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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

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

2024 Prometheus Awards: Best Novel presenter Victor Koman’s speech on mortality, the awards’ longevity, the diversification of publishing and the future of liberty


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


Final update: Watch the 44th annual Prometheus Awards ceremony, with Zoom web link to watch it Sunday Aug. 25


Not one but two celebrity presenters will grace the 44th annual Prometheus Awards ceremony, set for Sunday Aug. 25 in a Zoom event set to begin at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (11 a.m. Pacific time) and open to the public. We invite Libertarian Futurist Society members, their families and friends, science fiction/fantasy fans and … Continue reading Final update: Watch the 44th annual Prometheus Awards ceremony, with Zoom web link to watch it Sunday Aug. 25


What Pratchett’s The Truth, Bujold’s Falling Free and Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon have in common (and why former Best Novel finalists are eligible for Hall of Fame nomination, but former winners aren’t)


By Michael Grossberg Not all literary award-winners stand the test of time. Most works of arts and entertainment fade – even winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the Oscars, Tonys, Grammys, Emmys, Hugo and Nebula awards. Yet when they last and take on the patina of a classic, they should be remembered and recognized. For only … Continue reading What Pratchett’s The Truth, Bujold’s Falling Free and Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon have in common (and why former Best Novel finalists are eligible for Hall of Fame nomination, but former winners aren’t)


Two Prometheus Best Novel finalist authors recognized as Dragon Awards’ Best SF Novel finalists; winners to be announced at Dragon Con

The Dragon Awards, presented annually at Dragon Con in Atlanta, have announced their 2024 finals – and one of this year’s Prometheus Best Novel finalists is among them. Plus, among its finalist competitors is an author and her series previously recognized as a Prometheus Best Novel finalist. So congratulations to Devon Eriksen and Martha Wells!

The Rick Triplett interview, part 4: On aikido, the right of self-defense, free trade and first-contact stories

Here is part 4 of the Prometheus Blog interview with Rick Triplett, a lifelong science fiction fan, decades-long libertarian, a veteran Prometheus Awards judge and recently honored as the Libertarian Futurist Society’s first Emeritus member. Q: You’ve practiced aikido for many years – and have even demonstrated the martial art at area festivals. What attracted … Continue reading The Rick Triplett interview, part 4: On aikido, the right of self-defense, free trade and first-contact stories

Review: The pros and cons of “libertarian” seasteading communities in Naomi Kritzer’s Liberty’s Daughter

By Michael Grossberg It’s nice to see more sf writers exploring various visions of a fully free future – even writers who aren’t avowed libertarians. Case in point: Naomi Kritzer, whose Liberty’s Daughter (published by Fairwood Press) is one of 17 diverse 2023 works nominated for the next Prometheus Award for Best Novel. Well-written and … Continue reading Review: The pros and cons of “libertarian” seasteading communities in Naomi Kritzer’s Liberty’s Daughter

Two-time Prometheus winner Michael F. Flynn has died

We are sorry to have to report that science fiction writer Michael F. Flynn has died. He was 75. Here is the obituary from  his local newspaper in Pennsylvania.  Mr. Flynn won the Prometheus Award twice, in 1991 for In the Country of the Blind, and in 1992 for Fallen Angels (a collaboration with Larry … Continue reading Two-time Prometheus winner Michael F. Flynn has died

Final call for 2023 Prometheus Hall of Fame nominations (LFS members have nominated 6 novels, 2 stories, a song and a film so far)

With less than two weeks left until the Sept. 30 nominating deadline, Libertarian Futurist Society members have nominated ten works for the next Prometheus Hall of Fame for Best Classic Fiction. Among the Hall of Fame nominees so far this year: six novels, two stories, a film and a song. That includes novels by Poul … Continue reading Final call for 2023 Prometheus Hall of Fame nominations (LFS members have nominated 6 novels, 2 stories, a song and a film so far)

Check out (and share!) the new LFS introductory flyer

The Libertarian Futurist Society has created an attractive new introductory flyer. The new flyer, available to download and print out from the LFS website, incorporates updated wording to explain our mission and the distinctive focus of the Prometheus Awards. The flyer also adds the names of several recent Prometheus-winning authors and some of their winning … Continue reading Check out (and share!) the new LFS introductory flyer