“That Heel. That lousy wart on the nose of progress.”

— Theodore Sturgeon, book Microcosmic God

Character Hughie McCauley, quoting fictional space-opera hero Captain Jaundess, in "Two Percent Inspiration", first published in Astounding Science-Fiction (October 1941); also published in Microcosmic God : Volume II : The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon (1995), edited by Paul Williams, p. 322 ISBN 1556433018

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American speculative fiction writer 1918–1985

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