The netizens who watched the live video on YouTube were going crazy, Lin Han was so frustrated, it was obviously the most important time, but he paused it, and it was itchy to watch!

The editor in charge of the live broadcast of pictures and texts was almost bombarded to death by netizens, obviously Lin Han didn't talk about it, but it became a suspense for him, and he was probably so angry that he vomited blood. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Wow, what's the list of the best novels? Why is there no follow-up? Don't do anything, you'll be beaten to death!"

"Teacher Lin is so handsome when he laughs, I'm going to be corona!"

"It's a man or a woman upstairs, you must be reserved!"

"The editor is dead, hurry up and send the final content, has my "Inception" been in?"

"Faint to death, can you just be neat!"

Lin Han's fans kept scrolling through the news, just waiting for the final result, as of now, Lin Han has also won a short nomination for "The Wandering Earth", if there is no longer a long story, it will be dangerous.

At the press conference at this time, Chen Jiaxuan and Holland also stared at Lin Han, waiting for the announcement of the last item, neither of them spoke, for fear of affecting the live broadcast of the camera on the side.

Lin Han looked at the list in his hand, and he continued: "The most exciting is here, the nominees for Best Novel at this year's Hugo Awards are Ann Luckch for "Subsidiary Mercy", Jim Bucha for "Black Spire", NK Jameson for "The Fifth Season", and "Bouquet for Algernon" and "Three-Body Problem" series, author Lin Han!"

For Chinese readers, the first three novels are hardly heard of, after all, it is difficult for science fiction novels that have only been published for a year to find a publisher to translate so quickly, and for them, Lin Han's book is like thunder.

The "Three-Body Problem" series is inseparable, and it has already won the Nebula Award before, and this time it is also a symbol of strength to be shortlisted again, which is the honor it deserves!

But the selection of "Bouquet for Algernon" is a bit incredible, and the expectations for it are not high, and they never imagined that this book would become a favorite of those members of the World Science Fiction Association.

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Inception", which were really high hopes from readers, both failed and became a pair of difficult brothers!

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" has a great influence, after all, it is a novel that has created a serialized record on "Nature", and the characteristics of the writing are very in line with the aesthetics of foreigners, and the sales in the United Kingdom are more than that of Japan, South Korea, Germany and France combined, and the evaluation and sales in the United States are also good.

It has been ranked among the best in all kinds of selections in the United States and the United Kingdom, and it has also been well received in China, and everyone was basically sure that this book would be shortlisted, because it fits the hatred of Europeans and Americans against China, such as the irony of forced demolition at the beginning!

After the protagonist's home was forcibly demolished, the whole earth was also forcibly demolished, humorous and interesting, the pen is sophisticated, the plot is attractive, and even the character description has broken through the shackles of the past, and the most cute robot Marven has been created.

It wasn't on the list of the best novels, and Lin Han's readers were almost all surprised!

The reason why "Inception" was not shortlisted is very simple, in addition to domestic readers, many foreign readers have not had time to read the book, it has been on the market abroad for a short time, and it was officially released in the week after Lin Han appeared on the cover of Time magazine, and the distribution has not been completely launched.

These members have only heard the name of "Inception", but have not seen its novels, so it is naturally impossible to vote with a clear conscience, after all, they are not members of the Puppy Gang, and voting is still very sensible!

This is probably also the reason why Lin Han has too many works, there are so many novels in every award cycle, and they not only have to fight with the works of other writers, but also with Lin Han's own novels, which can be regarded as a disadvantage.

With the announcement of the list of nominees, the Internet exploded directly, "The Three-Body Problem" is what everyone expects, and "Bouquet for Algernon" is a dark and shiny dark horse!

"Damn, how did those people do it, I don't know how to appreciate such a good novel as "Inception", but fortunately, there is also the "Three-Body Problem" series to comfort me. Three-Body Cultist, please hold me tight!"

"It's reasonable, it's unexpected, I guess those members also have a headache, which one to choose!"

"You said that "Bouquet for Algernon" is very bad, but it's also very good! And my male god Leonardo is going to adapt this novel, the cooperation between the two male gods is great!"

