Chengdu World Science Fiction Convention Highlights 2023
34th China Science Fiction Galaxy Awards Announced
Chengdu – In a momentous announcement today, the 34th China Science Fiction Galaxy Awards were unveiled at the highly anticipated 2023 Chengdu World Science Fiction Convention. This prestigious event, known as the pinnacle of Chinese science fiction, attracts renowned authors, scholars, enthusiasts, and industry insiders from both China and abroad. Notable attendees included acclaimed writers Liu Cixin and Robert Sawyer. Alongside the awards, an exclusive report titled “China Science Fiction Literature IP Value Potential List (2023)” was also released.
This year’s Galaxy Awards showcased brilliance across various categories, with winners earning accolades in Best Novella, Best Short Story, Best Online Literature, Best Original Book, Best Imported Book, Best Linked Book, Best Children’s Science Fiction Short Story, and ati Awards. An intriguing absence was observed in the Best Novel category. Online literature has emerged as a vital platform for nurturing new science fiction works, resulting in two online literature pieces receiving awards this year. “My Healing Game” by the author of “I Can Fix the Air Conditioner” was honored with the Best Original Book Award, while “The Hidden Dead Spot” by the author of “Get Out” claimed the coveted Best Online Literature Award.
Another offering by Science Fiction World Magazine and China Science Fiction Research Institute, the “Possible List of Chinese Science Fiction Literary IP Adaptations (2023)” was jointly presented. This list included 12 promising works such as “Hidden Dead End,” “Doomsday Paradise,” “China Orbiter,” “Forty Thousand Years in the Starfield,” “The Age of Gods,” and “Walking Alone in the Abyss.” It aimed to shed light on the adaptation potential and market demand for Chinese science fiction, pinpointing online literature as a thriving hub for innovative adaptations. The report identified “science fiction + suspense” and “science fiction + growth” as notable trends in IP adaptations, closely followed by “science fiction + adventure” and “science fiction + emotion.” It also envisioned a shift towards a quality-driven approach in the industry, emphasizing healthy competition.
The report highlighted previous successful adaptations within the Chinese science fiction landscape, citing films such as the “Wandering Earth” series, TV shows like “The Three-Body Problem” and “The Beginning,” and films such as “The Cage,” “My Three-Body Problem,” and “Star Field.” Additionally, it acknowledged animations like “Forty Thousand Years” and “The First Sequence,” comics including “Duan Nao,” “Global High Martial Arts,” and “Cyber Heroes,” as well as games exemplified by “Dyson Sphere Project” and “Galaxy Battleship.” Collectively, these diverse adaptations form an extensive matrix within the science fiction industry, marking a defining moment in the growth and development of China’s science fiction sector.
Original title: Chengdu World Science Fiction Convention Highlight 2023 (title)
34th China Science Fiction Galaxy Awards (Theme) Announced
Tonight’s news (Reporter Gao Li) As the highlight of the 2023 Chengdu World Science Fiction Conference, the 34th China Science Fiction Galaxy Awards were announced today. The Galaxy Award has always been regarded as the highest award for Chinese science fiction and represents the highest level of Chinese science fiction. Many Chinese and foreign science fiction authors, scholars, enthusiasts and industry insiders gathered, including Liu Cixin and Robert Sawyer, and released the “China Science Fiction Literature IP Value Potential List (2023)” at the same time.
This year’s Galaxy Awards will award Best Novella Award, Best Short Story Award, Best Online Literature Award, Best Original Book Award, Best Imported Book Award, Best Linked Book Award, Best Children’s Science Fiction Short Story Award, and ati Awards, Best Novel Award is empty. As part of the science fiction industry, online literature has become an important birthplace of new science fiction works in recent years. Two works of online literature won awards this year. “My Healing Game” by the author of “I Can Fix the Air Conditioner” won the Best Original Book Award, and “The Hidden Dead Spot” by the author of “Get Out” won the Best Online Award at the Literature Award.
Science Fiction World Magazine and China Science Fiction Research Institute jointly released the “Possible List of Chinese Science Fiction Literary IP Adaptations (2023)”, including “Hidden Dead End”, “Doomsday Paradise”, “China Orbiter”, “Forty Thousand Years”. in the Starfield” and “The Age of Gods” There were 12 works including “Walking Alone in the Abyss” on the list.
To better explain the adaptation potential and market demand of Chinese science fiction works, the list also identifies the adaptation trends of three major science fiction literature IPs and believes that science fiction online literature is one of the places most impressive hot adjustment. in recent years; “Science fiction +” has become a literary One of the main features of IP adaptation, among which “science fiction + suspense” and “science fiction + growth” are particularly prominent, closely followed by “science fiction + adventure ” and ” science fiction + emotion”; Internet and animation majors become a continuation of IP adaptation The growth point aims at a healthy competition path from “volume amount” to “volume quality”.
The list states that in the past few years, Chinese science fiction has produced films represented by the “Wandering Earth” series, TV series represented by “The Three-Body Problem” and “The Beginning”, and films and represented by “The Cage”. “,” “My Three-Body Problem” and “Star Field”. Animations represented by “Forty Thousand Years” and “The First Sequence”, comics represented by “Duan Nao”, “Global High Martial Arts” and “Cyber Heroes “, games represented by “Dyson Sphere Project” , “Galaxy Battleship”, etc. A matrix of the original adaptations of the science fiction industry has been formed, and “China’s science fiction industry chain stands on the threshold of a singular formation point and perfection.”
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