novelette

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You know the species because androids have been a mainstay of science fiction since before Isaac Asimov coined the “three laws of robotics” for a novelette published in 1942.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

The latter was based on his experience copywriting for a press agent, which inspired a novelette in Cosmopolitan called “Tell Me About It Tomorrow!”

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2024

The backstory of the novelette kept picking at my brain.

From The Verge • Sep. 18, 2018

His is almost like a novelette, of course, with these words engraved by the image of a palmetto tree and crescent: “My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2017

This Pauline’s adventures evidently demanded more space than the travels could afford, and became ultimately a novelette.

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)