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 novelette, a designation for a work that falls between 7,500 and 17,500 words, tells the story of Persephone Aim.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2020

The backstory of the novelette kept picking at my brain.

From The Verge • Sep. 18, 2018

The Ruggieri is perhaps something more; but it is, as its author no doubt honestly entitled it, much more an Étude Philosophique than an historical novelette.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de