Submitted by angryscout2 t3_yrgfhk in books
Sad_King_Billy-19 t1_ivtj68g wrote
I think sci-fi, or at least classic sci-fi, is better in shorter format. I read the rest of the novellas in the series and loved them. when I got to full length novel it never really grabbed me like the others had.
chiffed t1_ivtoi5b wrote
Many of my faves from the Golden age and beyond are shorter format. I don't always want to dive into a Niel Stephenson doorstop. Murderbot is lovely.
WeTheSalty t1_ivtrwme wrote
>when I got to full length novel it never really grabbed me like the others had.
Same. It was good, but it didn't feel like a part of the story. The first four novella are all kind of connected and complete an overall story. You could probably stitch them together and call it a long novel. The novel just feels kind of "extra" as does the novella that comes after it.
Gadwynllas t1_ivtu0u1 wrote
Yeah I get that. The novellas get to keep introducing new things and people and guilt and they have incredible pacing. By the time the novel hits you know a lot of the world and characters and there’s less “new”, so there’s slower pacing and more in depth world building. Or maybe not in depth, but, broader? I dug the novel, but agree the pacing is very different
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