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-"90% of science fiction is crap".
+#REDIRECT [[Theodore Sturgeon#Sturgeon's Law]] [[Category:redirect]]
-According to [[Philip Klass]] ([[William Tenn]]), [[Sturgeon]] said this in [[1951]], at a talk at New York University .  It was subsequently included in a talk at the [[1953 Worldcon]] in [[Philadelphia]].  He said, "90% of science fiction is crap."  This upset his audience, but then he added, "90% of ''everything'' is crap."
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-{{link | website=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law|text=Wikipedia entry}}
-{{link | website=http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/328|text=OED definition and much more information}}
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