Favorite short novels would be:
Bonjour Tristesse, Francoise Sagan
The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Feb 03, 2011 12:02:39 pm PST #13836 of 28282
Because books.
Polter-Cow - Feb 03, 2011 12:04:42 pm PST #13837 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Of the top of my head, Shopgirl by Steve Martin and Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore come to mind.
Strega - Feb 03, 2011 1:01:51 pm PST #13838 of 28282
Maybe Lansdale's Mad Dog Summer.
From looking at lists of novellas, I think the format doesn't work for me very well -- there are certainly some I like, but I prize things I can reread, and with novella length fiction I'm probably going to remember most of the details, unlike with a novel, but it'll still take a while to get through, unlike a short story. So even if I'm like, "Oh yes, that was good," I'm rarely in the mood for them.
sj - Feb 03, 2011 1:03:51 pm PST #13839 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I liked The Body Artist and it worked well in the short format.
dcp - Feb 03, 2011 3:30:26 pm PST #13840 of 28282
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
So what do you like in the short form?
Tea With the Black Dragon -- R. A. MacAvoy
Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2011 5:26:45 pm PST #13841 of 28282
brillig
Tea With the Black Dragon
Lovely book, though I wouldn't call it a novella.
dcp - Feb 03, 2011 5:47:57 pm PST #13842 of 28282
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Too long?
beth b - Feb 03, 2011 5:56:45 pm PST #13843 of 28282
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
I just realized I like shorter books to be a little more thoughtful
and i really hope none of you have missed the Uncommon reader
Amy - Feb 03, 2011 6:01:41 pm PST #13844 of 28282
Because books.
I don't think I've heard of Uncommon Reader, beth. I'll have to look it up.
Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2011 6:15:33 pm PST #13845 of 28282
brillig
Too long?
It seems like an average length for SFF books that came out at that time.