2022 Prometheus Awards Winners

Locus Magazine, Science Fiction FantasyThe Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS) has announced the winner for the Prometheus Award in the Best Novel category, honoring pro-freedom works published in 2021.

  • Between Home and Ruin, Karl K. Gallagher  (Kelt Haven)
  • Seize What’s Held Dear, Karl K. Gallagher  (Kelt Haven)
  • Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf; Faber & Faber)
  • Should We Stay or Should We Go, Lionel Shriver (Harper Perennial)

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

  • WINNER: Citizen of the Galaxy, Robert Heinlein (Charles Scribner’s Sons)
  • That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis (The Bodley Head)
  • Circus World, Barry B. Longyear (Nelson Doubleday)
  • “The Trees”, Rush (Hemispheres)

All members of the LFS were eligible to vote. The 42nd annual Prometheus Awards will be presented online in late August, “with multiple-Prometheus-winning authors Travis Corcoran and F. Paul Wilson as presenters.”

For more information, see the LFS website.


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