Why libertarianism isn’t rightwing and how the Prometheus Awards recognize good sf, no matter who writes it: LFS leader Steve Gaalema’s interview at Kansas City’s 2016 Worldcon

Sample excerpt from Steve Gaalema’s Worldcon video interview:
“Our main purpose is to recognize freedom-promoting fiction, especially novels… about protagonists fighting against oppression. We also have a Hall of Fame award, a little like the retro Hugos,” Gaalema said.
“It’s a misconception that libertarians are rightwing. We are in favor of freedom whether it’s economic freedom or social freedom. Libertarians can draw support from people who think they’re leftwing as well. We’re in favor of good science fiction, no matter who writes it. We give the award based on the quality of the work, not based on who the authors are.”

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Legendary sf writer Harlan Ellison (1934-2018) accepted the Prometheus Hall of Fame for Best Classic Fiction after the August 2015 Worldcon Prometheus Awards ceremony, which inducted “Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman” into the Hall of Fame. Ellison’s 1965 short story portrays one man's surrealist rebellion against a repressive future society obsessed with timeliness. The very personal and eloquent video includes a mini-tour of his home and description of many of his favorite awards, some reminiscences about his career, and a few political comments about his sympathy for libertarian ideas.

Cory Doctorow on freedom and the information society, Ramez Naam on the War on drugs and War on terror, and their acceptance speeches at the London Worldcon 2014 Prometheus Awards ceremony

At the London Worldcon in August 2014 in England, emcee Amy Sturgis presented the Best Novel award to Prometheus Award Best Novel co-winners Cory Doctorow (for Homeland) and Ramez Naam (for Nexus). Each author spoke about threats to liberty, from constraints on the information society to the War on drugs and War on terror. The Prometheus Hall of Fame award for Best Classic Fiction went to Lois McMaster Bujold’s novel Falling Free. Sturges read Bujold's acceptance statement.

Sarah Hoyt on cloning and State suppression of technology: Her acceptance speech & 2011 Worldcon Prometheus Awards ceremony

LFS member Fred Moulton presented the 2011 Prometheus Awards in Aug. 2011 at Renovation, the Reno, Nevada, Worldcon, to Sarah Hoyt (for Best Novel for Darkship Thieves, a coming-of-age saga depicting a plausible anarchist society among the asteroids and a heroic woman’s fight for her freedom and identity against a tyrannical Earth) and to the late George Orwell (for Best Classic Fiction for his 1945 novel Animal Farm.)

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Why libertarianism isn’t rightwing and how the Prometheus Awards recognize good sf, no matter who writes it: LFS leader Steve Gaalema’s interview at Kansas City’s 2016 Worldcon

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