The auditorium can accommodate 800 people. In addition to hundreds of famous writers from all over the world, there are also world-renowned editors-in-chief and chief editors of literary magazines.
In addition, the governor of Kansas, the president of the Science Fiction Association, and many other influential political figures and cultural figures in various fields around the world, as well as hundreds of reporters and editors, were also present. Therefore, the entire auditorium,
Looking around, there are crowds of people everywhere, and they are overcrowded everywhere.
But in fact, the scene is not as luxuriously decorated as an award ceremony in the entertainment industry. It is just a university auditorium. Although the buildings are all in European and American style, the atmosphere is still full of humanity. The people are of high quality and are in this place.
When you are there, you can feel the quiet and solemn atmosphere as if you are in a library.
Because it was an awards ceremony for literati, there was not much hustle and bustle at the scene.
Even when the popular star Li Qing appeared on the scene, it was only a small-scale commotion. For many writers, even when Taylor Macefield came to the scene, it only made them smile in appreciation.
It is extremely difficult to make these writers with rich inner drama appear crazy.
After announcing the association's speech, Abraham, the president of the Science Fiction Association, invited the governor of Kansas to come to the stage to give a speech.
This is the second time that the Hugo Awards have been held in Kansas, but this is the first time for the governor to stand on the stage of the Hugo Awards Ceremony. There is no long speech by domestic leaders. Governor Edward briefly congratulated the holding of the Science Fiction World Congress.
, and walked off the stage.
The Science Fiction Association conference invited performers from Carnegie Hall in New York. After the musicians played two symphonies live, they went directly to the theme.
There are four categories in the Hugo Awards, namely short story, short novella, long novella, and novel.
The Best Short Story Achievement Award, which only has a few thousand words, was jointly awarded by a world-class best-selling author and the current president of the Science Fiction World Congress. The final winner was the British writer Frank, the author of "Tyrannosaurus Concerto".
The Short and Novella Achievement Award, with a length of about 20,000 words, was personally awarded by Ivan Brodsky, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, and was won by the famous Danish science fiction writer Grace Walker for "The Big Bang".
The Achievement Award for Novellas with a length of less than 100,000 words was awarded by Governor Edward of Kansas. The winner was American science fiction writer Mary Wheatley, and the winning work was "Toward the Future".
Except for "Tyrannosaurus Concerto", which has been published in major newspapers and magazines around the world and has become famous, "Big Bang" and "Going to the Future" are only popular in a small circle. Before the holding of this World Science Fiction Convention, these two
The sales volume of these books can only be considered average, and they are only popular in their respective countries. There are basically no foreign language translations.
But since they have won the Hugo Award, it can be expected that in the next period of time, the sales of these two novels will show a blowout, and the authors of these award-winning works will also receive a net income of more than 100 million.
Ten thousand dollars in royalties.
Finally, there is the Best Long Story Award, which is also the most eye-catching award at the scene.
Generally speaking, most of the Hugo Awards that everyone refers to refer to the Long Story Achievement Award. After all, novels are basically more than 100,000 words, and even millions of words are common. And because they are full-length novels, they are very important to them.
The author's overall view, writing skills, story creation and other abilities are quite difficult, so the author's creative requirements are extremely high.
After all, the logic in all aspects must be clear and perfect.
Such a work often takes several years to complete, the awards are extremely valuable, and the copyright content that can be developed is also diverse.
Therefore, in addition to "The Three-Body Problem", the other four science fiction novels nominated at the same time are also well-known in the circle.
One of the writers even won the Best Medium-length Story Award from the World Science Fiction Convention in 1996. This year is the second time this writer has a work nominated.
In fact, compared to the Three-Body Problem, the currently popular "Harry Potter" series is undoubtedly the most popular fantasy novel in the world, and it is also one of the novels that should be nominated for the Hugo Award. It is one of the best-sellers in the world.
Horrifying and attracting worldwide attention, even without the Hugo Award, "Harry Potter" can still beat the sales of all science fiction novels.
But because "Harry Potter" is a series of novels, the story of each novel ends abruptly halfway through, whetting readers' appetite. This makes many association members think that this novel should not be moved to
The nomination list is up.
After careful consideration, the organizers of the conference decided to withdraw "Harry Potter" from the nomination list, although they did not agree with this approach.
Because "Harry Potter" is a magical novel written by Li Qing, and his other work "The Three-Body Problem" has also been nominated for the Best Novel Award, for now, "Harry Potter" has been withdrawn
", nominating "The Three-Body Problem" should be the most appropriate placement method.
However, the Science Fiction World Congress will not fail to recognize excellent works. The grand world system of "Harry Potter" not only fascinates children, but also makes adults regard it as a classic.
Its best-selling performance is enough to prove its value. Therefore, from the perspective of the organizers of the conference, it is only a matter of time before "Harry Potter" is nominated for the Hugo Award.
The Best Long Story Award has begun to be announced. This time the award was presented by Abraham, President of the World Science Fiction Association. There are a total of five novels nominated, namely "The Golden Candle", "The Left Hand of Darkness", "The Bloody Cross",
"The Three-Body Problem", "Final Earth".
"The 58th World Science Fiction Convention, Best Long Science Fiction Story Achievement Award, the winning work is "The Three-Body Problem"."
"Author Li Qing, translator Liu Yukun."
When President Abraham read out the winning works of the Best Novel Award word by word, as well as the names of the winners and translators, publishing houses around the world began to frantically pull out the manuscripts that had been prepared and began to throw them away.
Go to the printing press and start printing like crazy.
In Asia, people from the news media in many Southeast Asian countries were very excited when they saw this scene. There are only a handful of Asians nominated for the Hugo Award, let alone the winners. Now it is not easy for one to appear. All media
They also began to report actively, publishing news such as "the first Chinese to win the Hugo Award" and "Asian writers to win the Hugo Award".
The most active one is mainland China. At this moment, Phoenix TV, CCTV News Channel and other international channels are broadcasting the awarding of the Hugo Awards live. When I see an old man with blond hair and blue eyes pronouncing the award-winning voice of "The Three-Body Problem"
At that time, fans all over the country were excited.
"Wow, the boss is so awesome! He won the Nobel Prize in Literature right away!"
"This is not the Nobel Prize, this is the Hugo Prize..."
"That's actually true, because the Hugo Award is the Nobel Prize in the science fiction category."
"So far, no Chinese has been able to win such an award."
"This is the first Chinese writer to win the Hugo Award in China. Before this, a Chinese-American was fortunate enough to be nominated for the Hugo Award, but he was only nominated. The only one who won the award like today is Li Qing.
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"The boss is awesome! The boss is mighty and domineering!"