Official media have always been relatively stance and rarely have such a defeat, so netizens are very happy to watch, and they still like the Weibo posts that praise Lin Han's works.

Lin Han, the person involved, was amused and laughed. It would be troublesome if he really offended the People's Daily, but he couldn't blame these cute fans who stood up for him.

This incident was full of twists and turns, which was dazzling. When his friends were still concerned about whether the stampede was injured, they found that Lin Han was criticized by name.

Li Wenyuan commented on it: "You really never stop wherever you go. You can be watched by attending an exhibition and you will be named by the official media."

"Blame me?" Lin Han replied with a particularly innocent expression.

"It's not a matter of discrimination in our science fiction novels for a day or two. If you endure it, you'll have to go there. As long as it's a commercial novel type, you've been attacked to a greater or lesser extent. You're pretty good. Those martial arts, fantasy and fantasy are directly given names that instigate violence, and are often dragged out and whipped."

Lin Han also knew this reality, "There are also plots of fighting and killing in science fiction novels, but it is reasonable to exist, and it is very unhappy anyway."

He was just holding his breath and trying to vent his venturers and media who criticized him. At this time, he called his cell phone after a cross-border phone call.

Alex, the editor of Penguin Publishing Group, actually called, maybe it was just afternoon in the UK.

"Hi, Lin, this is Alex, how are you doing today?" The London accent voice came to Lin Han clearly.

Lin Han didn't understand the editor's purpose, but just said truthfully: "To be honest, it was not a very good, a very dramatic day."

Alex immediately laughed happily, "Then you're ready, you'll be in a good mood soon. Congratulations, my friend, your novel, b, was shortlisted for the list of best novels for this year's Hugo Awards, and currently ranked fourth with a nomination round of 16. And your world's shortest science fiction novel, the last Earthling, was also shortlisted for the best short story!"

"Really?" Lin Han stood up from the computer chair in an instant, "This is indeed good news. I have never thought of getting a nomination. You should have done a lot of work in it, right?"

I, the robot and Mars rescue were both handed over to Penguin Publishing Group for publishing operations. Although the last Earthling was published in the British Daily Mirror, it should not be difficult to register.

"You're wrong. We just paid for you to register for a membership so that you can submit your own work. If you can't even pass the nomination round, we won't help you with any PR."

Nominations depend on strength, and winnings depends on luck. This is probably the reason.

The Hugo Award adopts a two-round voting system. All members of the World Science Fiction Association can vote. The first round is the nomination round. Each member can choose five nominated works for each single award. Each award receives the most nominated works to enter the second round of voting.

In the second round, each member ranks the shortlisted works of each individual item and determines the final winning works based on the total votes.

Although the Hugo Award is nominally a world-wide award, considering that most of the members with voting rights are Americans, the Hugo Award mainly focuses on works that are translated into English or translated into English.

In the last life, Lin Han remembered the first part of the Three-Body Problem and won the award only after it was translated into English. Another female science fiction writer, Beijing Folding, also entered the award competition with the help of translation.

"Sadly, Mars Rescue failed to enter this list. It has been released too much and most members have not read this book. But there is still a chance next year, and you write it very well!" Alex never thought that a Chinese writer would get two different nominations at the Hugo Awards.

Lin Han couldn't help asking at this time: "There is news now?"

"Not yet, but our source is absolutely reliable, you can celebrate first! The awards will be presented next Friday night, and the organizing committee will definitely send you an invitation letter and confirm the itinerary as soon as possible."

Taking a deep breath, Lin Han tried hard to suppress his excitement. He said happily: "Thank you for your advice. I can't wait to jump up just now."

"This is what you deserve. See you next week in the United States, and now go and celebrate!"

The publicity staff of Penguin Publishing Group have begun to closely plan. A science fiction novel was nominated for the Hugo Award, just like a movie nominated for the Oscar, and is the top recognition in the industry.

If this news is announced, the originally declining sales will inevitably stimulate a wave, so the collaboration of various departments must be done well.

Alex's phone number was about an hour faster than the news. Lin Han was restless during this hour and could not feel at ease without seeing the list given by the official website.

After refreshing the official website of the World Science Fiction Association for a long time, the "2017 Hugo Award Nomination List" was finally released lately. Lin Han's first thing was to open it and search for his own book title.

Best novel: Cosmic Elegy, Planet of Eternal Night, Me, Robot, Warship Master, Big Boy Don't Cry

Best Short Story: Day 7, Walking Reynold, Looking for Earth, Sun Chasing Butterfly, the Last Earthling!

As Alex said, Lin Han's two books entered the Hugo Award nomination list, but they were both in the lower position!

This ranking is based on the vote rate of the nomination round. If there are no internal personnel, others will not see the percentage.

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Lin Han clenched his fists hard and celebrated. Being nominated for the Hugo Award is the best response to those criticisms!

Sure enough, after the World Science Fiction Association announced the nomination list, the American media was the first to report, and Lin Han was a name that they could never have crossed.

A foreign writer actually won two nominations for different awards in the back garden of an American science fiction writer. This is simply a miracle!

"The Hugo Award nomination was announced, and Chinese writers became the biggest winner"

"Science fiction novels from the East, Lin Han created a new record of Asian science fiction novels"

Chinese media also saw this news, Phoenix Culture, which responded the fastest: "Lin Han won two nominations for the Hugo Award, and Chinese science fiction won the attention of the world!"

Media related to books and culture reported the news in turn, and they couldn't even suppress it.

Douban Reading: "Congratulations to Lin Han, I, the robot and the last Earthlings, for winning the Hugo Award nomination. The award will be announced next Friday, so stay tuned!"

Amazon Online Bookstore: "Hugo Award-nominated book download highlight link Congratulations to Lin Han for becoming the first Chinese science fiction writer to be nominated"

Among the comments under these Weibo posts, there are people's Daily Zhou Wenyuan, who once criticized Lin Han on the Weibo account, and netizens felt the pain of these people.

Did the World Science Fiction Association communicate with Lin Han? It was specially issued at this time, and the beating made those people feel so painful!

Zhou Wenyuan, who is a little bit more contempt, has deleted the content on his blog, and the editor of People's Daily continues to pretend to be cold and pretend to have nothing, but he cannot bow his head anyway. To be continued.
Chapter completed!