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

In 2012, author Mary Robinette Kowal published a novelette in an audio anthology called Rip-Off!, in which authors picked their favorite opening line in fiction, and used it as the basis for an original story.

From The Verge • Jun. 24, 2018

“It appears as though the novelette was unfinished business for her.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 17, 2014

They were "The Princess Elopes," a novelette; "Enchantment," a book of short stories, and "Hearts and Masks," a novel that dealt with entanglements developing at a mask ball.

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold