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In the past, at most, two works by the same writer were shortlisted, but now Lin Han has broken this tradition, last year he had three works shortlisted, and this year he directly occupied all five works!

Everyone is at a loss for what to do with this situation, and they don't know how to deal with it!

There is no precedent in history to follow, and the nomination mechanism of the Hugo Award has also not made any restrictions, if it is really announced in this way, the topic will definitely be indispensable, but it will definitely be a test of the authority of the Hugo Award.

In fact, it is extremely normal for such a situation to occur, science fiction has been extremely prosperous in the past few decades, and even the most powerful science fiction king may not necessarily dominate the list continuously, and the competitiveness is very great!

But in the 90s of the last century, the charm of science fiction began to be greatly reduced, the shackles of subject matter and writing style were obvious, and in the 21st century, there was a lack of good works.

Not long ago, the American Locus Awards came up with a century selection, allowing online readers to vote for the best sci-fi/fantasy novels of the 20th and 21st centuries!

In this poll, there are too many classics of the 20th century, and the competition for the top 20 is very fierce.

But in the 21st century, it is even more difficult to choose, not because there are too many classics, but precisely because there are too few classics!

The science fiction of the entire 21st century can be described as miserable, half of the first 20 novels were written by Lin Han, and the level of science fiction in the whole world can be imagined.

Of course, less than a fifth of the century has passed, what if something more classic will emerge in the next few decades?

Now in the world science fiction literature, the dominance of the Lin Han family is undoubtedly revealed.

Although the American publishing industry tries its best to deny this fact, they can't accept that a yellow-skinned Chinese is actually above them in the field of science fiction!

Every decade or so, someone says that science fiction has dried up and that there will be no more good new authors. This time finally verified this sentence, in the past few years, except for Lin Han, there are really no impressive authors in the science fiction world.

The American Science Fiction Writers Association has spent a lot of energy to cultivate and promote the new generation of writers, but they are all Adou who can't be supported, and they are quite lacking in creativity!

In the end, it was the middle-aged and elderly writers who could barely write some excellent short stories, and the reserve force seriously did not do it.

The hunger and thirst of readers can be seen in the first place, and the fact that Lin Han's novels have sold well all over the world again and again is the best proof of this!

Originally, today was supposed to be the time to announce the nominations for this year's Hugo Awards to the world, but after the variable of Lin Han appeared, it was delayed again and again.

"Chris, maybe we can get the whole team to come up with a measure where the same writer can only have a maximum of two works on one award. Regardless of the high votes for the rest of the works, we only choose the two works that are the highest. What do you think?"

Billy looked at the rest of the people in the office, and he said the solution he had come up with.

Chris, who was named, had to express his opinion, "It's too targeted, and doing this kind of thing needs to be done at the general meeting." When the World Science Fiction Convention is held, we will limit the nomination rules for next year and beyond, and it is not appropriate to do it now!"

"I'll vote for you, Chris. Kirk didn't want to have trouble with Lin Han at this juncture, the current Lin Han is not the original him, he is no longer short of a Hugo Award, what people lack is a more important award!

It can be said that it is precisely because of Lin Han's many works that the authority of the Hugo Award has been renewed for several years, and Lin Han's series of science fiction classics are enough to be called classics even in the last century.

"Maybe we can discuss this matter with Lin Han, can we discuss a way to get the best of both worlds. Chris suggested.

Of course, they could have concealed the voting results and deleted Lin Han's next few nominations without telling anyone in the outside world!

But if this matter is leaked, not only will the prestige of the Hugo Award be seriously damaged, but even the members and writers will lose trust in the Hugo Award!

Compared with the media, they felt that it was more certain to persuade Lin Han.

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At about nine o'clock that night, Lin Han and Chen Jiaxuan were lying on the rattan chairs on the balcony looking at the sky, the light pollution in the city was very serious, and the brightest stars almost disappeared.

Lin Han took a bite of chilled cantaloupe with a toothpick, and he said, "If only I could enjoy it like this every day!"

"You could, but you're so busy. So in the future, I don't bother to refute you. ”

Chen Jiaxuan wrapped the light veil on her body, and the cool breeze at night was still quite cold, blowing her hair slightly with the wind.

The two of them chatted with each other until Lin Han's mobile phone rang!

