Zhang Junwei was looking at the nomination list. Before he could turn to the bottom of the page, someone in the bookstore shouted.
"I know, I know, I'm just watching. "Flowers for Algernon," "Dune," "I, Robot," and "The Wandering Sea Ball" are all shortlisted."
"Niubi, Niubi, it's probably unprecedented for one person to be shortlisted for four categories."
"It is indeed unprecedented. I thought that Zhang Zhong's works would only be shortlisted for one or two of the Nebula Awards."
"I thought so before, but now that I see these four books have been shortlisted, I feel a little panicked. Don't just think that the scene looks good, but the final result is not good." Luo Wei, who was sitting in the corner, said his thoughts
Worry.
Others suddenly felt that what he said seemed to make sense. Maybe the four nominations given by the Nebula Awards were just an advance comfort.
People shouldn't think blindly. After Luo Wei mentioned it, the more everyone thought about it, the more likely it was.
"It can't be so cruel, right? There are four shortlisted books, but the last one is not included?"
"Maybe there really isn't. Maybe in their eyes, we Chinese authors don't deserve to win the Nebula Award. Giving you four nominations means they think highly of you."
"This is too damn dark. If this is the case, the Nebula Awards will no longer be authoritative. Who will care about them in the future?"
"People have won awards for decades, and they don't care about this year."
"If it's really so bad, we have to seek justice for Zhang Zhongda."
Zhang Junwei stood behind the counter, frowning and shouting, "Why are you so anxious? The nominations have just come out, why are you so pessimistic? Even if the results are not satisfactory then, we will decide what to do then. It still has no effect now."
Why are you so anxious about the matter? After all, this is all your own imagination. Who said that if you nominate four books at once, you won’t win the award, is it just to comfort you in advance?”
"Aren't we anxious? If the results this year are not as expected, we will have to wait another year, and we won't know what will happen by then."
"What's going on? Even if the Nebula Award isn't given to Zhang Zhong this year, it will be given next year. Didn't "The Last Man on Earth" just come out, and you forgot about it so quickly? Don't worry, those people who judge the Nebula Award are not fools, no
They would do such a stupid thing and deny awards for one year, two years, and in a few more years, no one would care about their awards. After all, in addition to the Nebula Award, there is also a Hugo Award." Zhang Junwei said.
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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 right behind the Nebula Award, and the Nebula Award is also under a lot of pressure. They want to balance the quality of the award and politics.
Finding a balance between the two is not an easy task.
As soon as the Nebula Award nomination list came out, Chen Qing called me. Zhang Zhong was eating at that time.
Chen Qing explained the general situation, and Zhang nodded and said nothing more. After all, the result was not much different from what he thought.
In his opinion, at least three books, "Flowers for Algernon", "Dune" and "I, Robot", will definitely be shortlisted.
Let’s not talk about “Dune”, which has won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award on Earth. Moreover, the winning work of the first Earth Novel Award just established by the Nebula Award that year was “Dune”. It can be said that
On Earth, "Dune" is the beginning of the Nebula Awards.
Although "Flowers for Alger" is not considered to have won the double award, this book did win the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, but the awards were different.
At first, it won the Hugo Award as a short story. Several years later, Dennis turned the story into a feature and won the Nebula Award again, which can be regarded as a double award in another way.
As for "I, Robot", it is too early, even earlier than these two awards. However, Zhang Zhong believes that if the time is pushed back, this book will definitely win the award. I am not sure about the double award, but one of them
It can't be run away.
The one thing that made Zhang Zhong slightly unsure was "The Wandering Sea Ball". He did not doubt the quality of this book, but this book had a fatal flaw, that is, the story was huge, but the length was too short.
Such a work will always miss a lot of things. After reading it, many readers will feel that this is an outline novel, and the author has not prepared to explain many things at all, and it seems that it is preparing for a sequel.
"The Wandering Earth" did not receive any honors abroad at that time, due to various 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, which is partly responsible for Zhang Zhong's current fame.
After talking to Chen Qing on the phone, Zhang Zhong was not unconcerned at all. He also looked online for relevant information.
He saw some netizens saying that with the four books nominated this time, it is very likely that he would not win a single award in the end. This move for the Nebula Award might allow him to be a strong supporter.
However, Zhang Zhong himself feels that this statement is not reliable. The Nebula Award is different from the China Detective Master Award.
Chinese detective novels were not prosperous before, and the Detective Master Award is the only award with history and weight in China. They have stayed in the comfort zone for too long, and they have lost their minds with arrogance.
The Nebula Award is different. They also have a Hugo Award behind them. In addition to the Hugo Award of the same level, there are also various other second-category fantasy literary awards. They have always been under great pressure.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that one of Zhang Zhong's books must be worthy of an award, and they would not do something that would risk the disapproval of the world.
Although there are various conspiracy theories on the Internet, many people still came to Zhang Zhongwei to congratulate him.
If nothing else, at least four books were shortlisted for awards, which is unprecedented.
This is a very encouraging thing for the Chinese science fiction circle.
So far, no one has won the Nebula Award, and when it comes to nominations for awards, it can be traced back to 25 years ago. Pang Pai, a Chinese science fiction novelist who has passed away, was nominated for the Nebula Award with his short story "Firefly Fleet".
That was also the closest the Chinese came to the Nebula Award.
Unfortunately, that time was just a companion run.
And from the very beginning, everyone knew that he was just running with me.
"Twenty-five years later, Chinese people are finally able to touch the Nebula Award again, and this time Zhang Zhong entered the competition for the Nebula Award with a strong attitude of having four books shortlisted..."
Zhang Zhong was a little surprised when he saw the news on CCTV. He did not expect that the nomination matter would be on CCTV.
Hu Huifang took back her phone and smiled from ear to ear, "The teachers in the office said that you have brought glory to the country."