To raise the visibility of the Prometheus Awards and reach out to recruit new members of the Libertarian Futurist Society, the LFS has created a new full-page ad, accented by our updated logo – just in time for the Seattle Worldcon. The full-page ad, including a “bleed,” will appear in print in the Seattle Worldcon’s … Continue reading Prometheus Awards, LFS raising visibility at Seattle Worldcon with new outreach ad
By Michael Grossberg Most economists, legal experts, academics and libertarian theorists focus on the real world, not fantasy or science fiction. Yet, David Friedman, the free-market economist, retired professor, physicist and legal scholar who’s written a variety of wide-ranging nonfiction books and textbooks, is also a lifelong science fiction fan and acclaimed fantasy author. Friedman, … Continue reading David Friedman: Why isn’t one of the leading libertarian theorists better known as a fantasy novelist?
If you know of a regional or national convention that might be appropriate to consider for the placement of LFS outreach ads, let us know. Over the decades, the Libertarian Futurist Society has advertised in various publications and programs, both within the SF/fantasy realm and in libertarian magazines, such as Reason. This year, the LFS … Continue reading The LFS has created new ads, designed for outreach at regional and national conventions
By Michael Grossberg Another Prometheus-winning author has been inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association’s Hall of Fame. Jo Walton, who won a Prometheus Award for Best Novel for Ha’Penny, is one of three Canadians inducted into Canada’s 2024 Hall of Fame. Born in Wales, Walton has lived since 2002 in Montreal “where … Continue reading Prometheus winner Jo Walton inducted into Canada’s SFF Hall of Fame
Editor’s note: The Prometheus Blog is posting the texts of the inspirational and insightful speeches presented Aug. 25, 2024, during the 44th Prometheus Awards ceremony. LFS co-founder Michael Grossberg’s speech discusses the award’s Best Novel track record and introduced three-time Prometheus Best Novel winner Victor Koman, who presented the Best Novel category. By Michael Grossberg … Continue reading 2024 Prometheus Awards ceremony: LFS co-founder Michael Grossberg on the Best Novel track record, the power of liberty and the dangers of power
How can science fiction and fantasy help people envision a freer, better future? Can a grippingly realistic novel about near-future space commercialization play a role in transforming dreams of such progress into scientific and economic fact? How important is humor in exposing and surviving oppression and tyranny? Such are among the fascinating and fertile questions … Continue reading See the video of the 44th Prometheus Awards ceremony, with speeches by Prometheus-winning authors Daniel Suarez and Victor Koman, Reason’s Bob Poole and LFS leaders
Editor’s note: Veteran LFS member Robert Poole, who co-founded the Reason Foundation and has voted for the Prometheus Awards annually as one of the earliest LFS members, presented the Prometheus Hall of Fame category at the 44th annual Prometheus Awards ceremony. Here is the transcript of his remarks: By Robert Poole I’m honored to introduce … Continue reading 2024 Prometheus Awards: Reason’s Bob Poole presents Hall of Fame category, with tribute to Pratchett and The Truth
How can SF help people envision a freer, better future?
Can a realistic novel about space commercialization spur progress that transforms fiction into scientific fact?
How important is humor in exposing and surviving oppression?
Those were among the questions explored by Prometheus-winning SF authors and LFS leaders during the 44th Prometheus ceremony honoring Prometheus Hall of Fame inductee Terry Pratchett (The Truth) and Best Novel winner Daniel Suarez (Critical Mass).
“Authoritarianism is on the march… once more, and the first step in resisting it, is to be free in one’s own thoughts and imagination. That is, after all, where sci-fi lives, and the LFS is helping to keep free-thinking science fiction alive,” Suarez said in his acceptance speech.
By Daniel Suarez It is wonderful to receive this award, especially for a novel that means so much to me. First: my thanks to the Libertarian Futurist Society — both for the principles this Prometheus Award represents and also for awarding it to me in a pivotal year for freedom of expression in science fiction. … Continue reading How SF offers a critical forum to imagine new ideas and futures: Daniel Suarez’s 2024 Prometheus Award Best Novel acceptance speech for Critical Mass
Victor Koman, a veteran libertarian SF writer, had the honor of presenting the Best Novel category Sunday at the 44th Prometheus Awards ceremony. Who better to fulfill that role than Koman, one of very few writers to win as many as three Prometheus awards for Best Novel? Here, for the record, is the transcript of … Continue reading 2024 Prometheus Awards: Best Novel presenter Victor Koman’s speech on mortality, the awards’ longevity, the diversification of publishing and the future of liberty
