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<\/a>If you love freedom-loving science fiction in the zestful, imaginative, adventurous and libertarian spirit of Heinlein \u00a0– or if you just enjoy the emotional and spontaneous moments of awards shows – then you don\u2019t want to miss the 43rd<\/sup> annual Prometheus Awards ceremony, set for 2-2:40 p.m. Saturday Aug. 19 (Eastern time) via Zoom.<\/p>\nAnd we\u2019ve now got the link<\/a> for that Zoom event, open to all to watch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s the full text of that link to the Prometheus ceremony, just in case its needed:<\/p>\n https:\/\/agoric.zoom.us\/j\/88270762290?pwd=MlpoY0NuazNVZjMxMGN6TWFheVdIUT09<\/a><\/p>\n Sarah Hoyt, who won the Prometheus Award for Best Novel in 2011 for Darkship Thieves<\/em>, will present the Best Novel category to Dave Freer – an Australian\/Tasmanian writer who will be accepting his award from Cambridge, England.<\/p>\n Freer will discuss his novel Cloud-Castles,<\/em> the 2023 Best Novel winner, how he views the Prometheus Award and the mythic figure its named after, and discuss how culture and politics interrelate, including in Australia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Art Dula, primary trustee for the Heinlein Prize Trust, and John Tilden, Chairman of the Heinlein Society, will speak about Robert Heinlein\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n Dula and Tilden – who have each given eloquent speeches about Heinlein’s life and career at a previous Prometheus Awards ceremony honoring Heinlein, a frequent Prometheus Hall of Fame winner –\u00a0 will accept the 2023 Hall of Fame award for Best Classic Fiction for Heinlein’s story \u201cFree Men.\u201d<\/p>\n LFS President William H. Stoddard will emcee and introduce the 43rd<\/sup> annual awards ceremony and present the Prometheus Hall of Fame category.<\/p>\n LFS co-founder Michael Grossberg will introduce the Best Novel category and Prometheus-winning novelist Sarah Hoyt, who will present the Best Novel category.<\/p>\n Stoddard also chairs the LFS Hall of Fame Finalist Judging committee, whose LFS members judge each year’s nominees and select a slate of finalists.<\/p>\n Grossberg also chairs the LFS Best Novel Finalist Judging Committee, whose 12 members read each year’s nominees and select a slate of finalists.<\/p>\n For more information about Cloud-Castles,<\/em> “Free Men” and this year’s awards presenters and acceptors, check out this recent blog post.<\/a><\/p>\n Read the press release<\/a> announcing this year’s Prometheus winners.<\/p>\n IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE: * 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 <\/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 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you a fan of Sarah Hoyt? Dave Freer? Robert Heinlein? 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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