Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 379 Winning glory for the country

"President, yes, yes!"

Zhang Junwei was looking at the list of nominations, and before turning to the bottom of the page, someone shouted in the bookstore.

"Got it, got it, I'm watching it. "A Bouquet for Algernon", "Dune", "I, Robot", and "The Wandering Sea Ball" are all shortlisted."

"Niubi, Niubi, it should be unprecedented for one person to be shortlisted for four events."

"It is indeed unprecedented. I thought that the Nebula Award would only allow one or two of Zhang Zhong's works to be shortlisted."

"I thought the same way before. Now that these four books have been shortlisted, I feel a little flustered. Don't just look at the scene and end up with a bad result." Luo Wei, who was sitting in the corner, said his thoughts Worry.

Others suddenly felt that what he said seemed quite reasonable. Maybe the four nominations given by the Nebula Awards were just a consolation in advance.

People, you can't just think about it. After Luo Wei mentioned it, the more people think about it, the more likely it is.

"It won't be so ruthless, four books will be shortlisted, and the last one won't?"

"Maybe there really isn't one. Maybe in their eyes, we Huaxia authors don't deserve to win the Nebula Award. Giving you four nominations is considered a respect for you."

"This is too dark. If this is the case, the Nebula Awards will not be authoritative. Who cares about them in the future?"

"People have awarded awards for decades, and they don't care about this year."

"It's really so dark, we have to seek justice for Zhang Zhongda."

Standing behind the counter, Zhang Junwei frowned and shouted, "What are you in a hurry for? Why are you so pessimistic now that the nominations have just come out? What are you so anxious about. After all, this is all your own imagination, whoever said that you can’t win an award if you nominate four books, is it to comfort you in advance?”

"Aren't we in a hurry? If this year's results are not satisfactory, we will have to wait another year. We don't know what will happen by then."

"What's the situation? Even if Zhang Zhong wasn't given the Nebula Award this year, he will be given it next year. Didn't "The Last Starfish" just come out, and you guys forgot it so quickly? Don't worry, the people who judged the Nebula Award are not fools, no They will do such a stupid thing, they won’t give it for one year, they won’t give it for two years, and in a few more years, no one will really look at their awards. After all, besides the Nebula Award, there is also a Hugo Award.” Zhang Junwei said.

……

Zhang Junwei is right, the appearance of "The Last Man on Earth" will indeed have an impact on the final result.Moreover, the Hugo Award is just behind the Nebula Award, and the pressure on the Nebula Award is also quite high. It is not an easy task for them to find a balance between the quality of the award and political correctness.

As soon as the nomination list for the Nebula Award came out, Chen Qing called. At that time, Zhang Zhong was eating.

Chen Qing talked about the general situation, Zhang nodded and didn't say much, after all, the result was not much different from what he thought.

In his opinion, at least the three books "A Bouquet for Algernon", "Dune" and "I, Robot" must be shortlisted.

Not to mention "Dune", it is an existence that has won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award on Earth, and the winning work of the first Earth Novel Award just established by the Nebula Award was "Dune", it can be said On Earth, "Dune" is the beginning of the Nebula Awards.

And "A Bouquet for Algiers", although it is not counted as a double award, but this book did win the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, but the awards are different.

At the beginning, it won the Hugo Award for its short story. After several years, Dennis made the story a long story and won the Nebula Award again, which can be regarded as a double award in another way.

As for "I, Robot" is too early, earlier than these two awards, but Zhang Zhong believes that if the time is delayed, this book will definitely win the award. I am not sure about double awards, but one of them It is impossible to run away.

The one that makes Zhang Chong a little uncertain is "The Wandering Sea Ball". He does not doubt the quality of this book, but this book has a fatal flaw, that is, the story is huge, but the length is too short.

This kind of work will always miss a lot of things. After reading it, many readers will feel that this is an outline novel. The author has not prepared to explain many things at all, and it seems to be preparing for a sequel.

"The Wandering Earth" didn't get any honor abroad at that time, and there were many reasons.

The language, Liu Cixin's fame at the time, and the type of story all contributed to the failure of the work to be favored by foreign awards.

It can be said that this book was nominated for the Nebula Award this time, somewhat due to Zhang Zhong's current fame.

After talking with Chen Qing on the phone, Zhang Zhong was not at all unconcerned. He also checked the relevant information online.

He saw that some netizens said that this time the four books were nominated, and it is very likely that none of the awards will be won in the end. The Nebula Award may make him a strong runner.

However, Zhang Zhong himself felt that such a statement was not reliable. The Nebula Award was different from the Huaxia Detective Master Award.

China's detective novels were not prosperous before, and the Detective Master Award was the only domestic award with history and weight. They stayed in the comfort zone for too long, and they lost their minds with arrogance.

The Nebula Awards are different. They have a Hugo Award behind them. In addition to the Hugo Award of the same level, there are also various second-class fantasy literary awards. They have been under a lot of pressure.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that one of Zhang Zhong's books should be awarded an award, and they will not do such things that risk the world's disgrace.

Although there are various conspiracy theories on the Internet, many people still went to Zhang Chongwei to congratulate him.

Among other things, at least four books have been shortlisted for awards, which is unprecedented.

This is a very uplifting thing for the Chinese science fiction circle.

So far, no one has won the Nebula Award, and the nominations go back to 25 years ago. The deceased Chinese science fiction writer Pang Pai was nominated for the Nebula Award for his short story "Firefly Fleet". The closest Chinese people have come to the Nebula Award.

It's a pity that that time was just an accompanying run.

And from the beginning, everyone knew that it was to accompany the runners.

"After a lapse of 25 years, Huaxia people are finally able to touch the Nebula Award again, and this time Zhang Zhong has entered the fight for the Nebula Award with a strong posture of being shortlisted for four books..."

Zhang Zhong was also a little surprised when he watched the CCTV news. He didn't expect the nomination to be on CCTV.

Hu Huifang put back her phone, grinning from ear to ear, "All the teachers in the office said, you've brought glory to the country."

(End of this chapter)