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    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2019

    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted JD Cowan

    Are there any Great Necessary Novels that are 200 pages? Maybe, but I can't think of any, at least in the SF genre, that are that small. Greatness requires elbow room.https://twitter.com/wastelandJD/status/1172310211341586433 …

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    The 200 page mass market paperback is the ultimate book form. Perfect for carrying, borrowing, giving, reading, and just looking at on the shelf. If the industry was serious about getting people to read again they would not only bring them back but push them hard. https://t.co/TJBXtDDq8J 
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      1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2019

        2/ Me: carefully notes that I'm talking about SF genre Responses: 100% non SF genre Sigh

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      2. Cirsova: Wild Stars Kickstarter is Live!‏ @cirsova 13 Sep 2019

        Okay, but page count =/= wordcount anyway. Font and spacing in the old pocket paperbacks weren't the same as the doorstoppers that people are publishing today. a 200-250 page pocket paperback was between 50k and 65k words generally.

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      2. John Taloni‏ @JohnTaloni 13 Sep 2019
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        Protector by Larry Niven. Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin. Some other of the greats aren't hugely bigger at about 300 pages - Dragonflight, Starship Troopers, Foundation. I do love me some Time Enough For Love, but it was a bit self indulgent.

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      3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2019
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        300 != 200

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      2. I somewhat disagree‏ @rugstump 13 Sep 2019
        Replying to @MorlockP

        Of Mice and Men is under 200 according to Wikipedia. Things Fall Apart is 209. The death of Ivan Illyich a mere 119. I had a sudden thought that Lolita is short but it's 330. Call of the Wild is 232, how small are we allowed to make the font in this new vehicle?

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      3. I somewhat disagree‏ @rugstump 13 Sep 2019
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        Silas Marner is 208.

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      2. Hans G. Schantz‏ @AetherCzar 13 Sep 2019
        Replying to @MorlockP

        The Door Into Summer (159), and The Puppet Masters (175) by Heinlein; The Time Machine (141), by H.G. Wells, The Stainless Steel Rat (160) by Harry Harrison. Those are the examples I found in a quick survey of my shelf. @wastelandJD @JohnTaloni @rugstump

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      3. Hans G. Schantz‏ @AetherCzar 13 Sep 2019
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        Lots of classical pulp is that short and nevertheless excellent - Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, and others. Too often, modern practice is to write long bloviating epics that would benefit greatly by ruthless editing of a third or more of the material.

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      1. Isegoria‏ @Isegoria 13 Sep 2019
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        Starship Troopers immediately came to mind. Fahrenheit 451? Asimov’s Foundation isn’t much over the limit.

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