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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."

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Jessica - Aug 18, 2025 7:30:32 am PDT #28398 of 28404

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I think there is a semi-official wordcount difference but I don't know offhand what it is.

Dana - Aug 18, 2025 7:31:02 am PDT #28399 of 28404

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'm pretty sure it's just word count.

Tom Scola - Aug 18, 2025 7:34:35 am PDT #28400 of 28404

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

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For the Hugos, a novelette is 7,500–17,500 words, while a novella is 17,500–40,000 words.

DavidS - Aug 18, 2025 11:15:59 am PDT #28401 of 28404

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

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.

erikaj - Aug 18, 2025 1:07:21 pm PDT #28402 of 28404

Always Anti-fascist!

I think Hec is right, although that doesn't mean that something won't come along and scramble the categories anyway.

-t - Aug 18, 2025 3:58:40 pm PDT #28403 of 28404

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Now pondering Tom Holland lip syncing to novella-ella-ellas

Sorry, what were we talking about?

-t - Aug 18, 2025 9:06:25 pm PDT #28404 of 28404

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Finished Anima Rising, so I am all caught up on Christopher Moore. I would like someone, not necessarily me, to compare Judith from this book with Justine of Goss’s Athena Club. Not a bad excuse to revisit those…

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