90% of all Sci-Fi is complete rubbish

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90% of all Sci-Fi is complete rubbish

Postby TurnIP on Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:19 pm

"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?
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:29 pm

Theodore Sturgeon, if one recalls. Was on the sci-fi channels short 'scifi horizons' :lol:
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Postby TurnIP on Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:46 pm

Ah, thanks!

(It wasn't a 'quiz', I just wanted to know ;) )
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Postby d0c on Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:36 pm

Oi!!! rubbish my ass :matrix: you want trouble mate you come to the right place...
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:06 pm

take a look at this link i just found:
http://www.jessesword.com/SF/sf_crit.shtml

Pretty neat site!
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Postby 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:
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

Postby 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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Postby O.G.N.A.N.O. on Sat May 08, 2004 9:31 pm

This thread is rubbish :P
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Postby d0c on Sun May 09, 2004 10:17 am

O.G.N.A.N.O. wrote:This thread is rubbish :P



hehehe...
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