Prometheus Award

The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given out annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society, which also publishes a quarterly journal, "Prometheus". The award was founded in 1979 by L. Neil Smith, but was not awarded regularly until the newly-founded Libertarian Futurist Society revived it in 1982. A Hall of Fame Award (for classic works of libertarian science fiction, not necessarily novels) was created in 1983, and the Society also presents occasional one-off awards.

Prometheus Award recipients

*1979 - F. Paul Wilson, "Wheels Within Wheels"
*1980 - award not given
*1981 - award not given
*1982 - L. Neil Smith, "The Probability Broach"
*1983 - James P. Hogan, "Voyage from Yesteryear"
*1984 - J. Neil Schulman, "The Rainbow Cadenza"
*1985 - No Winner ("None of the Above")
*1986 - Victor Milan, "Cybernetic Samurai"
*1987 - Vernor Vinge, "Marooned in Realtime"
*1988 - Victor Koman, "The Jehovah Contract"
*1989 - Brad Linaweaver, "Moon of Ice"
*1990 - Victor Koman, "Solomon's Knife"
*1991 - Michael Flynn, "In the Country of the Blind"
*1992 - Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn, "Fallen Angels"
*1993 - James P. Hogan, "The Multiplex Man"
*1994 - L. Neil Smith, "Pallas"
*1995 - Poul Anderson, "The Stars are also Fire"
*1996 - Ken MacLeod, "The Star Fraction"
*1997 - Victor Koman, "Kings of the High Frontier"
*1998 - Ken MacLeod, "The Stone Canal"
*1999 - John Varley, "The Golden Globe"
*2000 - Vernor Vinge, "A Deepness in the Sky"
*2001 - L. Neil Smith, "The Forge of the Elders"
*2002 - Donald Kingsbury, "Psychohistorical Crisis"
*2003 - Terry Pratchett, "Night Watch"
*2004 - F. Paul Wilson, " Sims"
*2005 - Neal Stephenson, "The System of the World"
*2006 - Ken MacLeod, "Learning the World"
*2007 - Charles Stross, "Glasshouse"
*2008 - Harry Turtledove, "The Gladiator" and Jo Walton, "Ha'Penny" (tie)

Hall of Fame Award recipients

*1983 - Robert A. Heinlein, "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"; Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged"
*1984 - George Orwell, "Nineteen Eighty-Four"; Ray Bradbury, "Fahrenheit 451"
*1985 - Poul Anderson, "Trader to the Stars"; Eric Frank Russell, "The Great Explosion"
*1986 - Cyril Kornbluth, "The Syndic"; Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, "Illuminatus!" trilogy
*1987 - Robert A. Heinlein, "Stranger in a Strange Land"; Ayn Rand, "Anthem"
*1988 - Alfred Bester, "The Stars My Destination"
*1989 - J. Neil Schulman, "Alongside Night"
*1990 - F. Paul Wilson, "The Healer"
*1991 - F. Paul Wilson, "An Enemy of the State"
*1992 - Ira Levin, "This Perfect Day"
*1993 - Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Dispossessed"
*1994 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, "We"
*1995 - Poul Anderson, "The Star Fox"
*1996 - Robert A. Heinlein, "Red Planet"
*1997 - Robert A. Heinlein, "Methuselah's Children"
*1998 - Robert A. Heinlein, "Time Enough for Love"
*1999 - H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire, "A Planet for Texans" aka "Lone Star Planet"
*2000 - Hans Christian Andersen, "The Emperor's New Clothes"
*2001 - Jerry Pournelle and John F. Carr: editors, "The Survival of Freedom"
*2002 - Patrick McGoohan, "The Prisoner" (TV series)
*2003 - Robert A. Heinlein, "Requiem"
*2004 - Vernor Vinge, "The Ungoverned"
*2005 - A. E. van Vogt, "The Weapon Shops of Isher"
*2006 - Alan Moore (author) and David Lloyd (illustrator ), "V for Vendetta" graphic novel
*2007 - Sinclair Lewis, "It Can't Happen Here" and Vernor Vinge, "True Names"
*2008 - Anthony Burgess, "A Clockwork Orange"

pecial Award recipients

*1998 - Brad Linaweaver and Edward E. Kramer: editors, "Free Space" (anthology)
*2001 - Poul Anderson, Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement
*2005 - Mark Tier and Martin H. Greenberg: editors, "Give Me Liberty" and "Visions of Liberty" (anthologies for Baen Books)
*2005 - L. Neil Smith (writer) and Scott Bieser (illustrator), "The Probability Broach: The Graphic Novel"
*2006 - Joss Whedon (writer-director) and Serenity.
*2007 - James McTeigue (director) and the Wachowski brothers (screenplay), "V For Vendetta" (Motion Picture)

ee also

*Anarcho-capitalist literature
*Libertarian science fiction
*Libertarianism

External links

* [http://www.lfs.org/ Libertarian Futurist Society]
* [http://www.awardannals.com/wiki/Honor_roll:Prometheus_Award_for_Best_Novel The most honored Prometheus Award finalists]
* [http://www.lfs.org/releases.htm 2008 Prometheus Award finalists]