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Is it really under 40,000 words? I have an H.G. Welles anthology that [[Robert A. Heinlein]] gave me years ago and I suppose I could do a quick word approximation.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 17:19, 15 August 2009 (UTC) | Is it really under 40,000 words? I have an H.G. Welles anthology that [[Robert A. Heinlein]] gave me years ago and I suppose I could do a quick word approximation.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 17:19, 15 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
:I believe it is about 32,000 words, thus falling within the definition of Novella as used for the Nebula Awards. I didn't reallize there was a separate article on ''novella'' on CZ, so the link goes to ''novel'' at the moment. [[User:James F. Perry|James F. Perry]] 18:21, 15 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
::I didn't realize it was so short. And yes, I was confused about the links too. I'll straighten things out all over the place if I can. (When I, [and with [[David M. Alexander|Dave Alexander]] sometimes] was writing stories for Analog, I tried to keep short stories under 7,499 words, because they paid a higher word rate than Novelettes, which, in turn, we tried to keep under 17,499 words because the Novella rate was lower yet. We brought in a couple *just* under the limit, although I had to do a lot of cutting....) [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 18:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
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novella or novel
Is it really under 40,000 words? I have an H.G. Welles anthology that Robert A. Heinlein gave me years ago and I suppose I could do a quick word approximation.... Hayford Peirce 17:19, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
- I believe it is about 32,000 words, thus falling within the definition of Novella as used for the Nebula Awards. I didn't reallize there was a separate article on novella on CZ, so the link goes to novel at the moment. James F. Perry 18:21, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
- I didn't realize it was so short. And yes, I was confused about the links too. I'll straighten things out all over the place if I can. (When I, [and with Dave Alexander sometimes] was writing stories for Analog, I tried to keep short stories under 7,499 words, because they paid a higher word rate than Novelettes, which, in turn, we tried to keep under 17,499 words because the Novella rate was lower yet. We brought in a couple *just* under the limit, although I had to do a lot of cutting....) Hayford Peirce 18:46, 15 August 2009 (UTC)