Comments on: Technopeasants http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rilkefan http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194572 rilkefan Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:53:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194572 Seems to me the work in question is not a novella but a mishmash - three short stories, none of which has a raison d'être (esp. the central one, which is 3/4 exposition, 1/4 Carl Sagan getting whacked by means of poisonous pasta for knowing too much), interspliced without forming a less uninteresting whole. Seems to me the work in question is not a novella but a mishmash – three short stories, none of which has a raison d’être (esp. the central one, which is 3/4 exposition, 1/4 Carl Sagan getting whacked by means of poisonous pasta for knowing too much), interspliced without forming a less uninteresting whole.

]]> By: huxley http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194554 huxley Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:04:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194554 You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a didactorship. A self-perpetuating technocracy in which the working class ... You’re foolin’ yourself! We’re living in a didactorship. A self-perpetuating technocracy in which the working class …

]]> By: Doug http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194534 Doug Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:54:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194534 We're not peasants, we're an anarcho-pixelist collective! We’re not peasants, we’re an anarcho-pixelist collective!

]]> By: C. L. Ball http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194489 C. L. Ball Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:33:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194489 Look forward to the iRex Iliad review, esp. re PDFs from JSTOR and other on-line journal sites. Look forward to the iRex Iliad review, esp. re PDFs from JSTOR and other on-line journal sites.

]]> By: Ignacio Prado http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194483 Ignacio Prado Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:32:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194483 I hear the techno-peasants dress all in black these days, but that's just a rumor. I hear the techno-peasants dress all in black these days, but that’s just a rumor.

]]> By: Donald Johnson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194481 Donald Johnson Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:03:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194481 Anyone know what it's about? Trying to decide if I'd want to download it. Anyone know what it’s about? Trying to decide if I’d want to download it.

]]> By: Bloix http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194476 Bloix Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:05:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194476 Novelettes are wrapped in paper, novels and novellas use leaf. Novelettes are wrapped in paper, novels and novellas use leaf.

]]> By: Cheryl http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194465 Cheryl Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:51:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194465 Crooked Timber is supporting webscabs? Whatever next! :-) There is no precise definition of short story forms. Different awards use different word lengths, and the Hugos (shock! horror!) have gray areas in the definition, so a work can be one or the other depending on how people vote. The only sure thing is that the longer the name, the shorter the work. Suggestions that the Hugos introduce a new category of Tome for supersized fantasy novels are currently stalled due to concerns that the epidemic of obesity is leading to health problems amongst young books. Crooked Timber is supporting webscabs? Whatever next! :-)

There is no precise definition of short story forms. Different awards use different word lengths, and the Hugos (shock! horror!) have gray areas in the definition, so a work can be one or the other depending on how people vote. The only sure thing is that the longer the name, the shorter the work. Suggestions that the Hugos introduce a new category of Tome for supersized fantasy novels are currently stalled due to concerns that the epidemic of obesity is leading to health problems amongst young books.

]]> By: FS http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194463 FS Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:33:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194463 Sigh. I guess I will be doubly nerdy, then. The SFWA's <a href="http://www.sfwa.org/awards/faq.htm#6" rel="nofollow">definition</a> (which seems relevant for Stross's work) is: <blockquote># Novel — 40,000 words or more # Novella — 17,500–39,999 words # Novelette — 7,500–17,499 words # Short Story — 7,499 words or fewer</blockquote> Sigh. I guess I will be doubly nerdy, then.

The SFWA’s definition (which seems relevant for Stross’s work) is:

# Novel — 40,000 words or more

  1. Novella — 17,500–39,999 words
  2. Novelette — 7,500–17,499 words
  3. Short Story — 7,499 words or fewer
]]> By: Kevin Doran http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194459 Kevin Doran Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:57:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194459 Depends who you ask, but short stories are below 10,000 words, novelettes above that, and novellas above 20,000. I think. Depends who you ask, but short stories are below 10,000 words, novelettes above that, and novellas above 20,000. I think.

]]> By: David Moles http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194449 David Moles Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:51:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194449 I thought a novella was the wife of a deceased novel and a novelette was a female novel not yet of marriageable age. I thought a novella was the wife of a deceased novel and a novelette was a female novel not yet of marriageable age.

]]> By: Alan Bostick http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194439 Alan Bostick Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:02:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194439 You can find a metapointer to more Pixel-Stained Technopeasant reading than you can shake a stick at <a href="http://www.duskpeterson.com/technopeasant/" rel="nofollow">here at http://www.duskpeterson.com/technopeasant/</a>. (Shame on you, Kieran. Anyone suffering from the nerd compulsion to post the correct definitions is going to look doubly nerdy now.) You can find a metapointer to more Pixel-Stained Technopeasant reading than you can shake a stick at here at http://www.duskpeterson.com/technopeasant/.

(Shame on you, Kieran. Anyone suffering from the nerd compulsion to post the correct definitions is going to look doubly nerdy now.)

]]> By: Kieran Healy http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/comment-page-1/#comment-194436 Kieran Healy Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:29:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/26/technopeasants/#comment-194436 A novella is a female novel. A novelette is a kind of paper napkin with a lot of pages. A novella is a female novel. A novelette is a kind of paper napkin with a lot of pages.

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