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 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
Your Lady Astronaut novels were an outgrowth of your original novelette, “The Lady Astronaut of Mars,” originally published in 2013.
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 charming novelette is reprinted by arrangement from the London Graphic, appearing here in advance of its completion in London.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.