"I think 'Happy Hunting' is fully worthy of the Hugo Award, and this work fully deserves the award for Best Short and Medium Novella." The judges of the World Science Fiction Association are arguing over the winner of the Hugo Award.

Since 1953, the World Science Fiction Association has awarded the Hugo Award at the World Science Fiction Convention every year, and this award is officially known as the "Science Fiction Achievement Award", named the Hugo Award in honor of Hugo Gensback, the founder of modern science fiction from Luxembourg.

Hugo Gensback is not a science fiction writer, he founded the first real science fiction magazine "Amazing Story" in 1926, became the pioneer of modern science fiction literature, in recognition of his contribution to science fiction literature, in 1960 the Pittsburgh Science Fiction Annual Conference awarded him a special science fiction award, and awarded him the title of "father of science fiction magazine", the annual science fiction award is also known as the Hugo Award, which is the same reason that the NBA championship trophy is also called the O'Brien Cup.

The Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, founded by the American Fantasy and Science Fiction Society, became the Nobel Prize in science fiction literature, and since the Nebula Award is limited to works published or published in the United States, the influence of the Hugo Award is even greater.

The Hugo Awards are selected by the World Science Fiction Association every year, and the process is more complicated, first by a special annual meeting to decide the selection of projects and selection methods, and then notify members of the nomination; The most 5 entries nominated in each project will be shortlisted and distributed to members as ballot papers, which will be judged according to the ballots received.

Although it is limited to members' voting, since membership is available for a small fee, the number of votes for this award is usually quite large, and it can be said that it faithfully reflects the preferences and opinions of a wide range of readers; Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem" won this award because it was loved by the majority of readers.

The Hugo Awards are presented in August every year, and this year's World Science Fiction Convention and Hugo Awards are just around the corner, and the votes mailed by members have been counted, but the judges still have doubts about the final results.

There are no objections to the awards for Best Novel, Best Medium Length, and Best Short Story, and the work of Pol Anderson and others does deserve this honor, but when it comes to Best Short Novella, they are divided.

According to the results of the readers' vote, "Happy Hunting" received the largest number of votes, but the award was given to a Chinese science fiction writer? They have not yet made up their minds, and the supporters and opposition have been unable to reach an agreement for a long time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we do not have the power to decide the attribution of the award, this award is decided by the reader, since the reader has chosen "Happy Hunting", then we should award the award for the best short novella to him, well, this Mr. Sun Shaoping from China." Someone reminded.

"I'm not trying to question the reader's choice, but none of us can be sure that this work was really written by Mr. Sun, right? After all, we lack knowledge about both that country and this author. "There are attempts to justify it from another angle.

The translator of this book is a member of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and it is believed that he verified the identity of the author before translating it; We are not the American Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction, our awards are open to writers from all over the world, and Chinese writers are also eligible to receive awards. "It's not surprising that some people start to sarcastically mock the Nebula Awards, and any two awards or institutions that overlap a lot will happen.

"I also think this one deserves an award, he started a new genre of science fiction, and since the publication of Happy Hunting, many science fiction writers have taken an interest in steampunk and created a lot of new works, and for that alone, it deserves a Hugo Award!" There is support from a purely groundbreaking point of view.

"Then why don't you send the award to that canonbook? And to send "Happy Hunting"? "Some people still want to find fault.

But in the end, the supporters were in the majority, after all, the award was chosen by readers, and those who opposed it lacked enough reason to deny the readers' choice, and the current president of the World Science Fiction Association finally announced, "Well, this year's Hugo Award for Best Short Novella will be won by Happy Hunting!" ”

"Then we need to notify the winners as soon as possible, because it's not so easy to come to the United States from China." The naysayers shrugged, and now he could only complain about that.

They didn't have Shen Long's contact information, but they quickly found Ken Luis's phone number, "Hello, is this Mr. Ken Luis, the translator of Happy Hunting?" ”

"Yes, it's me." Ken is now proud of the title.

"Hello Mr. Louis, I'm Bruce Kent, Secretary of the World Science Fiction Association, and it's my great pleasure to inform you that Pleasure Hunting has won this year's Hugo Award for Best Short Novella..."

"What? You mean the Hugo Awards! Before the other party finished speaking, Ken jumped up directly, and for a veteran sci-fi fan, the news was so exciting!

"Yes, please come to the auditorium of the University of California, Los Angeles, on August 21 with Mr. Sun Shaoping, the author of "Happy Hunting", to attend the award ceremony...... Since we can't find the contact information of Mr. Sun Shaoping, please convey it on your behalf, and the invitation letter will be mailed to you later, and you will be asked to forward it at that time. The secretary said.

"No problem, I'm definitely going to pull this guy down to America!" Ken Louis repeatedly assured that when he hung up the phone, he rushed straight out of the office, met everyone with warm hugs, and shouted, "Haha, my translation has won a Hugo Award!" I'm heading to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony! "It's even more exciting than the national football team breaking into the World Cup.

"Alright, Mr. Louis, we have shared your joy, now can you go back to the office and give us a little space to work?" It wasn't until his superiors came out to stop him that Ken's mood calmed down a little.

When he returned to the office, he didn't have the heart to work, so he directly called Shen Long's Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, "This is Ken Louis from the U.S. Embassy, is Mr. Sun Shaoping there?" ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Sun didn't come today, do you have anything to do?" As soon as they heard the other party's coming, the staff of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles immediately became nervous, what is the matter?

That's right, Mr. Sun's work won the Hugo Award, the highest award in the world's science fiction literature, and the World Science Fiction Association invited him to Los Angeles, USA to attend the award ceremony! Feed... Feed... Anyone else? Ken was halfway through speaking, but there was no sound on the other side.