Best Novella/Novelette - Nominations Closed

[Jean]

This thread is for members to nominate novellas for the Award for Best Novella. In order for a title to be eligible for nomination it must simply be one of Stephen King's published works; titles published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman are also eligible.

To nominate a title for this category, simply post your choice in this thread. In order for a title to be placed onto the voting ballot for the Award the nominated title must be seconded and thirded, also in this thread. This is to ensure that we do not have an overly long list of contenders for the Award, and that--by virtue of the nomination process--each title listed on the ballot is guaranteed to have at least something of a following come voting time. Please note that you MUST clearly state in your post that you are seconding or thirding a nomination for it to count. Feel free to deliberate and discuss your choices in this thread.

While you may second or third a nomination more than once, we ask that there be only one new nomination per member.

King's novellas:

A Very Tight Place
Apt Pupil
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
Blind Willie
The Body
The Breathing Method
Everything's Eventual
The Gingerbread Girl
Hearts in Atlantis
The Langoliers
The Library Policeman
Little Sisters of Eluria
Low Men in Yellow Coats
The Mist
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Secret Window, Secret Garden
The Sun Dog
A Very Tight Place
Why We're in Vietnam

[mae]

To aid folks in making their decision, here's a thorough listing I found:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_f...y_Stephen_King

[mae]

The Langoliers from Four Past Midnight.

[jayson]

The Body from Different Seasons

[mae]

The Body seconded.

[jayson]

I'll second The Langoliers. I liked the concept a lot, especially...

Langoliers

..how the concept of the past literally disappearing out of existence contrasts most other King concepts of time (especially DT).

[Aaron]

I nominate The Mist.

[jayson]

Seconding The Mist. There but for the Different Seasons stories it's my favorite novella.

[mae]

Thirding The Mist.

[The Lady of Shadows]

fourth the mist

nominate everything's eventual

[Heather19]

Third The Body
and I'd like to nominate Secret Window, Secret Garden

[jayson]

Seconding Everything's Eventual and Secret Window, Secret Garden. I love both of those stories.

[Sam]

Third Everything's Eventual

Nominate The Gingerbread Girl.

[mae]

Gingerbread Girl seconded!

[Sam]

It is long enough to qualify isn't it?

[Jean]

Everything Eventual is a short story, not a novella (I have added the list of novellas to the first post).

Nominate Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Fourth The Body.

[ManOfWesternesse]

Third: The langoliers.
Nominate: Little Sisters of Eluria.

[Jean]

The Langoliers 3
The Body 4
The Mist 4
Secret Window, Secret Garden 2
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption 1

[Jean]

Looks like I have to consult higher authorities. The Gingerbread Girl isn't on the list I gave, and, what is worse, neither is Little Sisters of Eluria, which is obviously, blatantly a novella (nobody would tolerate a short story that long). Don't worry, no nomination will be lost; I only need some time to make sure which is which.

[Darkthoughts]

Fifth The Body.

[mae]

Jean, try going by the list I linked to at Wikipedia. It seems better than the official one.

P.S.: Shawshank seconded, of course.

[Jean]

Jean, try going by the list I linked to at Wikipedia. It seems better than the official one.

I'm inclined to think the same now. I'll attend to this first thing tomorrow morning, Moscow time, if nothing happens to the server.

[Darkthoughts]

I nominate the short story, that is apparently a novelette - Everything's Eventual.

[Aaron]

If there are any that are still questionable, Jean, PM a list to me and I can research them according to word count. Anything 20,000 words - 49,999 words is technically a novella/novelette.

[SpaceMaN]

third shawshank
third
nominate hearts in atlantis