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
Both novels are set in the “punch-card-punk” world that Kowal established in her 2013 novelette, “The Lady Astronaut of Mars.”
From The Verge ● Sep. 18, 2018
“It appears as though the novelette was unfinished business for her.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2014
In a time when some of our finest novelists have turned to the novelette length — Philip Roth, Ian McEwan — Barnes outshines them all.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
The uncommonly favorable reception of Mrs. Abbott's brilliant novelette, "Alexia," by the public bespeaks in advance a lively interest in her new novel, "The Beverleys."
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard
