On March 18, 1984, which was a very important day for China's science fiction community, the Science Fiction Literature Committee was officially established on this day. [Shrimp literature

From this day on, China's science fiction literature left the dirty attack, the attack and constraint from all sides, and began to set sail above the sea.

From this day on, Chinese science fiction, which has been accumulating development power in silence, and Chinese science fiction, which has been seeking understanding and support in loneliness, finally stood tall and appeared in front of the world science fiction world.

On the same day, in Chengdu, Sichuan, the "First General Meeting of the Science Fiction Literature Committee and the First Galaxy Award Ceremony" was grandly held.

The conference was jointly sponsored by two newspapers, "Science and Art" in Sichuan and "Wisdom Tree" in Tianjin.

Because of the great changes in China's science fiction industry, as early as the beginning of March, after the science fiction community basically decided to establish the Science Fiction Literature Committee of the Writers Association, everyone began to organize the inaugural meeting of the Science Fiction Literature Committee in full swing. During this period, the two newspapers "Science Literature and Art" and "Wisdom Tree" stood out and became the organizers of this event, and the venue of the conference was Chengdu, Sichuan, where the "Science Literature and Art" newspaper office is located.

During the preparation of the conference, Zheng Wenguang, the father of science fiction in China, was just as happy as everyone else, although he was lying on his hospital bed and unable to move. In a letter to Ye Yonglie, Wu Dingpai, Yang Xiao and other conference organizers, Zheng Wenguang put forward a very constructive proposal to establish a science fiction award of its own in the Chinese science fiction industry.

His opinion was quickly unanimously agreed by all science fiction writers, so while preparing for the first general meeting of the Science Fiction Literature Committee, the Galaxy Award, the first award of Chinese science fiction, was also organized at the same time.

As the time gets closer and closer to March 18, science fiction writers and some science fiction fans from all over China began to gather in Chengdu, Sichuan.

When the day comes, the small auditorium of Sichuan University in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, will be full, and it will be here that the first general meeting of the Science Fiction Literature Committee will begin, and the award ceremony of the first Galaxy Award will begin.

The reason why this conference can be held in Sichuan University is thanks to the good social relations of Comrade Yang Xiao, the president of Science and Art, and it is precisely because of him that Sichuan University lent the auditorium to the conference.

At this time, the whole venue was very lively" and the most striking thing was that the monogram of the conference hanging high on the rostrum was divided into two halves of light and dim by straight meridians, which may not only be the division between day and night, not only the boundary between today and tomorrow, but the connection between the past and the future. [Shrimp literature, a slender man, Hugh lifted a bright red star out of the horizon with a graceful leaping gesture, "holding out the roundness of the earth and the space limited by human thinking."

Looking at the dazzling monogram, everyone's hearts were extremely excited, and from the eyes of the participants, everyone also read out the name of the dazzling star: science fiction.

In addition to the representatives of Chinese science fiction writers, reporters from major newspapers, and some enthusiastic science fiction fans who came from all over the country to observe the science fiction conference, Wen Jize, chairman of the China Science Popularization Writers Association, Bao Chang, executive secretary of the China Writers Association, Li Zhi, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, Liu Shahe, Tong Enzheng, famous writers, Li Lizhong and Zhou Yuzhen of the Provincial Association for Science and Technology, were all invited to appear at the conference.

And a few guests from afar surprised everyone. These people are Osamu Iwage, president of the Japanese Chinese Science Fiction Research Association, Alice, a British science fiction graduate student, and Robert Heinlein, who has been stranded in China for a month

It is said that the American science fiction delegation actually planned to leave China as early as March 5, because of the pleas of Wu Dingpai and others, Robert deliberately stayed, "Only the sturdy young Mark and the freckled girl Sarah accompanied him, and the others returned to the United States as originally planned."

At this time, Robert and other foreigners, who were guests, were sitting in the front row of the rostrum chatting, and beside Iwajo, Govern was there.

"Ge-kun, your novels are really popular in our Japan" The response to "Asamido", "Chinese Sun" and "Pastoral" was particularly enthusiastic............" Iwakami Osamu tilted his head sideways and said to Govin Rory in a very respectful tone.

Govern rolled his eyes, this Osamu Iwagami came to Chengdu yesterday, this guy arrived in Chengdu, and after knowing that he was Govyn, "he has been pestering him, discussing the development of science fiction with him over and over again, praising his science fiction novels, and making him feel a little scared with enthusiasm" Several times he escaped by urine.

Why wasn't he annoyed?

Govin was patient and replied, "Really? ”

Osamu Iwagami nodded seriously and said, "Yes, the circulation of the magazine "Cosmic Dust" of Liu Deng's novels has increased by three percentage points as a result, and Japanese readers are very curious about you, and many people hope that you can go to Japan, so that they can see what this thoughtful science fiction writer is like............

"Ha, as long as you don't covet my manuscript fee, I'm not interested in anything else, and if you think the eggs are delicious, will you go to see what the hen looks like?"

Hearing Gowen's teasing, Iwakami stood up from his seat, and then bowed ninety degrees to Gowen, "Ge Jun, I apologize for my negligence last time, and please forgive me!" ”

"You............ What are you doing, sit down, sit down. Govin was taken aback by Iwakami's movements, and quickly pulled him back to his seat.

The negligence that Iwakami refers to is that the letter he sent to Govin was somehow lost, so Govin didn't know that his novel had won the Nebula Award in Japan, and only learned about it through the guò newspaper.

On the one hand, Osamu Iwagami was invited to China to attend this conference, how could he miss such an important event for a researcher of Chinese science fiction? On the other hand, Osamu Iwagami had already known to Wu Dingbai that Govern had not received his letter, and that he had come in person this time to not only apologize to Govern, but also bring the trophy of the Nebula Award and the manuscript fee for his recently translated novel by Govern.

Govin was very crooked.

Lost letters are a common thing in this day and age, let alone cross-border letters. So the responsibility is not on Osamu Iwakami, but this guy always apologizes to himself, so that he has to be careful when talking to him, and if he touches this guy's nerves a little, he has to bow and apologize, you say, can this kind of conversation be comfortable?

Fortunately, the time has come by this time.

The first meeting of the Science Fiction Literature Committee, the first Galaxy Award Ceremony, officially began.

Wu Dingpai walked onto the empty rostrum, he held a speech, stood in front of the words, looked at the audience excitedly, and announced in a tremolo tone

Leaders, members, guests, and friends, after half a month of hard work, the Chinese Science Fiction Literature Committee was officially established in Chengdu, Sichuan Province today

As soon as Wu Dingpai's words fell, the entire auditorium burst into deafening applause and cheers, and many science fiction writers and science fiction fans sitting in the back row burst into tears.

And at this moment, those reporters holding the cameras also clicked to record this historical moment, leaving this scene in the history of Chinese science fiction and never fading.

After Wu Dingpai finished reading his opening speech, Bao Chang, executive secretary of the Chinese Writers Association, made a speech on behalf of the Chinese Writers Association, announcing the written resolution of the Chinese Writers Association and giving encouragement and support to the future work of the China Science Fiction Literature Committee.

After that, Ye Yonglie took the stage to read the letter of Zheng Wenguang, the father of Chinese science fiction.

Although Zheng Wenguang's paralysis meant the end of his science fiction career, when the science fiction community elected the leader of the Chinese Science Fiction Literature Committee, everyone unanimously elected Zheng Wenguang as the chairman of the first committee.

Zheng Wenguang was unable to attend due to his health, so he wrote an enthusiastic conference speech, and Ye Yonglie recited his dedication to the Science Fiction Literature Committee

In the long history of the evolution of human civilization, the first stone struck and burst out the spark of human wisdom of the first star. Over the past 100 years, the tree of fantasy growing on the fertile soil of the human soul has sprouted a strong new technique, called science fantasy, which stretches high into the sky to meet the sun, and plunges deeply into the increasingly deep soil of modern science, absorbing the nutrients of the latest human wisdom achievements to the greatest extent. To this day, science fiction is a towering tree in the realm of the human spirit.

From the day science fiction was born, humanity has had nothing left on the basis of owning the past

Fantasy is different from dreaming, fantasy is the activity of the mind that creates zào. To build a modern power, we cannot ignore the importance of science and technology reporting and science fiction.

Science fantasy, in China, where the popularization of scientific knowledge is relatively low and the level of scientific and technological development is relatively lagging behind, has a role in enlightening the wisdom of the nation and awakening the scientific spirit of the whole people. In today's China, science fantasy, as a brand-new undertaking that is developing, is not only to popularize some specific scientific knowledge that belongs to tomorrow to the public, but more importantly, it is of great significance that it should cultivate a belief in science among the whole nation, especially among the young people who are growing up

We are fortunate to live in a time of great revolutionary change

Let us be full of pride and welcome the victory of the first Galaxy Award of the Chinese Science Fiction Literature Committee

When Ye Yonglie recited to the end of the dedication, his voice was extraordinarily high, and he was naturally greeted by another wave of thunderous applause. (To be continued.)