It has been a long time since there has been a tie for the Hugo Award for Best Novel. The last time the names of two books appeared on the list of Best Novel winners at the same time was back in 1993. Thirty years have passed since then.
It's been years.
In fact, since the establishment of the Hugo Awards, there have not been many cases of tying for the award. Let alone Best Novel, even if all awards are counted, there are only a handful of cases of tying.
In recent years, due to the continuous improvement of the selection model of the Hugo Award, it is almost impossible to tie for the award because the requirements are too high and the probability is too small.
This year, because the Hugo Awards experienced a crazy rush of votes, the selection rules were appropriately changed, which made this situation possible. Of course, as for the specific situation, no one can say for sure, and the newly changed rules have become less like
It was so transparent before.
pz made history!
This is what everyone present thought.
Although the Hugo Awards have been tied for winning in the past, the winning works were all from different writers. This time, it is the first time that two works are from the same person.
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the master of science fiction pz has unique ingenuity and clever layout. During the long journey, it sometimes pushes readers into a dangerous environment full of dangers, and sometimes brings us into a wonderful world full of poetry and painting. The magnificent scenes are described with meticulous attention to detail.
The detailed depictions appear alternately..."
When the radio began to play the reasons for winning the award for "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", Zhang Zhong knew that he had to start walking to the stage.
But he didn't have to worry at all, because after the broadcast of the reasons for winning the award for "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", the reasons for winning the award for "Three-Body Problem: The Dark Forest" were broadcast immediately.
“The universe is a dark forest, and every civilization is a hunter with a gun, sneaking in the forest like a ghost, gently pushing aside the branches blocking the road, trying not to make a sound with his footsteps, and even breathing must be careful...
"Three-Body 2 Dark Forest" shows everything that starfish civilization can experience in the universe, vast and vast yet meticulous. The dark forest has harsh laws and hope for survival. The shock, feelings and thinking that pz brings to people,
Taken to a new dimension in this book. Remember, don’t answer, don’t answer, don’t answer!”
When the last "Don't Answer" sounded, Zhang Zhong stepped onto the stage with one foot.
Zhang Zhong also put a lot of thought into stepping on it better.
After taking the stage, Llorente hugged him like an old acquaintance.
"Congratulations, pz."
Zhang Zhong patted his back and said, "Thank you."
Then the two separated, Zhang Zhong walked forward, and a staff member brought two trophies over.
Zhang Zhong looked at the two trophies and smiled. The Hugo Award was quite kind. At least it did not award only one trophy because the works were all his.
The Hugo Award trophy has no fixed shape, but it is roughly the same every time, with a rocket on it.
When the awards first began to be awarded, everyone was more casual and made a temporary rocket out of stainless steel with a wooden base underneath. The shape was simple and ugly.
Later, someone suggested using the oldsmobile logo as a trophy, but it didn't look very good, so I designed one myself.
Although it is a design, it is nothing new. It is still a rocket, but the workmanship is not as rough as before.
After so many years, the main image of the rocket has been retained.
This year's trophy has two golden maple leaves embedded on the edge of the award.
It's probably gold-plated. Given the poor nature of the World Science Fiction Convention, it's impossible for them to decorate it with pure gold maple leaves. The cost would be too high and not cost-effective.
Zhang Zhong held a trophy in one hand, leaned in front of the microphone, smiled and said, "Although it is a bit arrogant to speak with a trophy in both hands, who is it that Mr. Llorente is not willing to come and help?"
Llorente, who was standing in the back, was cued, walked over with a smile, grabbed two trophies from Zhang Zhong, and then ran to the back.
Zhang Zhong looked at his empty hands and shrugged, "I feel a lot more relaxed now. Thank you Mr. Llorente for your help, but please don't forget to return the trophy to me later."
Llorente made a "three" sign with his hand behind him, which meant that he had three of these things and it was not unusual.
The interaction between the two made the whole room burst into laughter.
"First of all, I would like to thank the organizing committee for giving me this award. Before I came to Wellington, someone asked me if I had any expectations for this visit. I told the person who asked me that I hoped that the weather in Wellington would not be too cold. My expectations were met.
Realize, the weather in Wellington has been very good these two days. In addition, I also received some unexpected surprises - those two heavy trophies. Originally, I thought I would return empty-handed, or only get one, but
Unexpectedly, 'good things come in pairs'. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" tells the story of an adventurer. Apart from the "mysterious" popular science knowledge, it doesn't look much like a science fiction novel. I often read comments from netizens on the Internet.
I found that many teenagers like this book very much. However, the reason why they like this book is not because they can learn knowledge from it, but because of some wonderful fantasies in it. In China, when people describe creativity, they often
A new word is used, called brain hole. I don’t know where this word comes from, but I think it is very vivid. When the hole in our head gets bigger, the need may be greater.
Extraordinary imagination to fill these holes. Obviously "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is not a very imaginative novel, it seems to be quite satisfactory..."
"When I learned that "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "The Three-Body Problem" won the award at the same time, I was very happy, not because of my own honor, but because of the traditional elements and imagination in science fiction novels.
It is a gratifying thing that elements can be recognized by everyone at the same time. Science fiction novels are translated into 'kehuan' novels in Chinese languages. 'kehuan' consists of two words, namely science and fantasy. Tonight's two books
The award-winning book represents exactly these two words..."
Zhang Zhong did not prepare a manuscript, but he could still cope with such a scene.
The Hugo Awards ceremony is now coming to an end, and there will be no other important events next, so the entire stage is given to Zhang Zhong. He does not need to consider whether his acceptance speech is too long and will affect the progress of the ceremony.
However, Zhang Zhong didn't say too much. After talking for six or seven minutes, he ended his acceptance speech.
"Finally, I would like to thank all the readers who support me, and I hope you can continue to support me."
When Zhang Zhong was about to walk off the stage with Llorente, Hilde ran out again and handed Zhang Zhong a card, "Pz, I have something to ask you to do a favor for."
"This is?" Zhang Zhong looked at the card in his hand suspiciously.
Hilde said in a nonchalant way, "You'll know it when you read it. What you have to do is very simple, just read out the contents of the card."
After saying that, Hilde left. Seeing that he had nothing to do, Llorente said, "I'm going down first, and I'll keep the trophy for you first."
Zhang nodded, returned to the microphone, and then opened the card Hilde gave him.
When he saw the content in the card, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Then he held the microphone and said, "I announce that the host city of the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention is... Jiangyang!"