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1Also spelled novelet. A term for ProseFiction that takes the form of a very short {{Novel}}--even shorter than a {{Novella}}. Is defined by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as any work between 7500 and 17499 words. Due to their brevity, novelettes share many tropes with the ShortStory but are long enough to be similar to the {{Novella}} in many respects.
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3Novelettes are short enough that they are rarely published as standalone works. For this reason, their names are usually printed in double-quotes, as with short-stories, rather than italics, as with novels and (some) novellas.
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5Compare: {{Novel}}, {{Novella}}, ShortStory.
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7!! Examples:
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9* "[[Literature/AdmiralsInspection Admiral's Inspection]]"
10* "Literature/AllTheTrapsOfEarth"
11* "Literature/AndThenThereWasOne"
12* "Literature/TheAssaultmen"
13* "{{Literature/Autofac}}"
14* "Literature/TheBicentennialMan"
15* "Literature/BlackDestroyer"
16* "Literature/TheBlackLamp"
17* "Literature/BlowupsHappen"
18* "Literature/TheBlueGiraffe"
19* "Literature/TheBlueMenOfYrano"
20* "Literature/BreedsThereAMan"
21* "Literature/BrinkOfMadness"
22* "Literature/TheCambistAndLordIron"
23* "Literature/CaptainNemosLastAdventure"
24* "{{Literature/Chronopolis}}"
25* "Literature/CityOfTheCorporateMind"
26* "Literature/CityOfTheCosmicRays"
27* "Literature/ClassicSingaporeHorrorStories"
28* "{{Literature/Cold|1940}}"
29* "Literature/TheColdEquations"
30* "Literature/ConsiderHerWays"
31* "[[Literature/CoOperateOrElse Co-Operate - Or Else!]]"
32* "Literature/DayAfterTomorrow"
33* "Literature/TheDeadPast"
34* "Literature/DescribeACircle"
35* "Literature/DiscordInScarlet"
36* "Literature/DominionAndDuchy"
37* "Literature/DropDead"
38* "Literature/TheDyingNight"
39* "{{Literature/Elsewhere|2005}}"
40* "Literature/TheEmancipated"
41* "{{Literature/Emergence}}"
42* "Literature/TheEncyclopedists"
43* "{{Literature/Evidence}}"
44* "Literature/TheEvitableConflict"
45* "Literature/FairestOfAll"
46* "Literature/FarCentaurus"
47* "Literature/FeminineIntuition"
48* "Literature/FirstContact"
49* "Literature/ForcesMustBalance!"
50* "{{Literature/Forgetfulness}}"
51* "Literature/GalleySlave"
52* "Literature/{{Gemmalie}}"
53* "Literature/GoldfishBowl"
54* "{{Literature/Grandpa}}"
55* "Literature/GreaterThanGods"
56* "Literature/TheGryb"
57* "{{Literature/Heritage}}"
58* "{{Literature/Highsong}}"
59* "Literature/TheHuntersOfCutwold"
60* "{{Literature/Hostess}}"
61* "Literature/InAGoodCause"
62* "Literature/InconstantMoon"
63* "Literature/ElInquisidorDeMexico"
64* "{{Literature/Invulnerable}}"
65* "Literature/TheIronChancellor"
66* "Literature/ItsSuchABeautifulDay"
67* "Literature/TheKilkennyCats"
68* "[[Literature/LadyAstronaut The Lady Astronaut of Mars]]"
69* "Literature/TheLoathsomeBeasts"
70* "Literature/AKindOfArtistry"
71* "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz"
72* "{{Literature/Lulungomeena}}"
73* "Literature/AMeetingWithMedusa"
74* "Literature/MaidenVoyage"
75* "Literature/TheManWhoCouldLevitate"
76* "Literature/AMartianOdyssey"
77* "Literature/TheMayors"
78* "Literature/TheMerchantPrinces"
79* "Literature/MicrocosmicGod"
80* "Literature/MimsyWereTheBorogoves"
81* "{{Literature/Misfit}}"
82* "[[Literature/MissionHypnosis Mission: Hypnosis]]"
83* "{{Literature/Monopoly}}"
84* "Literature/MotherEarth"
85* "Literature/TheMutineers"
86* "Literature/MyNameIsLegion1942"
87* "Literature/NewMenForMars"
88* "Literature/Nightfall1941"
89* "Literature/NineLives"
90* "Literature/OfMistAndGrassAndSand"
91* "Literature/OhneSchatten"
92* "Literature/OnceWithinATime"
93* "Literature/OnPainOfDeath"
94* "Literature/OnTheInsideTrack"
95* "Literature/PartyLine"
96* "Literature/ThePhantomOfKansas"
97* "Literature/PierreMaurignacsAbenteuer"
98* "Literature/PlanetOfParasites"
99* "Literature/PleasureTrove"
100* "Literature/PoorSuperman"
101* "Literature/PowerPlant"
102* "Literature/PrisonPlanet"
103* "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief"
104* "Literature/TheProudRobot"
105* "Literature/PushoverPlanet"
106* "Literature/AQuestionOfSalvage"
107* "{{Literature/Reincarnate}}"
108* "{{Literature/Risk}}"
109* "Literature/ARoseForEcclesiastes"
110* "{{Literature/Runaround}}"
111* "Literature/SamHall"
112* "Literature/SaurianValedictory"
113* "Literature/ScannersLiveInVain"
114* "Literature/SecondVariety"
115* "Literature/TheSheriffOfCanyonGulch"
116* "[[Literature/SilenceIsDeadly Silence Is—Deadly]]"
117* "Literature/Slime1953"
118* "Literature/SpecialFlight"
119* "Literature/SolutionUnsatisfactory"
120* "Literature/TheSongsOfDistantEarth"
121* "Literature/StrangerStation"
122* "Literature/TicketToAnywhere"
123* "Literature/TimeDredge"
124* "Literature/TheToolOfCreation"
125* "{{Literature/Triceratops}}"
126* "Twilight"
127* "Literature/TheUglyLittleBoy"
128* "{{Literature/Universe}}"
129* "Literature/VintageSeason"
130* "{{Literature/Weihnachtsabend}}"
131* "Literature/WennDieBildschirmeSchweigen"
132* "Literature/WhoAmI?"
133* "Literature/TheWitchesOfKarres"
134* "Literature/TheWizardsOfPungsCorners"
135* "Literature/AWorldCalledMaanerek"

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