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Is it really under 40,000 words? I have an H.G. Welles anthology that [[Robert A. Heinlein]] gave me years ago and I suppose I could do a quick word approximation.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 17:19, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Is it really under 40,000 words? I have an H.G. Welles anthology that [[Robert A. Heinlein]] gave me years ago and I suppose I could do a quick word approximation.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 17:19, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
:I believe it is about 32,000 words, thus falling within the definition of Novella as used for the Nebula Awards. I didn't reallize there was a separate article on ''novella'' on CZ, so the link goes to ''novel'' at the moment. [[User:James F. Perry|James F. Perry]] 18:21, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

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novella or novel

Is it really under 40,000 words? I have an H.G. Welles anthology that Robert A. Heinlein gave me years ago and I suppose I could do a quick word approximation.... Hayford Peirce 17:19, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

I believe it is about 32,000 words, thus falling within the definition of Novella as used for the Nebula Awards. I didn't reallize there was a separate article on novella on CZ, so the link goes to novel at the moment. James F. Perry 18:21, 15 August 2009 (UTC)