{"id":391,"date":"2017-12-28T14:13:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T20:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lfs.org\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2024-01-03T22:15:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T04:15:36","slug":"article-on-robert-heinlein-now-available-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/article-on-robert-heinlein-now-available-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Article on Robert Heinlein now available online"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Heinlein signs autographs at the 1976 Worldcon. (Creative Commons photo).<\/em><\/p>\n

The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, a project of the Cato Institute, has now been published online.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

As a result, the article on science fiction author Robert Heinlein by academic and LFS member Dr. Amy Sturgis<\/a>, originally published in 2008, is now available to everyone.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sturgis argues that The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress<\/em> is his chief work.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“Heinlein here offered a loose retelling of the American Revolution, with the revolt against tyranny set on the moon. The ‘Loonies’ rebel against the iron control of the authorities on Earth and in the process learn the lesson that ‘there ain\u2019t no such thing as a free lunch’ or, as Heinlein states it in the novel, TANSTAAFL. Ultimately, the Loonies, like the colonials after whom they were modeled, achieve an independence of sorts, but not without great cost,” she writes.<\/p>\n

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress<\/em> won a Prometheus Hall of Fame Award in 1983<\/a>, the first year the award was given.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tom Jackson<\/p>\n

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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE:
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\n<\/u><\/strong>* Prometheus winners:\u00a0<\/strong>For the full list of Prometheus winners, finalists and nominees \u2013 for the annual Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction (Hall of Fame) categories and occasional Special Awards \u2013 visit the enhanced\u00a0Prometheus Awards page\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>on the LFS website, which now includes convenient links to the full set of published appreciation-reviews of past winners.<\/p>\n

* Read\u00a0\u201cThe Libertarian History of Science Fiction,\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0an essay in the international magazine\u00a0Quillette<\/em>\u00a0that favorably highlights the Prometheus Awards, the Libertarian Futurist Society and the significant element of libertarian sf\/fantasy in the evolution of the modern genre.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Watch\u00a0 <\/strong>videos <\/strong>of past Prometheus Awards ceremonies, Libertarian Futurist Society panel discussions with noted sf authors and leading libertarian writers, and other LFS programs on the Prometheus Blog\u2019s\u00a0Video page.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Join us<\/strong>! To help sustain the Prometheus Awards,\u00a0join\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>the Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS), a non-profit all-volunteer association of freedom-loving sf\/fantasy fans.<\/p>\n

Libertarian futurists believe that culture matters! We understand that the arts and literature can be vital, and in some ways even more powerful than politics in the long run, by sparking innovation, better ideas, positive social change, and mutual respect for each other\u2019s rights and differences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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