2024 Prometheus Awards Winners
The Libertarian Futurist Society (LFS) has announced Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez (Dutton) as the winner of the Prometheus Award in the Best Novel category, honoring pro-freedom works published in 2023. Other nominees were:
- Theft of Fire, Devon Eriksen (self-published)
- Swim Among The People, Karl K. Gallagher (Kelt Haven)
- God’s Girlfriend, Dr. Insensitive Jerk (self-published)
- Lord of a Shattered Land, Howard Andrew Jones (Baen)
The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday/Transworld) is the winner of the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award for Best Classic Fiction. Other finalists were:
- Orion Shall Rise, Poul Anderson (Timescape)
- “The Trees”, Rush (Hemispheres)
- Between the Rivers, Harry Turtledove (Tor)
Six other works were also considered for Hall of Fame: Zelig, Woody Allen; Floating Worlds, Cecilia Holland (Knopf); “Primary Education of the Camiroi”, R.A. Lafferty (Galaxy 12/66); That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis (The Bodley Head); Kalin, E.C. Tubb (Ace); and “The Last Word”, Harry Turtledove (Drakas!).
Nominees for Hall of Fame may be in any narrative or dramatic form, including prose fiction, stage plays, film, television, other video, graphic novels, song lyrics, or epic or narrative verse; they must explore themes relevant to libertarianism and must be science fiction, fantasy, or related genres.
All members of the Libertarian Futurist Society were eligible to vote. “The 44th annual Prometheus Awards will be presented online, most likely on a Saturday afternoon in mid- to-late August, in a Zoom awards ceremony with three-time Best Novel winner Victor Koman as a speaker and presenter.”
For more information, see the LFS website.
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