For the first time this century, the LFS raises membership dues


By Michael Grossberg

Don’t be surprised when you go to renew your LFS membership in August or September. You’ll see new dues listed on the LFS website’s Membership page.

The Libertarian Futurist Society hasn’t increased the cost of its different levels of memberships since the 1990s. But as we head into the next membership-year cycle of renewals coming up this fall, dues for all six levels of LFS memberships are going up.

The LFS board of directors approved this belated increase unanimously during its May meeting – primarily in response to the rising cost of the gold coins we present  annually with the Prometheus Awards.

The dues increases will apply to all long-standing membership levels – Basic, Full, Sponsor and Benefactor – as well as to the new higher levels of Silver Benefactor and Gold Benefactor approved during the same board meeting.

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Which sf/fantasy literary awards are the most worthwhile? (You might be surprised how high the Prometheus award ranks)

Naturally, the Prometheus Awards are important to Libertarian Futurist Society members and other freedom-loving sf/fantasy fans.

Gold coins are used as prizes in the Prometheus Awards

But where does our award rank among other sf/fantasy literary awards in the considered opinion of leading sf/fantasy editors?

Prominent sf/fantasy novelist Charles Stross, who won the 2007 Prometheus Award for Best Novel for Glasshouse, shared a private conversation with a top editor that actually ranks the Prometheus Award quite high.

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