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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)