Straight from SciFi Wire to your brain.
Some of the nominees seem a little old to be up for the 2002 awards, but who knows what the criteria is. I feel bad that I haven’t read any of the works listed. I feel even worse that I don’t know the difference between a “novella” and a “novellette.”
novella and novelette
according to sfwa.org, they are:
SFWA Nebula rules say a short story is 7499 words or fewer, novelette 7500-17,499, novella 17,500-39,999, novel 40,000 or more.
Works listed
The quality of what I’m reading/watching must have increased, as I’ve read at least one thing out of each category except for Novellas, and I’ve seen all the shows/movies except for the Dead Zone one.
That being said, I hope American Gods takes home best novel, as it was one of the best things I read last year – Neil Gaiman is definitely one of my favorite authors.