There are very few people who know Lin Han's private number, not to mention that this is still a call from abroad, Lin Han thought it was from the British Penguin Publishing Group Alex, and he didn't think much about it.

"Hello, this is Lin Han, may I ask who you are?"

"Dear Lin, I'm sorry to call you at this time, we are members of the executive jury of this year's Hugo Awards. I'm Chris, next to Kirk and Billy, and Charles and Blake. ”

After hearing that the other party reported to his home, Lin Han couldn't help but wonder, when he nominated and won the award before, he didn't see the Hugo Award jury call him, and there were so many people together, this was too grand, didn't he encounter transnational phone fraud?

But he happened to be fine, and while he was vigilant, he signaled to Chen Jiaxuan, turned on the speakerphone and asked her to use her mobile phone to check the authenticity and confirm it.

"Hi guys. I'm curious as to why you're calling at this time, I remember that I submitted a list of Hugo Award nominees this year, is there something wrong with the books I recommend?"

Chris denied it again and again: "No, no, the Chinese science fiction writer Li's "Out of the Mother Universe" you recommended is very good, and to be honest, we like it very much." Unfortunately, it didn't make it a candidate for Best Novel. ”

"That's a pity. Lin Han originally just wanted to help Li Wenyuan, and it didn't matter if his novel was nominated or not, but if Li Wenyuan's book could be nominated, it would make him go further!

"But we have to congratulate you, the top five nominees for Best Novel this year are all your novels, and this has never happened before!"

Lin Han turned his head and looked at Chen Jiaxuan, "Really?

At this time, Billy said approvingly on the other side of the phone: "It's really crazy, we don't dare to announce the list of nominees." ”

Chris glanced at Billy with some dissatisfaction, and said that he would be solely responsible.

"You know it's crazy, and if we put this list of nominees out there, it will be fatal not only for you, but also for the Hugo Awards. So we want to negotiate with you to resolve this matter. ”

Chen Jiaxuan was speechless when she heard it on the side, she quickly typed on her mobile phone and showed it to Lin Han, "It's not your fault that you got so many nominations, it was voted for justifiably, why should you negotiate!"

Lin Han shook his head again and again after seeing it, he knew that Chen Jiaxuan was fighting for himself, but he had to listen to what Chris and the others wanted to solve.

"This incident is indeed caused by the imperfection of our nomination mechanism, so I want to say sorry to you. We have decided that this rule will be added when the World Science Fiction Convention is held this year, and each writer can only have a maximum of two works shortlisted for the same award. But this year, we're thinking about how about privately enforcing this rule earlier?"

"I'm sorry, what's in it for me to do this?" Lin Han asked rhetorically, he was not a subordinate of the Hugo Award, and he couldn't bear the consequences of other people's mistakes.

Chris also knows that Lin Han's thoughts are extremely realistic, normal people will ask this, after all, the words of the five nominations should be unprecedented and unprecedented, and I am afraid that the media of the whole world will be a sensation.

Now what he and others are doing is to let Lin Han weaken his influence, why do you want to do this if there is no benefit!

"We've all discussed and are going to award you the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of your great contribution to the world's science fiction literature, and as the youngest Lifetime Achievement Award winner, your exposure should be compensated. ”

Lifetime Achievement Awards are generally given to those who are highly respected and can only be enjoyed at the end of their lives, and only those who have made important contributions to science fiction literature and are widely recognized are eligible to receive them!

But now that Lin Han is less than 30 years old, the Hugo Award is willing to award this award to Lin Han!

In order to prevent Lin Han's five nominations from appearing, they did show their greatest sincerity!

After all, in the history of the Hugo Award, this award is not awarded every year, or even once in ten years, and there are only five people who have won this award, and there are only six people counting Lin Han.

In fact, Lin Han is indeed worthy of this award, age is not a measure of the size of a person's contribution, although he is very young, but the promotion and development history of world science fiction literature is obvious to all!

Although there will be people who question the authority of the Hugo Award, there are certainly not many of them.

Lin Han gasped, and he said to the phone: "Sorry, I have to think about it, and I'll call you back later, okay?"

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I'm sorry to everyone.,I didn't break out successfully today because of physical reasons.,I owe more and wait for my body to get better and make up for it.,I didn't expect to drop the chain at this time.。

I don't know what I ate, I have acute gastroenteritis, and the whole person who vomits and diarrhea can't toss.