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The Hugo looks a slightly woollier definition as it doesn't indicate whether "between" includes the end-values or not, and either way you have either an overlap or a gap. But the real kicker is in the Nebula rules: '''At the author's request, a novella-length work published individually, rather than as part of a collection or an anthology, may appear in the novel category.''' [[User:BLongley|BLongley]] 19:44, 11 November 2008 (UTC) | The Hugo looks a slightly woollier definition as it doesn't indicate whether "between" includes the end-values or not, and either way you have either an overlap or a gap. But the real kicker is in the Nebula rules: '''At the author's request, a novella-length work published individually, rather than as part of a collection or an anthology, may appear in the novel category.''' [[User:BLongley|BLongley]] 19:44, 11 November 2008 (UTC) | ||
+ | :I don't know which source we started with, but Contento (in his [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/abbrev.htm list of abbreviations]) says: | ||
+ | :*short story (4-20 pages, 1,000-7,499 words) | ||
+ | :*novelette (21-45 pages, 7,500-17,499 words) | ||
+ | :*novella (46-100 pages, 17,500-39,999 words) | ||
+ | :*novel (over 100 pages, over 40,000 words) | ||
+ | :The [http://www.locusmag.com/index/abbrev.htm Lotus Index] used the same list. This pretty well matches our current cats, except for the separate cat for under 1000 words, which we fold into short story. -[[User:DESiegel60|DES]] <sup>[[User talk:DESiegel60|Talk]]</sup> 21:24, 11 November 2008 (UTC) |
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Given the current revival of the never-ending discussion, can someone fill in the history of where we borrowed the rules from? There's some slight discrepancies that mean I can't be sure where we got them from, although it's usually only a word either way. I'm specifically comparing our rules with these Hugo and Nebula rules (feel free to check if they're actually the most up-to-date versions).
Shortstory: ISFDB <= 7,500 words. Nebula: < 7,500 words Hugo: < 7,500 words Novelette: ISFDB > 7,500 words and <= 17,500 words. Nebula: >= 7,500 words and < 17,500 words. Hugo: "Between" 7,500 words and 17,500 words. Novella: ISFDB: > 17,500 words and <= 40,000 words. Nebula: >= 17,500 words and < 40,000 words. Hugo: "Between" 17,500 words and 40,000 words.
The Hugo looks a slightly woollier definition as it doesn't indicate whether "between" includes the end-values or not, and either way you have either an overlap or a gap. But the real kicker is in the Nebula rules: At the author's request, a novella-length work published individually, rather than as part of a collection or an anthology, may appear in the novel category. BLongley 19:44, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- I don't know which source we started with, but Contento (in his list of abbreviations) says:
- short story (4-20 pages, 1,000-7,499 words)
- novelette (21-45 pages, 7,500-17,499 words)
- novella (46-100 pages, 17,500-39,999 words)
- novel (over 100 pages, over 40,000 words)
- The Lotus Index used the same list. This pretty well matches our current cats, except for the separate cat for under 1000 words, which we fold into short story. -DES Talk 21:24, 11 November 2008 (UTC)