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<\/a><\/p>\nThis guide offers LFS members a timely summary of this year\u2019s finalists in our two annual categories: Best Novel and the Prometheus Hall of Fame for Best Classic Fiction.<\/p>\n
Again this year, the Prometheus Blog was able to publish in-depth reviews of each of the finalists to add context and perspective on why each work deserved our recognition. So also included here, for the convenience of Prometheus voters, are links to each review.<\/p>\n
Plus, this guide will offer tips on the availability of finalists – including links to those available free and online.<\/p>\n
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THE 2025 BEST NOVEL FINALISTS<\/b><\/p>\n
* Cancelled: The Shape of Things to Come, <\/i><\/b>by Danny King (Annie Mosse Press, 456 pages)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n READ THE FINALIST REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n To whet the appetite of LFS Full members, Sponsors and Benefactors to read and rank all five Best Novel finalists on the final ballot, here are links to the recent Prometheus Blog reviews:\u00a0 <\/span>Alliance Unbound<\/a>,<\/i> In the Belly of the Whale,<\/a> Cancelled: The Shape of Things to Come,<\/a> Beggar\u2019s Sky<\/a> and Mania.<\/a><\/p>\n * Orion Shall Rise<\/i><\/b>, a 1983 novel by Poul Anderson<\/p>\n * \u201cAs Easy as A.B.C.,\u201d a 1912 story by Rudyard Kipling<\/p>\n * \u201dThe Trees,” a 1978 song by Rush<\/p>\n READ THE FINALIST REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n To whet the appetite of LFS members to read and rank the four Best Classic Fiction finalists on the final ballot, here are links to the recent Prometheus Blog reviews:\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThe Trees,\u201d <\/a>\u201cAs Easy as A.B.C.,\u201d<\/a> Orion Shall Rise<\/a> and Singularity Sky<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n HOW TO FIND THE FINALISTS<\/b><\/p>\n The Rush song and the Kipling story are available free online, helping to make our Best Classic Fiction category more accessible.<\/p>\n Thanks to the Kipling Society, the full text of \u201cAs Easy as A.B.C.\u201d<\/a> has been posted.<\/p>\n Lyrics to the Rush song can be found several places online.<\/p>\n Google \u201clyrics to the Rush song The Trees\u201d to find the full text. To watch Rush perform the song, visit YouTube, where several videos are available – or watch one video<\/a> recording of the song that alternates between images of trees and the band.)<\/p>\n Meanwhile, all five Best Novel finalists as well as the Hall of Fame finalist novels by Anderson and Stross, are widely available at libraries, bookstores and online, often in new and used editions and as a Kindle or ebook.<\/p>\n We hope this reference guide will assist LFS members in familiarizing themselves with the finalists between now and the traditional and aptly symbolic July 4 voting deadline.<\/p>\n FOR FURTHER REFERENCE Check out the LFS press releases announcing the Prometheus Hall of Fame finalists<\/a>\u00a0and the Best Novel finalists<\/a>, which include 120- to 150-word capsule descriptions of each work that make clear how they fit our award.<\/p>\n ABOUT THE LFS AND PROMETHEUS AWARDS<\/b><\/p>\n *\u00a0Join us!<\/b> 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 Libertarian futurists understand that culture matters. We believe that literature and the arts can be vital in envisioning a freer and better future.<\/p>\n In some ways, culture can be even more influential and 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, human dignity, individuality and peaceful choices.<\/p>\n * Prometheus winners:\u00a0<\/b>For a full list of Prometheus winners, finalists and nominees \u2013 including in the annual Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction (Hall of Fame) categories and occasional Special Awards \u2013 visit the enhanced\u00a0Prometheus Awards page<\/a>\u00a0on the LFS website. This page 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 *\u00a0Watch videos 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.<\/a><\/p>\n * Read \u201cThe Libertarian History of Science Fiction,\u201d<\/a> an essay in the international magazine\u00a0Quillette<\/i>\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 * Check out the Libertarian Futurist Society\u2019s Facebook page<\/a> for comments, updates and links to the latest Prometheus Blog posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Michael Grossberg With the Libertarian Futurist Society on the verge of sending Prometheus Awards ballots to LFS members, here\u2019s a quick-reference guide to this year\u2019s finalists. 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Fancher (DAW, 404 pages)<\/p>\n<\/a>* I<\/i>n the Belly of the Whale,<\/i><\/b> <\/i>by Michael Flynn (CAEZIK SF & Fantasy, 472 pages)<\/p>\n<\/a>* <\/i>Beggar\u2019s Sky,<\/i><\/b> by Wil McCarthy (Baen Books, 312 pages)<\/p>\n<\/a>* Mania,<\/i><\/b>\u00a0 by Lionel Shriver (Harper, 288 pages)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>THE 2025 HALL OF FAME FINALISTS<\/b><\/p>\n<\/a>* Singularity Sky, <\/i><\/b>a 2003 novel by Charles Stross<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nRead other Prometheus Blog articles for an overview of the Best Novel finalists<\/a> and an overview of the Hall of Fame finalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n