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The biggest novels in Prometheus history: An annotated list of the top dozen in page length (and why such epic works reward readers) 
The epic power and enduring appeal of the biggest Prometheus-honored novels: The Lord of the Rings, Cryptonomicon and Atlas Shrugged 
Does size matter? Sarah Hoyt’s unusual three-book novel No Man’s Land achieves epic scope yet is not unprecedented in literary history 
A guide to Prometheus Awards voting: Check out our reviews of this year’s five Hall of Fame finalists by Blish, Lewis, Huxley, Roberts and Stross 
New generation of writers dominates this year’s 14 Prometheus nominations for Best Novel 
Investigative journalist Matt Taibbi inspired by Bradbury’s Prometheus-winning novel to create “Project 451”  
Travis Corcoran is writing several Young Adult novels, including two for his Prometheus-winning Aristillus series 
The Prometheus Awards and the Forry award for lifetime achievement: Cherryh, Anderson, Heinlein, Pratchett, Ellison among 13 authors recognized by both 
Prometheus winner C.J. Cherryh recognized with the “Forry” lifetime achievement award
Power myths, clashing cultures and the necessity of freedom: The first Prometheus review of Poul Anderson’s “brilliant” Orion Shall Rise

Top Posts

Hall of Fame Finalist Review: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World offers still-timely dystopian vision of a collectivist “soft tyranny" denying individuality, history, culture and art 
SF anthology ‘Visions of Liberty’ imagines future worlds without government: Part Two of an Appreciation of the 2005 Special Prometheus Award winner
New generation of writers dominates this year’s 14 Prometheus nominations for Best Novel 
Review: Lionel Shriver’s alternate-reality novel Should We Stay or Should We Go highlights how government paternalism, NHS bureaucracy, runaway inflation and other statist disasters make end-of-life decisions worse
The biggest novels in Prometheus history: An annotated list of the top dozen in page length (and why such epic works reward readers) 
New streaming series version of Atlas Shrugged in the works
“Rapport: - A new Martha Wells’ Murderbot story has just been published, free to read at Reactor

Recent Comments

John C.A. Manley on A guide to Prometheus Awards voting: Check out our reviews of this year’s five Hall of Fame finalists by Blish, Lewis, Huxley, Roberts and Stross 
John C.A. Manley on Two-time Prometheus winner Travis Corcoran has a busy schedule of upcoming books, starting with his 2026 novel Red State Mars
J. Kenton Pierce on R.I.P., Leslie Fish: The Prometheus-winning writer-musician’s stories and songs poetically embodied resistance to tyranny 
John C.A.Manley on Travis Corcoran is writing several Young Adult novels, including two for his Prometheus-winning Aristillus series

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Best of the Blog

Corruption of absolute power vs. the stateless Shire: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the 2009 Prometheus Hall of Fame winner
Interview: LFS President William H. Stoddard on fandom, freedom, favorite novels and the power of language
Libertarian Futurist Society raises visibility at CoNZealand, the first all-online World Science Fiction Convention, with Prometheus-winning novelist F. Paul Wilson leading timely panel (watch it here!) on “Freedom in SF: Forty Years of the Prometheus Awards”
Action, passion, humor, mystery, sf, the evils of evasion & the liberating power of facing reality: Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, a 1983 Prometheus Hall of Fame winner
The Libertarian Futurist Society, Prometheus Awards, LFS writers hailed in Quillette article about the persistence of libertarian sf as a key strand in mainstream science fiction
Interview: LFS founder Michael Grossberg on how he became a writer, critic, sf fan & helped save the Prometheus Awards
Interview: L. Neil Smith on his work, the Prometheus Award and his influences
Tor.com looks at the Prometheus Award on its 40th anniversary
What Do You Mean ‘Libertarian’? (and why Tolkien’s trilogy deserved its Prometheus)
Freedom in the Future Tense: A Political History of SF

Selected Reviews

Hall of Fame Finalist Review: C.S. Lewis’s That Hideous Strength dramatizes warring ideologies of good and evil, freedom and tyranny
Hall of Fame Finalist Review: Adam Roberts’ Salt explores conflicting conceptions of freedom between neighboring anarchist and statist communities 
Hall of Fame Finalist Review: James Blish’s The Star Dwellers dramatizes core concepts of consent, contract and deal-making that make peace and freedom possible
Review: Harry Turtledove’s Prometheus-nominated Powerless critiques communism and blind obedience to authority
Hall of Fame Finalist Review: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World offers still-timely dystopian vision of a collectivist “soft tyranny” denying individuality, history, culture and art 
Masterful social-scientific world-building in clash of cultures, including a libertarian society: An appreciation of Poul Anderson’s Orion Shall Rise, the 2025 Prometheus Hall of Fame winner 
An epic social novel about conflicts and threats to liberty on a multi-generation interstellar colony ship: An Appreciation of Michael Flynn’s In the Belly of the Whale, the 2025 Best Novel winner
Hall of Fame finalist review: Charles Stross’ Singularity Sky offers cornucopia of cutting-edge SF and libertarian themes
Hall of Fame finalist review: “The Trees,” a fantasy-themed rock song by Rush, resonates as cautionary tale
Best Novel finalist review: Karl K. Gallagher’s Swim Among the People dramatizes heroic planetary resistance to an insidious totalitarian interstellar empire

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