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<\/a>Some rank high among bestselling and even world famous authors; some are not quite as well known but still have sold millions of copies of their books, and a few are lesser-known writers who deserve a wider readership.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Yet they\u2019re all writers who have written notable speculative fiction (generally science fiction and\/or fantasy) that in different ways championed freedom-loving themes and exposed the evils of authoritarianism.<\/p>\n
And all of the above have been recognized for such works by winning Prometheus Awards \u2013 some for Best Novel, some for Best Classic Fiction and several for both annual award categories.<\/p>\n
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But these 13 writers now also have something else in common, right here on the Prometheus Blog:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Over the past seven years of the blog, enough articles, reviews, appreciations, trend pieces and author\u2019s updates have been written and posted about each of these writers to merit a direct link in the blog\u2019s convenient index.<\/p>\n
If you haven\u2019t used or noticed the index before, just scroll down the left side of the main Prometheus Blog page \u2013 past the Videos link, past the blog subscription option, past the 10 most recent blog posts, past the Top Posts rankings, past Recent Comments and past the Archives and its drop-down menu of monthly posts until you see Categories.<\/p>\n The Categories offer handy short-cuts to different groupings of past Prometheus Blog posts, from the Best of the Blog to Interviews<\/a> and Reviews.<\/p>\n Under News, we currently have 361 past posts, including 235 past Author Updates<\/a> and 142 Reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here is where each of these authors are listed, so that their fans can directly and quickly call up every major post that focuses on each writer.<\/p>\n New index links are added each time another Prometheus Blog article is posted. But so far, as of early January 2025, here\u2019s the breakdown (listed in alphabetical order of each author\u2019s first name) of how many times each author has had posts written about them or their work:<\/p>\n Ayn Rand:<\/a> 16<\/p>\n F. Paul Wilson<\/a>: 18<\/p>\n George Orwell<\/a>: 22<\/p>\n J.R.R. Tolkien<\/a>: 12<\/p>\n James P. Hogan<\/a>: 14<\/p>\n Ken MacLeod<\/a>: 15<\/p>\n L. Neil Smith<\/a>: 23<\/p>\n Neal Stephenson<\/a>: 11<\/p>\n Poul Anderson<\/a>: 28<\/p>\n Ray Bradbury<\/a>: 11<\/p>\n Robert Heinlein<\/a>: 49<\/p>\n Sarah Hoyt<\/a>: 17<\/p>\n Vernor Vinge<\/a>: 21<\/p>\n Victor Koman<\/a>: 11<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The above numbers perhaps offer only a very limited and one-dimensional indication of the relative popularity of these writers among LFS members and other freedom-loving sf\/fantasy fans \u2013 and certainly don\u2019t suggest any comparative rankings of the writers in terms of their objective quality and enduring value.<\/p>\n Still, they do suggest that these authors remain current and vital in Libertarian Futurist Society discourse. (As do other Prometheus-winning authors that the blog hasn\u2019t published as much about, so far, but which may well be added to the index as time goes on – including Ursula K. Le Guin, added in early 2025.)<\/p>\n To see why the Prometheus Blog has written about and referenced these particular authors so much, just click on the name of each in the index \u2013 and read the variety of essays, reviews, trend pieces and appreciations devoted to each so far.<\/p>\n IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROMETHEUS AWARDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n * Prometheus winners:\u00a0<\/strong>For the full list of Prometheus winners, finalists and nominees \u2013 including the annual Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction (Hall of Fame) categories and occasional Special Awards \u2013 visit the enhanced\u00a0Prometheus Awards page<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>on the LFS website, which now includes convenient links to all published essay-reviews in our Appreciation series explaining why each of more than 100 past winners since 1979 fits the awards\u2019 distinctive dual focus on both quality and liberty.<\/p>\n * Read \u201cThe Libertarian History of Science Fiction,\u201d<\/strong><\/a>an 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 of past Prometheus Awards ceremonies (including the recent 2023 ceremony<\/a>with inspiring and amusing speeches by Prometheus-winning authors Dave Freer<\/a>and Sarah Hoyt)<\/a>, 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 * Check out the Libertarian Futurist Society\u2019s Facebook page<\/a><\/strong>for comments, updates and links to Prometheus Blog posts.<\/p>\n Libertarian futurists believe that culture matters! We understand that the arts and literature can be vital in envisioning a freer and better future – and in some ways can be even more powerful than politics in the long run, by imagining better visions of the future incorporating peace, prosperity, progress, tolerance, justice, positive social change, and mutual respect for each other\u2019s rights, individuality and human dignity.<\/p>\n Through recognizing the literature of liberty and the many different but complementary visions of a free future via the Prometheus Awards, the LFS hopes to help spread ideas and ethical principles that help humanity overcome tyranny, end slavery, reduce the threat of war, repeal or constrain other abuses of coercive power and achieve universal liberty, respect for human rights and a better world (perhaps ultimately, worlds) for all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>*\u00a0Join us! <\/em><\/strong>To help sustain the Prometheus Awards and support a cultural and literary strategy to appreciate and honor freedom-loving fiction, \u00a0join<\/a>the Libertarian Futurist Society, a non-profit all-volunteer association of freedom-loving sf\/fantasy fans.<\/p>\n