writer Karel Capek (1890-1938). It was made popular by Asimov.
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Re: 90% of all Sci-Fi is complete rubbish
by dinky on Sat May 08, 2004 7:01 am
TurnIP wrote:"Ninety percent of all Science Fiction is rubbish."
and it ain't even very accurate. I mean 90%??? more like 99%
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