It was midnight, and the bright moon seemed to be within reach. The meme from the Three-Body Problem quickly made readers excited, leaving a reply below in an orderly manner: "Don't answer! Don't answer! Don't answer!"

This turned into a funny party. Everyone tacitly copied and pasted the reply. Even if some people who made trouble later deliberately disrupted the formation, with the help of the collective, all popular comments and latest comments were occupied by this sentence, and many tourist groups even came.

The famous name of "The Three-Body Problem" is well known to everyone on the Internet. Even if you have never read this novel, you still know that it exists. Even if the new book "The Wandering Guide to the Galaxy" sets off, readers who like the Three-Body Problem are still digesting it.

Lin Han casually praised the following comment, and this group of readers can really play!

With a jingle, the mailbox master popped up an email. The email in all English actually came from the American Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers. When I clicked it, I found that it was a letter of congratulations!

"Dear Lin, I'm happy to inform you that in this Nebula Award nomination list, you have won four nominations including the Nebula Awards, including the Best Novel and Best Short Story. We are honored to invite you to come to Chicago on May 13th to participate in the award ceremony..."

Lin Han took a deep breath. After he had recently finished his work, he completely forgot the Nebula Award. He didn't expect that he could get so many nominations, but there was no news on the Internet. I'm afraid he was the first to know.

He used the small screen on his mobile phone to search for the official website of the American Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. The email mentioned that the specific nomination list has been announced on the official website, and Lin Han needs to check it.

"Teacher Lin, if you are not busy, you can come and take a look at the image information here. This is what the lunar exploration project has just been decrypted and announced to the public."

The staff member said with anticipation and was cautious in front of his idol.

"Sorry, I'm checking the email, can I wait a moment?" Lin Han didn't know which works he had been nominated. Now is the time to be nervous.

Even if he won the Hugo Award, he could not resist the charm of the Nebula Award. These two awards are simply the most shining Gemini for a science fiction writer!

"Yes, you can do it first, I'll come over later."

Lin Han smiled apologetically to the staff member, then began to enlarge the web page with his fingers, find the nomination list in a prominent position, and click in to check it out.

The Nebula Award has always been highly exclusive. Novels that were not for English works could not be shortlisted. This is more like a private place for American science fiction writers. The last time I was shortlisted for the best novel translation was in 1976. The original work of Calvino's masterpiece "The Invisible City" was in Italian.

After more than 30 years, Lin Han once again achieved this feat with his outstanding works and made a breakthrough among American science fiction writers!

Unlike the Hugo Awards that focus on science fiction works, the Nebula Awards include a wider range of content. In addition to science fiction, it also has fantasy works shortlisted, because this award is selected and awarded by the American Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers.

In foreign countries, these two types of literature are almost inseparable from each other, and they are integrated and inclusive, and writers often cross between the two types.

The Nebula Awards are relatively simple, divided into long, medium-length, medium-length, short story awards and best scripts. In addition, special master awards are also awarded from time to time to time to encourage writers who have made outstanding contributions to science fiction. They are one of the most influential science fiction awards in the world.

Its selection scope is limited to science fiction and fantasy works published or published in the United States. All Lin Han's novels meet this condition. Even with such limitations, the Nebula Award is still the most influential award in Fantasy!

It is often used to compare with the Hugo Award, and the two are collectively called "double awards". If a science fiction novel wins the "double awards" at the same time, it means that it has undoubtedly entered the palace of classic works!

After so many years, there are many writers who can win two awards, but there are very few works that can win double awards at the same time, and there are only 18 works that are fully planned.

These 18 works that won the World Science Fiction Double Award without exception are all masterpieces and are well-known by science fiction enthusiasts in the world!

The selection of the Nebula Award is very interesting. In early March every year, those English works published in the United States last year are selected. Those that exceed the time are not counted. As long as they are members of the American Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, they are qualified to recommend the works to be reviewed.

An organization of the association will first organize a recommendation list and determine a final evaluation list after member voting. There will be no more than five nominated works for each branch award.

It is not easy to get into that recommendation list. This work requires more than 10 recommendations. Lin Han himself is not a member of the association at all, nor does he know the writers there. He has no connections and only depends on the hard power of the work!

Works that are on the shortlist are not stable. They still need to decide the final winner through two votes from the association members, and then they can become one of the five nominated works!

Due to excellent science fiction and fantasy magazines, publishing houses are extremely limited, and the brand effect can be seen from the annual nomination list. Basically, the best short and short stories and the best short stories are monopolized by giant magazines such as "Similar Style".

And in terms of the best novels, it is even more controlled by famous science fiction writers, and few newcomers can stand out!

Lin Han is not a pure newcomer at the moment. He won the Best Novel at the Hugo Award last year. This year's nomination at the Nebula Award can be said to have shocked the world, because among the five best novels nominations, Lin Han occupies three names!

In the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Lin Han is completely crushing. During last year, he wrote several popular works, which are not only popular among readers, but also sought after countless in the SFW Association.

The nominated works include "Three-Body 1", "Jurassic Park", and "I, Robot". Although the rest of the novels are equally excellent, it is impossible for Lin Han to occupy all the five nominations alone!

"Three-Body 2" and "Three-Body 3" and "Martian Rescue" are both nominated, but unfortunately the votes are too serious and they have only become the remains. These works can be used to win awards in the rest of the years, but this year they can't even get nominations, which shows how fierce the competition is!

Lin Han’s two opponents do not have a simple character. One of them is the sequel to the novel "The Justice of the Servant" of the Nebula Award last year, and the other is the 2006 Nebula Award, and the 2008 Hugo Award won Lawrence Norwick’s popular fantasy novel "Rises Up"!

