imron Posted September 5, 2012 at 01:06 PM Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 at 01:06 PM Just thought people might be interested in the winner of the 2012 Short Story Hugo Award - “The Paper Menagerie” (PDF link) by Ken Liu. It's written from the point-of-view of the child of an American and a mail-order Chinese bride, and the culture clash that grows between the mother and son as the child grows up in America. Very worthwhile reading. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertR Posted September 5, 2012 at 02:15 PM Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 at 02:15 PM That's a very touching story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted September 5, 2012 at 03:43 PM Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 at 03:43 PM Thanks for sharing. It is a good story and I agree it is worth reading. I suppose that award is not a very prestigious award, right? I can't help but wonder what the assessment criteria are. But surely awards are incentives for people to keep writing more and better stories/books, etc. PS - those who are interested can try to learn the saddest thing mentioned on the last page of the story in Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 5, 2012 at 06:00 PM Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 at 06:00 PM The Hugos are actually quite prestigious, but genre specific - limited to works of Science Fiction and Fantasy. The list of winners from the last 50-60 years is basically a who's who of Science Fiction/Fantasy authors. The story linked to above was just the winner in the short story category. You can see the full list of nominees and winners from this year here. And if you can read the other short stories it was up against here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelove Posted September 5, 2012 at 06:20 PM Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 at 06:20 PM The Hugos are one of the two big American speculative fiction awards, the other being the Nebula Awards. Wikipedia has a handy list of joint winners, which actually include this story. (personally I prefer the Hugos, since the Nebulas have short-changed a couple of my favorite writers like Neal Stephenson and Vernor Vinge, but this is subject to a great deal of controversy as with any major award) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTexas Posted September 5, 2012 at 06:50 PM Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 at 06:50 PM Great story. Forums are weirdly dead recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meng Lelan Posted September 5, 2012 at 09:29 PM Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 at 09:29 PM Great story. Forums are weirdly dead recently. I was thinking the same thing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 5, 2012 at 11:36 PM Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 at 11:36 PM Roddy's on vacation with limited Internet access at the moment, and he's temporarily turned off new user registration to prevent the moderation queue from being overwhelmed because I'm also busy with a couple of things at the moment and don't have as much time to sort it out. Things should be back to normal shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted September 5, 2012 at 11:40 PM Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 at 11:40 PM Don't tell me Roddy met a North Korean girl while he was in Beijing and now he's gone to live in North Korea...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted September 6, 2012 at 02:23 AM Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 at 02:23 AM Does North Korea allow internatioal marriage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted September 6, 2012 at 02:48 AM Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 at 02:48 AM Or maybe he's just gone camping on the summit of Ben Nevis to get some respite from the pressures of running chinese forums and having to deal with all those inane off-topic posts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meng Lelan Posted September 6, 2012 at 03:53 AM Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 at 03:53 AM I guess Chinese Forum is making him very uncomfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted September 6, 2012 at 09:04 AM Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 at 09:04 AM #7 -- @Meng Lelan -- How about a report on your Middlebury experience. Perhaps I just missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meng Lelan Posted September 6, 2012 at 11:09 AM Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 at 11:09 AM You know what, abcdeg, I am actually writing about my Middlebury experience this week and then ask roddy where to post it, but now that I think of it, let us have mayhem rule in his absence and I can post the Middlebury report right here in this thread. This after all is the New Normal, for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted September 6, 2012 at 01:05 PM Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 at 01:05 PM I look forward to your comments. Would imagine this (below) would be the most logical place for posting. http://www.chinese-f...tside-of-china/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 6, 2012 at 02:41 PM Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 at 02:41 PM let us have mayhem rule in his absence Too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meng Lelan Posted September 6, 2012 at 11:48 PM Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 at 11:48 PM Yes, too late for mayhem-making now that abcdefg came forward with the right thread for my Middlebury post that I am going to write up this weekend. Hopefully I can get this done by Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted September 7, 2012 at 10:44 AM Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 at 10:44 AM Camping on the top of Ben Nevis would be uncomfortable, as it's all rocks. Here's a view from the tent last week though - Bridge of Orchy. Apologies for size (of the picture. The tent's fine.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted September 7, 2012 at 11:02 AM Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 at 11:02 AM Nice. Looks like kenny's pictures from Hunan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 7, 2012 at 11:17 AM Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 at 11:17 AM Here's a view from the tent last week though - Bridge of Orchy I see the famous Scottish summer is also on display Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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