2019 Prometheus Awards Winners

The Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS) has announced the winner of the 2019 Prometheus Award for Best Novel, honoring works published in 2018 that “examine the meaning of freedom.”

Best Novel Award

They also announced the winner of the Hall of Fame Award, “given in recognition of a classic work of science fiction or fantasy with libertarian themes.”

Hall of Fame

  • WINNER: “Harrison Bergeron”, Kurt Vonnegut (F&SF 10/61)
  • “Sam Hall”, Poul Anderson (Astounding 8/53)
  • “As Easy as A.B.C.”, Rudyard Kipling (London 3-4/1912)
  • “Conquest by Default”, Vernor Vinge (Analog 5/68)
  • Schrödinger’s Cat: The Universe Next Door, Robert Anton Wilson (Pocket)

The awards will be presented in a ceremony during Dublin 2019 – An Irish Worldcon to be held August 15-19, 2019 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.

For more information, see the LFS website.


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