2020 Prometheus Awards Winners
The Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS) has announced the winner of the 2020 Prometheus Award for Best Novel, honoring works published in 2019 that “examine the meaning of freedom.”
Best Novel Award
- WINNER: Alliance Rising, C.J. Cherryh & Jane S. Fancher (DAW)
- The Testaments, Margaret Atwood (Random House; Nan A. Talese)
- Ruin’s Wake, Patrick Edwards (Titan)
- Luna: Moon Rising, Ian McDonald (TOR)
- Ode to Defiance, Marc Stiegler (LMBPN)
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: “Sam Hall”, Poul Anderson (Astounding 8/53)
- “As Easy as A.B.C.”, Rudyard Kipling (London 3-4/1912)
- “The Trees”, Rush (Hemispheres)
- A Time of Changes, Robert Silverberg (Galaxy 3-6/71)
- “Lipidleggin'”, F. Paul Wilson (Asimov’s 5-6/78)
The awards will be presented in a zoom online ceremony on August 22, 2020 as part of the Columbus 2020 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC). NASFiC virtual events will be held August 21-22, 2020.
For more information, see the LFS website.
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