Dell First Edition B120 (1958). Cover Art by Richard Powers
Writer Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985) is credited with more than 200 stories, his most famous being “More Than Human” which won the 1954 International Fantasy Award. He ghost-wrote an Ellery Queen mystery novel in 1963, “The Player on the Other Side,” which was critically acclaimed. He also wrote the screenplays for two popular Star Trek episodes, “Shore Leave” (1966) and “Amok Time” (1967). In 1951, Sturgeon coined what is now known as Sturgeon's Law: "Ninety percent of [science fiction] is crud, but then, ninety percent of everything is crud."
Theodore Sturgeon vividly recalled being in the same room with L. Ron Hubbard, when Hubbard became testy with someone there and retorted, "Y'know, we're all wasting our time writing this hack science fiction! You wanta make real money, you gotta start a religion!" Hubbard, who was then a science fiction writer, later founded the Church of Scientology. [Source: Wikipedia]
Dell First Edition B120 (1958). Cover Art by Richard Powers
Writer Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985) is credited with more than 200 stories, his most famous being “More Than Human” which won the 1954 International Fantasy Award. He ghost-wrote an Ellery Queen mystery novel in 1963, “The Player on the Other Side,” which was critically acclaimed. He also wrote the screenplays for two popular Star Trek episodes, “Shore Leave” (1966) and “Amok Time” (1967). In 1951, Sturgeon coined what is now known as Sturgeon's Law: "Ninety percent of [science fiction] is crud, but then, ninety percent of everything is crud."
Theodore Sturgeon vividly recalled being in the same room with L. Ron Hubbard, when Hubbard became testy with someone there and retorted, "Y'know, we're all wasting our time writing this hack science fiction! You wanta make real money, you gotta start a religion!" Hubbard, who was then a science fiction writer, later founded the Church of Scientology. [Source: Wikipedia]