The Resume

(February 26, 1918-May 8, 1985)
Born in Staten Island, New York
Science fiction writer
Author of numerous novels, short stories, and television episodes
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards
Received the International Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement

Why he might be annoying:

He wrote a book (later made into a comic book and TV movie) about a killer bulldozer titled 'Killdozer.'
An episode of the original Star Trek written by him introduced the Vulcan hand signal and the incredibly irritating phrase 'Live Long and Prosper.'
He was married five times and had seven children.
He smoked.
He suffered repeated bouts of writer's block.

Why he might not be annoying:

He formulated Sturgeon's Law in response to a criticism that 90% of science fiction is crap, when he explained that 90% of everything is crap.
He would work poetic meter into his prose work.
He had over two hundred short stories published.
He was a favorite of other science fiction authors particularly James Blish and Kurt Vonnegut.
He, Issac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and A. E. von Vogt all had their first science fiction works published in 1939, marking the beginning of the Golden Age of science fiction.
He is the namesake for the Theodore Sturgeon Award for best science fiction short story of the year.

Credit: tom_jeffords

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 7)
• Goatees
• Hugo Award Winners
• I am an Atheist
• I Died in 1985 (Ranked: 67)
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Lived on Staten Island (Ranked: 9)
• I Married at Least Five Times [I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!]
• I Write Sci-Fi
• Male Pipe Smokers
• Nebula Award Winners
• Profiles 25001-25250 (Ranked: 25098)
• Teachers
• Tom Jefford's Profiles [Series 01]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19850508)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 72.41% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying