{"id":2668,"date":"2020-12-07T21:33:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T03:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lfs.org\/blog\/?post_type=aiovg_videos&p=2668"},"modified":"2020-12-07T21:33:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T03:33:20","slug":"sf-writers-cherryh-hoyt-fancher-and-wilson-and-lfs-leaders-explore-visions-of-sf-liberty-human-rights-the-prometheus-awards-over-four-decades-from-f-paul-wilson-and-robert-heinlein-to","status":"publish","type":"aiovg_videos","link":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/aiovg_videos\/sf-writers-cherryh-hoyt-fancher-and-wilson-and-lfs-leaders-explore-visions-of-sf-liberty-human-rights-the-prometheus-awards-over-four-decades-from-f-paul-wilson-and-robert-heinlein-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Sf writers Cherryh, Hoyt, Fancher and Wilson and LFS leaders explore \u201cVisions of SF, Liberty, Human Rights: The Prometheus Awards Over Four Decades, from F. Paul Wilson and Robert Heinlein to Today\u201d in North American Science Fiction Convention panel & 2020 Prometheus Awards ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sample excerpt from LFS 2020 Worldcon panel discussion:
\n\u201cHere is a novel (The Lord of the Rings<\/em>) about a ring of power, \u2018one ring to rule them all.\u2019 What does Tolkien shows us about that ring?,\u201d LFS president William Stoddard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe shows us first that it is a danger to the world, that it enables its possessor to conquer and enslave free people, to go out and subjugate and rule them, according to his vision of how things should be, with no input from anyone else.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Editor-writer William H. Stoddard in his library, with his GURPS book on Fantasy, published in 2004 (Photo courtesy of Stoddard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But also he also shows us, through other characters, that the ring is dangerous to have. That it is corrupting. Gandalf and Galadriel both dread the thought of having the ring because it would tempt them to use their power in ways that would destroy them…<\/p>\n

“We see it has a steadily corrupting influence on Frodo. In a sense, Frodo and and Gollum are spiritual twins. Gollum is what Frodo is in danger of becoming. Tolkien shows us that the drive to power is addictive,” Stoddard said.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m baffled myself why some people read the trilogy and don\u2019t get a libertarian theme out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2020 North American Science Fiction Convention two-part event began with a 30-minute Prometheus Awards ceremony, emceed by Michael Grossberg and Tom Jackson, with acceptance speeches by C.J. Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher for Best Novel (Alliance Rising) and by Astrid Anderson Bear, accepting for her late father Poul Anderson for the story \u201cSam Hill.\u201d
\nThe video\u2019s final 50 minutes focused on the LFS panel discussion about \u201cVisions of SF, Liberty and Human Rights: The Prometheus Awards Over Four Decades…\u201d, moderated by Tom Jackson, included Prometheus-winning novelists F. Paul Wilson, Sarah Hoyt, C.J. Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher and LFS leaders William H. Stoddard, Michael Grossberg and Tom Jackson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","aiovg_categories":[],"aiovg_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2668","aiovg_videos","type-aiovg_videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_videos\/2668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_videos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aiovg_videos"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"aiovg_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_categories?post=2668"},{"taxonomy":"aiovg_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_tags?post=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}