"It's not that it's bad, what the hell are the other three novels, it feels like they were selected to make up the numbers, I haven't heard of it at all, and I can't find the translation name in Qiandu and Google. ”

"Actually, my favorite is Lin Han's short stories, his short stories are even better than the long ones, have you read "Yanjing Folding"? I think it's a lot worse than "The Wandering Earth", but it's a good thing to be nominated. ”

"In the lifetime series, there is actually a second Chinese science fiction writer who can also enter the nomination list, which shows that our science fiction has indeed improved!"

"If Lin Han's name is on a par with the rest of the science fiction masters, I will admit it, but what the hell are these, I can't stand it at all!"

After announcing the nominations for all the awards, the major media immediately made a summary and began to report, and at the same time, the World Science Fiction Association also began to send emails to all members, informing them of the nominations, and the next thing is to invite those nominees to come to the scene as much as possible, but that's none of Lin Han's business.

But at the moment, his live broadcast is not over yet: "Actually, this is a good book list, if you happen to be short of books at this time, the novels in it will be recommended to you." The World Science Fiction Convention invites all friends who like and care about science fiction to come and gather, and Yanjing will be seen in July!"

After saying this, the cameraman on the scene immediately turned off the live broadcast signal, and the nomination process ended here, and the World Science Fiction Convention will decide the final winner of the Hugo Award half a month later.

Chairman Tom Holland's face was a little bad, even if Lin Han walked up to him, he only barely squeezed out a smile: "Congratulations, dear Lin, I hope you can get this award." ”

"Mr. Holland, can I ask why you are unhappy now?" Lin Han said casually, now the nomination is just the icing on the cake for him, and only winning the award will have a real effect.

"You know Sad Puppy and Crazy Puppy, right? The two of them are once again on the shortlist, last year we smashed the Puppy Gang's operation, but this year it's a comeback, which is not a good thing!"

As the Hugo Award nominations became more widespread, the members of the Puppy Gang claimed to be the inheritors of the American science fiction tradition, using the power of their team to support certain writers to get nominations, so as to interfere with their political opponents in the science fiction community.

Last year, their campaign was an unprecedented success in the nomination phase, dominating or completely dominating the shortlist in several award categories, becoming the culmination of that series of actions!

However, at the awards ceremony, the Puppy Gang failed to achieve a carnival, except for Lin Han, who completely defeated Robin in the head-to-head competition and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, many of the other members of the Puppy Gang would rather be vacant and let the award be vacant, rather than give the award to the work nominated by the Puppy Gang.

I did this once last year, and if I still let the awards vacate this year, it would be a complete compromise to the Puppy Gang, and we can't cancel those awards!

Many voters objected to the Puppy Gang because some of the works were nominated by the Puppy Gang, and this year the Puppy Gang learned the lesson of last year, and this year many projects were nominated again, and many writers were successfully shortlisted for the final awards.

There are just a few differences, most of last year's nominees were more in line with the Puppy Gang's own interests, and this year's Puppy Gang nominees include many authors and works that have been widely acclaimed among sci-fi fans, industry leaders, and Hugo Award voters.

For example, they chose to put "A Bouquet for Algernon", which is not so strong in Lin Han's science fiction works, to the list of nominees, and replaced the award-winning "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"!

In this way, the two writers they supported could have a slight lead in the face of "Bouquet for Algernon" and not be so passive.

In addition to "Bouquet for Algernon", although several other popular works are also on their support list, the support of the Puppy Gang did not play a big role in the entire award process, and they just forcibly took the credit in their arms!

For example, if "Bouquet for Algernon" wins the Hugo Award, isn't Lin Han himself the biggest contributor?

The members of the gang of puppies seemed to rush in front of a parade that was already on the march, and then claimed to have led the parade. This kind of behavior is quite outrageous and disgusting!

Last year, a number of Hugo Award finalists voluntarily gave up the selection in order to avoid being associated with the Puppy Gang list, including Brian Howard, the man Lin Han met at the conference, whose "Battleship Master" resolutely withdrew after winning the nomination, and finally allowed Lin Han's novel "The Martian" to be the lucky loser and join the nomination list at the last minute.

"We have to take action, or the whole Hugo Awards will be ruined by the Puppy Gang. Tom Holland said righteously, he couldn't watch the Hugo Awards fade under his nose.

Lin Han also thinks that the Puppy Gang is a nasty tumor, but how to eradicate them is still a problem that needs to be considered! )