Lin Han was not shortlisted for the Best Medium and Long, Best Novella and other awards, and he also won the Best Short Story. "The Last Earthman", which won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story last year, is now also shortlisted for the same, but another short story failed to break through.

"The Last Earthman" swept from the British Daily Mirror essay competition to the Hugo Award in just a few dozen words. Now a year has passed, and the popularity has not yet dissipated. We continue to lead the Nebula Award!

Lin Han has hardly heard of its rival works. After all, he is involved in domestic science fiction works. Foreign science fiction journals have different works born every month. Lin Han is not a computer-optical computer, so it is impossible to cover everything.

It is worth mentioning that in the list of nomination candidates announced this year, no writer or work except Lin Han has received a double award nomination. It is either a Hugo Award nomination or a Nebula Award nomination!

Lin Han is the only writer nominated for the Hugo Award and Nebula Award twice this year, and his novels "I, Robot" and "The Last Earthman" have the chance to win the double prize of science fiction. Maybe these two works will become the successors of the eighteen classics!

In addition to these, there is also the Best Screenplay Award. Lin Han's two science fiction novel adaptations are scripts written by him. However, it is still in the shooting stage. Maybe the movie will be launched next year before it can be voted for this award.

It is probably no one would object to Lin Han as the biggest winner of this year's Nebula Award. This science fiction and fantasy award based in the United States was dominated by Lin Han, a foreigner. No writer has ever won two nominations in the Nebula Award novel at the same time. But Lin Han not only did it, but also surpassed it!

The three nominations were starry and almost dazzled. The infamous Puppy Gang, who was nominated for the Hugo Award, was wiped out in the Nebula Award. This made Lin Han quite happy. He was unwilling to confront those people.

After saving this list on mobile phone, Lin Han grinned, and he once again created the history of Chinese science fiction novels!

What’s the point of winning the nomination? He won four nominations for the first time, and he was the one with the highest award call!

Lin Han, who has gathered the memories of most famous science fiction experts on the earth, finally showed his sharpness at this time, and classic works emerge one after another. No matter how the outside world criticizes him, he has to admire the excitement of these works.

His new book, "A Wandering Guide to the Galaxy", has undoubtedly booked a nomination for next year, and no one can ignore these books for no reason.

Even if many members of the SFW Association were surprised and dissatisfied with the nomination result, they had no choice but to open their eyes to tell lies for the fairness of the award.

If Lin Han’s works cannot be shortlisted, the other works will be a joke, and Lin Han is an unavoidable topic!

Yao Lingfeng also received news here that Guokook.com was already in contact with the Science Fiction Conference. Although the World Science Fiction Conference is a selection agency for the Hugo Awards, there is also some connection here.

He was worried that the vcr filmed tomorrow would not be able to be played. If Lin Han was brought to the Nebula Awards Dinner, the effect might be much better.

"Teacher Lin, congratulations! Your Nebula Award nomination has set several records. It goes without saying that it is the first time in Asia and China. It is unique in the history of the Nebula Award for decades!"

Lin Han waved his hand, and he replied with a smile: "Notification is false. If you don't win the award, who would remember that someone has won so many nominations."

This is true. The success and defeat of the enemy are the winners. Everyone can remember that the winners are the winners. It is impossible to say on the cover of the book that this work was shortlisted for the Nebula Awards when it was published, right?

People around them whispered, and after their mutual communication, they all knew that Lin Han was once again shortlisted for international awards after the Hugo Awards.

Congratulations are endless, which is a real victory. For those who like science fiction novels, the status of the Nebula Award is the Oscars in the science fiction world, and it is not comparable to any pheasant awards.

After smiling and indicating to these staff members one by one, Lin Han sent a text message to Chen Jiaxuan. The people in his studio were lagging behind when paying attention to foreign news, and I'm afraid they didn't know the news.

If it weren't for the American Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers who took the initiative to send a congratulatory email, Lin Han himself wouldn't know what was shortlisted. This time, there were a total of four nominations in hand, and he longed to create a miracle of his own!

However, after the message was sent, I had not received a reply for a long time. At this time, I guess I had already started to sleep in beauty.

After the day of visit, Lin Han returned to the hotel at the observation station. At this time, the heating dispelled the cold outdoors. After taking a hot shower, he lay on the bed and thought. Although he was so glamorous when he was nominated, he had an inverted weakness in the final award evaluation session.

First of all, I am a Chinese. This is an American award, and there are inherent shortcomings. The Hugo Award has always been world-oriented, and the Nebula Award is not like this.

In addition, industry people generally know that nominations depend on strength and winning awards depends on luck. If three novels are nominated at the same time, the votes will be divided in a particularly serious way. The other two writers can use their own connections to gather all the votes.

The judges use secret ballot to decide the final butterfly. They will determine the ranking of several works according to their own evaluation. If most people think that the same work should rank first, then the work will automatically win the award.

After excluding works with the least votes, the rest of the works will be revoted.

Lin Han was also a little selfish about this nomination. In the original world, these works had won awards, but they were not able to get the awards when they were in his hands.

It’s not that they are not good enough, but that they have not fully considered this situation and have transported their works out in a nutshell. As a result, the number of works that win awards each year is limited, but only works that should have won the awards are lost!

"I knew I should control the speed of writing!"

Lin Han was extremely upset. No matter which work won the award, it would leave regrets on the other works...

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I don’t want to write every winter, and I don’t dare to put my hands on the keyboard in a room without heating. As I write, my hands become stiff and I am going to buy an electric heater online. The winter in the south is still very long! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!