"There was no upset, no surprise. Just as we expected, "Clockwork Girl" finally won the best feature award at this year's Nebula Awards. Last year, Zhang Zhong only published one full-length science fiction novel, but he also gave readers
It brings a world that is so cruel and so real. The clever POV perspective brings us the ultimate reading experience, Chen Fusheng, Anderson, Mieko..."
"In addition, Linde seems to have missed a record. The award for "The Wind-Up Girl" not only made Zhang Zhong the first author in history to win the Nebula Award for Best Novel for three consecutive years, but also made him the first author in history to win the Nebula Award for Best Novel for three consecutive years.
The author with the most Nebula Awards. Before that, this title belonged to Willis, the famous American science fiction novelist. Willis won the Nebula Award six times. Thirty years have passed. Just tonight, Zhang
Zhang Zhong broke this 30-year-old record and became the first person in history. And we have reason to believe that as long as Zhang Zhong is still writing, this record will continue to be broken by himself."
When Linde announced that the Best Novel Award went to "The Clockwork Girl", Hu Gang picked up the prepared manuscript and read it loudly.
There is one thing that Hu Gang has not said in his heart, that is, he believes that no one can break this record except Zhang Zhong himself, unless Lucky Prize will expand the types of awards wildly in the future and award dozens of awards in one session.
But, if this is the case, can it still be called the Nebula Award?
As a professional host, of course it is impossible to prepare only one manuscript.
In fact, there is another manuscript just to his right, the content of which is to prepare for the situation if the best feature is not awarded to "The Wind-up Girl".
Fortunately, that manuscript was not used.
Zhang Zhong stood up again and walked towards the stage before his butt was even warmed from sitting.
The reason why "Clockwork Girl" won the award was also announced on the radio.
"A future that we seem to be able to touch is slowly unfolding in the world of "Clockwork Girl"..."
Stepping on the spot, Zhang Zhong walked onto the stage.
Taking the trophy from Linde, Zhang Zhong laughed in a low voice, "When did you run up here?"
"Just when you're not paying attention." Linde smiled and patted Zhang Zhong on the shoulder, "Next time they ask me to award an award, I won't do it."
"How about you come up to receive the award?"
"Of course I'd be happy to do that."
After briefly speaking to Linde, Zhang Zhong walked to the microphone with the trophy.
Zhang Zhong stayed on stage for too long tonight. Except when he didn't come up when the screenplay award was presented, he was on stage most of the time.
He received two awards for himself and presented another award to Feng He.
Last year, Zhang Zhong didn't have time to come over to receive the award because he was signing a book signing, but this year he made up for the time to show his face.
"Good evening everyone."
After winning two awards, it would really be unreasonable to say nothing, so Zhang Zhong was prepared to say a few more words.
"When a work is published for people to read and review, it will naturally receive a variety of opinions. "Clockwork Girl" is no exception. Some people say it is biopunk, some say it is dystopia, and others say it is...
It is not a science fiction novel at all, but a social novel disguised as science fiction. In fact, it doesn’t matter how you say it. There are many elements in a novel of hundreds of thousands of words, and everyone sees it differently.
As for defining a work, I personally think that is what scholars should do. Even the author would not characterize his novel unless it is a certain type of novel. At the same time, I suggest that readers do not need to do this.
This will lose the pleasure of reading..."
What Zhang Zhong said didn't seem to fit well with today's theme, but he also felt it.
"Clockwork Girl" is the worst-selling novel among all his science fiction novels, and it is also the most controversial. Some extreme readers even think that it is not a science fiction novel at all because the setting in it is not scientific at all.
In the past, there were always arguments about soft science fiction and hard science fiction in China. Later, some people simply classified certain works into the science fiction category.
And this trend seems to be spreading around the world.
This is not a good thing.
After saying his feelings, Zhang Zhong sprinkled some chicken soup for everyone to try. He changed the subject and said, "Creating a world is a happy thing. Human beings are so small. If the thoughts are still affected by the body,
Constraints are a waste of our thinking brains. Here, I would like to quote a sentence: I can be trapped in a walnut shell and still think that I am a king without boundaries. When we are reading a book,
When you indulge in imagining those strange worlds that only belong to you, you have already received a gift, a transmission of thoughts, and it is even closely related to the cultural and artistic life on a larger scale and in more distant time and space..."
After sprinkling the chicken soup, Zhang Zhong bowed to salute, and then walked off the stage amidst a round of applause.
At this point, the Nebula Awards are almost over.
Lampard took the stage and gave a closing speech, and the Nebula Award Ceremony was concluded successfully.
However, Zhang Zhong and the others cannot leave yet, as there will be interviews with reporters later.
When walking on the red carpet before, reporters only took photos and left the interviews after the award ceremony.
Zhang Chonglinde said something, and then took Feng He to the interview area.
This year, a total of four awards were given out, and two of the awards were won by Zhang Zhong alone, so there were only three people in the interview area.
But this is already better than last year, because last year, except for the screenplay award, all other three awards were won by Zhang Zhong. However, Zhang Zhong did not come to the scene last year. Chen Qing helped give his acceptance speech and did not go to accept reporters.
Interview.
During last year's interview session, only the screenplay award winner stood alone in the interview area.
Marco, the winner of the screenplay award, stood aside very wisely. He knew who was the protagonist today.
Of course, reporters also focused more on Zhang Zhong and Feng He.
"Pz, first of all, congratulations on winning the Short Story Award and the Novel Award tonight. Can I ask if you have any plans for science fiction novels this year?"
Zhang Zhong shook his head, "Not yet."
"In the past two years, your science fiction works have become less and less. Does this mean that you will gradually transform in the future? You will not even write science fiction novels anymore?"
"No, I have no intention of transforming. As I said on stage before, don't characterize the work or the author. What you want to write sometimes depends on fate." Zhang Zhong replied.
"Is it possible for "Clockwork Girl" to be made into a movie?"
"Of course, any novel may be made into a film and television work, and "The Wind-Up Girl" is no exception."