The problem there is even worse than in SF. The thick-book authors just ramble on without getting anywhere.
Short story: less than 7,500 words Novelette: between 7,500 and 17,500
words Novella: betweent 17,500 and 40,000 words ("the Tor.com award"
these days)
Novel: at least 40,000 words
On Tue, 31 May 2022 17:31:16 +0000, Garrett Wollman wrote:
Short story: less than 7,500 words Novelette: between 7,500 and
17,500 words Novella: betweent 17,500 and 40,000 words ("the
Tor.com award" these days) Novel: at least 40,000 words
Yes, that's my understanding.
But if it's over 300 000 words the publishers can use "blockbuster"
in the blurb and other promotional material.
On 02/06/22 01:09, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Tue, 31 May 2022 17:31:16 +0000, Garrett Wollman wrote:
Short story: less than 7,500 words Novelette: between 7,500 and
17,500 words Novella: betweent 17,500 and 40,000 words ("the
Tor.com award" these days) Novel: at least 40,000 words
Yes, that's my understanding.
But if it's over 300 000 words the publishers can use "blockbuster"Those thick books do have one virtue. They are good for building a replacement for a broken bed leg.
in the blurb and other promotional material.
--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org
On 22/06/22 02:08, Anton Shepelev wrote:
Do you think vebose Clark Ashton Smith's cigarette
characterisation:
Ignited in the rich and multi-hued Antarean
dusk, the tip of the space pilot's cigarette
began to glow and foulder like the small scar-
let eye of some cavern-dwelling chimera; -- and
an opal-grey vapor fumed in gyrant spirals,
like incense from an altar of pagany, across
the high auroral flames that soared from the
setting of the giant sun.
That sounds like a book I wouldn't want to read.
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