Prometheus Award - Definition and Overview

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

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 - Yevgeni Zamiatin, 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 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

Special Award recipients

• 1998 - Brad Linaweaver and Edward E. Kramer: editors, Free Space (anthology)
• 2001 - Poul Anderson, Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement

External link

• Libertarian Futurist Society (http://www.lfs.org/)