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Jun 10

Pride and Prejudice Reverberates

Dave Hook

The Short: After reading five pastiches of Jane Austen‘s novel Pride and Prejudice including several works of speculative fiction, I ended up rereading Pride and Prejudice as well for the first time in 50 years. I recommend several works, including the superlative 2018 novel Pride and Prometheus...

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May 30

Is the Golden Age of the Novella Over?

Dave Hook

The Short: I continue to think that the novella (17,500 to 40,000 words) is the perfect story length for speculative fiction, and I’m not the only one. Looking at one aspect of how healthy and popular the novella format is, I looked at ISFDB at how many novella titles were published each year from...

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