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Novels are typically standalone products, although they may be serialized. For the purpose of this category and in line with the [[w:Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]], a piece of narrative fiction is generally considered a "novel" if it has more than 40,000 words.
 
Novels are typically standalone products, although they may be serialized. For the purpose of this category and in line with the [[w:Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]], a piece of narrative fiction is generally considered a "novel" if it has more than 40,000 words.
  
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By contrast, a story is generally held to be a "novella" if it has between ca. 17,500 and 40,000 words; stories of less than ca. 17,500 words are generally considered "novelettes" or "short stories", and are categorized under [[:Category:Short Stories]] (see also: [[w:Word count|Word count]]).
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By contrast, [[BattleCorps]] defined BattleTech "short fiction" as fiction pieces of less than 40,000 words; these are summarily categorized under [[:Category:Short Stories]] for the purpose of this [[BattleTechWiki]].<br />(A story is generally held to be a "short story" if it has up to ca. 7,500 words, a "novelette" for up to ca. 17,500 words, and a  "novella" if it has between ca. 17,500 and 40,000 words; see also: [[w:Word count|Word count]]).
  
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Some stories may arbitrarily be categorized as both a short story and a novel at once.
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Some BattleTech stories may arbitrarily be categorized as both a short story and a novel at once.
  
 
For a rundown of published print novels, see [[List of BattleTech print novels]].<br />For a rundown of stories published via [[BattleCorps]], see [[:Category:BattleCorps publications]].
 
For a rundown of published print novels, see [[List of BattleTech print novels]].<br />For a rundown of stories published via [[BattleCorps]], see [[:Category:BattleCorps publications]].
  
 
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This category contains novels set in the BattleTech universe and published in print or electronic (EPUB) format.

Novels are typically standalone products, although they may be serialized. For the purpose of this category and in line with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a piece of narrative fiction is generally considered a "novel" if it has more than 40,000 words.

By contrast, BattleCorps defined BattleTech "short fiction" as fiction pieces of less than 40,000 words; these are summarily categorized under Category:Short Stories for the purpose of this BattleTechWiki.
(A story is generally held to be a "short story" if it has up to ca. 7,500 words, a "novelette" for up to ca. 17,500 words, and a "novella" if it has between ca. 17,500 and 40,000 words; see also: Word count).

Some BattleTech stories may arbitrarily be categorized as both a short story and a novel at once.

For a rundown of published print novels, see List of BattleTech print novels.
For a rundown of stories published via BattleCorps, see Category:BattleCorps publications.

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This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.

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Pages in category "Novels"

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