of the Caldvina Smith Rediscovery Award.
Among the major science fiction awards in Europe and the United States, the Caldvina Smith Rediscovery Award is particularly prominent because it is only awarded to writers who have long since passed away. This award, named after the pen name of the American writer Paul Mellon Anthony Rambag (1913-1966) when writing science fiction works, was established in 2001, and the first award was given to Olaf Stapledon ( 1886-1950), and the winners of the following years were RA Lafty (1914-2002) [Eurema's Dam], Edgar Pangborn (1909-1976), Henry Kuttner (1914-1958) and CL Moore (1911-1987) and his wife, Leigh Brackett (1915-1978). The "rediscovery" meaning of the award is to look back at the dusty history and discover the science fiction writers who have been ignored (of course, for example, Olaf Stapledon is not appropriate to be called a science fiction writer, he created a utopian work).
This year (actually 2006, but announced in 2007) the Caldvina Smith Rediscovery Award was awarded to Daniel Francis Galouye (1920-1976).
Daniel Francis Galouye joined the army during World War II. From the 1950s to the 1960s, he created a large number of short stories for low-grade fiction magazines. Although the places where his works were published are not popular, Galloye still has a group of fans. Galois wrote five novels in his lifetime, one of which was famous for his movies.
Galloer’s novel "Simulacron-3" (Simulacron-3), published in 1964, is the first novel in the history of science fiction literature to describe the subject of "virtual reality". In the novel, scientists use virtual reality in a computer to study marketing. A "virtual city" was built, and the cyborgs in it were completely unaware of it, and only one individual was aware of the truth; but the brilliance of the novel lies in the meaning of "triple simulation", and the protagonist finally finds that what he thinks is the real world is also different. A "virtual reality" of a world. This novel has an indirect influence on movies including "The Matrix". The novel itself was also put on the screen twice in 1973 and 1999, and this movie version in 1999, that is, many friends I have seen "The Thirteen Floor". The
science fiction community has a late recognition of Galloer’s talents. It is generally believed that if he had not been living in New Orleans, he would go to New York, the center of American science fiction literature at the time. , His creation will be noticed by more people, and he himself will gain wider recognition.
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