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Old 08-22-2011, 08:02 AM   #25
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I have to confess that I find the splitting of the short story category into finer and finer gradations to be rather bizarre. "Novelette"? Do we really need such a word?
In SF, I think it's necessary. Shorts, novelettes, and novellas all garner different expectations from readers, particularly in the area of world building.
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