Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 649

The host Hu Gang and the two guests are in a good mood. The ceremony has not officially started at this moment, and they are chatting more relaxedly.

Compared with last year's Nebula Award, this year's advantage is much greater for Huaxia, or for Zhang Zhong personally.

This year, Zhang Zhong alone has been nominated for seven books for the Nebula Award, which has never happened since the establishment of the Nebula Award.

Putting other things aside, just writing seven science fiction books in two years is not something that ordinary people can do.

Of course, there are loopholes that can be exploited. If a certain author’s work has not been released locally in the United States, it can be sold several times a year after saving for a few years.

But this kind of loophole is simply unrealistic, and no well-known writer will be able to do this kind of thing.

Besides, most of the writers who were originally shortlisted for the Nebula Award were from the United States.

"Ms. Li, Zhang Chong has been shortlisted for seven books for the Nebula Awards this year. Which ones do you like the most?" Hu Gang, the host, began to guide the topic.

Li Qin said with a smile, "I personally like the two books in the Three-Body Problem series, and I am also very optimistic about "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "Ender's Game". But the one I have the most confidence in is "The Wandering Sea Ball" , I think this book should win this year's short story award."

"Oh? Teacher Li, are you so optimistic about "The Wandering Sea Ball"?"

"The reason why I am optimistic about it is to analyze it from outside the market. After all, this is a book from the year before last. The jury should not take this book out for no reason for no reason." Li Qin said.

Hu Gang smiled and said, "Many netizens hold the same opinion as Mr. Li. That's right, as a novel released the year before last, it was still nominated for the Nebula Award once, so we have no choice but to go to it." It is guessed that the judging committee may want to rectify the name of this legacy."

Feng He went on to say, "I think there are fewer seven nominations this year."

"It's missing?" The host Hu Gang was a little surprised, "Does Teacher Fenghe think that "A Bouquet for Algiers" that was shortlisted last year should also be shortlisted?"

Feng He shook his head, "That's not true, I just think "The Adventures of Chunyu Fen" should have a place."

"Chunyu Fen's Adventures?"

Both Hu Gang and Li Qin were a little surprised, because most people would not associate this book with the Nebula Award.

But if you think about it carefully, it would be understandable if "The Adventures of Chunyu Fen" is really shortlisted for the Nebula Award, because the Nebula Award is not just for science fiction works, it is also for some excellent fantasy novels.

However, it is not easy for fantasy novels to win the Nebula Award. Even the fantasy master Linde has only won a Nebula Award so far.

Hearing Feng He's words, many netizens who were watching also agreed.

[Yeah, I've always been thinking about "The Adventures of Chunyu Fen", such a good novel, why does it get so little attention. 】

[Indeed, it's good to be shortlisted, even if you can't win an award. 】

[I hope Zhang Chong can pay attention to the film and television adaptation of "The Adventures of Chunyu Fen". I am very optimistic about this IP. 】

【What are you thinking? Seven entries have been shortlisted for the first time. Is there still room for another entry? 】

[If Zhang Zhong releases one more science fiction novel every year, will the Nebula Award become his own stage? 】

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Hu Gang did not continue to talk about the topic of "The Adventures of Chunyu Fen", but began to introduce the general situation of the Nebula Awards to the audience.

"The camera caught Linde just now, he is a frequent visitor to the Nebula Award Ceremony..."

The award ceremony was inked for a while, and when the audience no longer wanted to listen to the host, the award ceremony began.

The first award was the Excellent Screenplay Award. This award has no sense of existence for the Nebula Award, and most people don't pay much attention to it.

This year's winner of the award is last year's hit movie "Headers from Space 2020", which was also the highest-grossing sci-fi movie last year.

After the screenplay award, the short story award is next.

Penny Austin, a well-known beautiful science fiction writer, is on the stage, and she is about to present an award for short stories.

Penny Austin is dressed in sexy clothes with a variety of styles. Tonight, she specially dyed her sky blue hair, which is particularly eye-catching on the stage.

"The winner's name is written on the card in my hand, let me see who can finally win..." Penny Austin opened the card in her hand as she spoke, suddenly raised her eyebrows and laughed, "This is a man I know."

This is obviously nonsense. As a well-known socialite in the literary world, Penny Austin has a wide range of friends. I am afraid that she knows everyone here.

And she only said that she knew each other, and didn't say how the relationship between the two was.

The authors shortlisted for the Short Story Award are at least well-known, and even a slightly more experienced sci-fi fan may recognize them all.

Hu Gang seemed to be familiar with Penny Austin's routine, and he didn't feel nervous at all. Instead, he teased, "It seems that it will take a while for us to know the name of the winner."

But this time, Penny Austin didn't follow the routine. She had just sold a pass, and said with a smile, "Let's congratulate pz, the short story award is his "The Wandering Sea Ball."

When she said the answer so directly, the audience was stunned for a moment. It was too fast, and it was not Penny Austin's style at all. She has always had a lot of foreplay.

Even Hu Gang was a beat slow.

After a pause of about a second, he remembered his responsibilities, patted the table and said, "Congratulations to "The Wandering Sea Ball", congratulations to Zhang Zhong, after a year, I finally made up for last year's regrets, and won the best short story award." He is the only writer who has won three awards in two years, and the only writer who has won the Nebula Award for two consecutive years at the age of 31..."

The barrage is full of flowers and congratulations.

Zhang Zhong was not present, and it was Chen Qing who accepted the award instead.

Chen Qing's words of thanks are of course very simple, thank you to the jury, thank you to the readers...

The following short novelette, Zhang Zhong, was not shortlisted and passed quickly.

When it came to the novella, Zhang Chong had two books shortlisted, namely "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" " and "Three-Body 1 Past Events on Earth".

In fact, the further you get to the back, the more likely everyone thinks that Zhang Chong will be able to win the award, because there are a total of six shortlisted works in the novella, and Zhang Zhong alone accounts for two, and the probability reaches one-third, which is higher than others. .

Although everyone knows that this is not the case, they can't help but think so.

Besides, compared with these two novels, the other four have received little attention at all.

　Such a long vacation, I really want to go out and surf
　　
　
(End of this chapter)