I LOVE Vera Wong! It was the first Sutanto I read and remains my favorite, although I will pretty much read anything she puts out at this point. I think the second came out this year (VW’s Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man) and maintains everything I enjoyed in the first
Left Handed Booksellers I have looked at so often and not yet read. And look, the audiobook is available from my library now. Can’t have too many audiobooks lying around (note, I have clearly demonstrated that I can have too many audiobooks when they have to be returned on a certain date but I will ignore that for now)
It’s something the way the books I have actually bought get neglected because I need to read the library books that have a deadline first
2025 Hugo winners. I really recommend "The Tainted Cup".
Random question -- what is the difference between a novella and a novelette?
Random question -- what is the difference between a novella and a novelette?
It's only a novelette if it comes from the novel region of France, otherwise it's a sparkling short story.
Ha, ha, ha! Jessica beat me to the Comm.
I think there is a semi-official wordcount difference but I don't know offhand what it is.
I'm pretty sure it's just word count.
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For the Hugos, a novelette is 7,500–17,500 words, while a novella is 17,500–40,000 words.
For the Hugos, a novelette is 7,500–17,500 words, while a novella is 17,500–40,000 words.
A novelette is a long short story. A novella is a short novel. That's how I think of it anyway.
I think Hec is right, although that doesn't mean that something won't come along and scramble the categories anyway.
