A few days ago, a Galaxy Award essay "No Owner" published by Science Fiction World magazine in February was pointed out by readers that there was a serious plagiarism problem, which aroused widespread concern among science fiction fans.
On February 23, the official Microblog of Science Fiction World magazine posted an apology message in this regard, saying that it was verified that "No Owner" was a full-text plagiarism work, which was originally used as an article on "Heavy Trucks" in Stephen King's short story collection "Vigil". The fees and awards for the work have been disqualified, and the author's awards have been disqualified, and the author's other works have all been rejected.
On February 24, the official Weibo posted another article detailing the plagiarism incident of "No Owner". Regarding "full-text plagiarism" does not mean "original plagiarism", but corresponds to "local plagiarism", the plagiarists used the main settings and plots of the original work, changed the background of the story to China, and changed the gender of the characters and some details, and re-translated and rewritten the work, so it is not "original plagiarism". This hidden plagiarism method also led to the editor not being able to find out that the work was plagiarized at the first time, until receiving feedback from readers, through the editor's repeated comparison with the original text, it was judged to be plagiarism.
"Science Fiction World" magazine also said that in order to prevent the recurrence of such incidents, on the one hand, editors will be required to strengthen self-improvement and daily accumulation, on the other hand, it is to form an industry public opinion atmosphere with zero tolerance for plagiarism and increase its plagiarism costs. Writing is sacred and arduous and must be respected. It is for this reason that the decision was made never to review and publish all the works of plagiarists, including those of the best quality in the future.
Comments
The plagiarists dare to copy the works of the world-famous popular reading masters, and then boldly submit them to the holders of the Chinese science fiction literature circles, so "blatantly", reflecting in addition to the laziness of the plagiarists' copyright awareness, there is also the dilemma of the domestic science fiction circle with a thin foundation, a small audience, and it is difficult for anyone to identify plagiarism. "Going out of the circle" because of the plagiarism incident is by no means the way domestic science fiction wants to "go out of the circle".
It is gratifying that readers report plagiarism, publishers handle it quickly and rigorously, reflecting a kind of insistence that is not indifferent to the coldness of the circle, readers, creators and publishers promote each other, mutually adhere to the bottom line, will the real "out of the circle" of domestic science fiction be far away? (Li Yangfang)
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