"President, don't you think it's strange that there has been no news about the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award yet?" Luo Wei said worriedly to Zhang Junwei in the Green Field Bookstore.
Zhang Junwei was busy with the publication of quotations. When he heard Luo Wei's words, he raised his head.
In fact, a book friend mentioned this in February.
As usual, the Nebula Awards will announce the list of nominations for that year's awards in January or February, but there has been no movement so far this year.
In January, February, and even March, no one took it seriously, but now it's already early June, and there's still no news about the Nebula Awards. Could it be that just like the Hugo Awards last year, they will be suspended this year?
Speaking of the Hugo Award, this award has been weird since last year. Not to mention the last time it was suspended, there has been no movement so far this year, and even voting has not been conducted.
"Maybe they have their own considerations. Anyway, they haven't made an announcement yet. Let's just wait patiently."
Luo Wei was still worried, "It's not these two awards that are messing with our boss."
"How could it be? There are two major awards that have been around for decades. Even if you want to win the eldest, you won't do this. Don't think about it. Tomorrow we will have a meeting of the backbone of the reading club. Please help me. I don't have time to spare.
"Zhang Junwei said.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Seeing Luo Wei going upstairs, Zhang Junwei also sighed secretly. Although he could calmly comfort Luo Wei, he was also worried about what would happen with these two awards.
It shouldn't be a problem if the hair is stopped, I'm just afraid of something unexpected happening.
It’s not just Zhang Junwei and the others who are worried, many other book fans are worried about this matter, and many people have gone to the official social accounts of the Nebula Awards and Hugo Awards [Uuyou Reading www.uutxt.co] to ask for explanations.
As time goes by, the voices of book fans become louder and louder.
【Will there be any prizes this year?】
[I should tell everyone about the suspension.]
[Is it because of pz that this happened now? 】
…
I don’t know if the appeals from netizens had an effect. Just a few days after Children’s Day, on June 6th in the United States, the Nebula Awards and the Hugo Awards released announcements at the same time. The announcements included the nomination list for this year’s awards.
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The two nomination lists were beyond the expectations of netizens.
Especially for the Nebula Award nomination list, Zhang Zhong was shortlisted for seven books.
The problem is that Zhang Zhong only published six science fiction novels last year, namely "The Last Starfish", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Three-Body Problem 1", "Three-Body Part 2 Dark Forest", and "Ender's Game"
, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?".
The seventh book turned out to be "The Wandering Sea Ball" from the year before last.
Some readers who are not familiar with the Nebula Award are a little confused. What happened? Wasn't "The Wandering Sea Ball" a book from the year before last? Moreover, this book was already nominated last year. Why was it nominated again this year?
[Is there a mistake in the Nebula Award?]
【Yeah, it makes me look confused.】
[The two people above are not mistaken. According to the rules of the Nebula Award, it is possible. Because the selection scope of the Nebula Award is works published in the United States in the previous two years. As for the nominations last year and the nominations this year, this
I’ve never heard of it, but it doesn’t violate the rules.】
[I have tasted it. Is it possible that the short story award will be given to "The Wandering Sea Ball" in a few years?]
[It stands to reason that this is the case, otherwise why would we need to nominate a second time? 】
[It’s still hard to say, maybe it’s a gimmick created by the Nebula Awards.]
[Both books in the Three-Body series have been nominated, and Three-Body 1 is classified as a medium novel, while Three-Body 2 is classified as a novel. Is it possible that both books can win the award? 】
[I see you are thinking nonsense, and in my mind, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" should win the feature award.]
[Will Zhang Zhong win several awards this time?]
【Who knows.】
Compared with the Nebula Award, the nomination list for the Hugo Award is much narrower. Zhang Zhong's works have been shortlisted for four categories in total, namely "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Ender's Game", "Three-Body Problem: The Dark Forest",
"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?".
However, it is also very intriguing that the nomination lists for the two awards were announced on the same day so "coincidentally".
This time both parties not only announced the nomination list, but also announced the specific award time.
The Nebula Awards will be presented on August 2nd, while the Hugo Awards will remain unchanged and the awards will still be announced at the scheduled World Science Fiction Convention.
As for the reason for the postponement of the nomination, both sides have given explanations, but of course the explanations are definitely different.
Regarding the Hugo Award, it is said that after the corruption incident within the guild last year, the guild has been rectifying it until now, so the award nominations have been delayed.
The Nebula Awards said that some judges on their judging panel had a contagious cold, which affected the progress of the awards.
Netizens didn't quite believe their reasons, but no matter what, now that the awards have been decided, everyone is in a pretty good mood, so they all discuss this matter with a joking mood.
[As expected, it is a fantasy award, even the reason is so magical. 】
【I don’t care about anything else, as long as pz is shortlisted, I will be satisfied.】
[Will Zhang Zhong go to this year’s World Science Fiction Convention? I am a member. If he goes, I will find a way to get a ticket.]
[I am also a member, isn’t it just a few dozen dollars? 】
[Hey, do you think this day is a bit special? June 6th...]
[If you don’t tell me, I haven’t remembered it yet, but this day is not very auspicious.]
[Today’s announcement means that pz is the devil?]
【You are so imaginative.】
…
Zhang Zhong also thinks this year's Hugo Awards and Nebula Awards are quite interesting. As for the fact that he was shortlisted for seven Nebula Awards and four Hugo Awards, he is not very excited.
These popular fiction awards are just icing on the cake for him now, and his desire for them is not high.
If the judges of these two awards knew Zhang Zhong's thoughts, they would probably scold him.
In fact, they don't want Zhang Zhong to be shortlisted for so many awards. It would be a very bad thing if one person wins the award. Of course, the jury hopes that a hundred flowers can bloom on the list.
But in the science fiction world in the past two years, Zhang Zhong is an unavoidable name.
When discussing the awards before, some judges of the Nebula Awards even felt that Zhang Zhong published too many science fiction novels in one year.
If he only publishes one or two science fiction novels a year, things will be much easier to handle. If he publishes one science fiction novel, he will be given one award, and if he publishes two books, he will be given two awards.
It's okay now. There are shortlisted items in each category, but we can't divide them up yet.
In order to avoid that the novel nominations were all high-profile books, they had to classify a few slightly shorter books into medium-length novels or even novellas.
Even so, in addition to short stories, there are still two heavy books in the other categories.