Prometheus Award
Entry updated 15 July 2024. Tagged: Award.
An Award presented for sf which is at least nominally Libertarian or attempts to "examine the meaning of freedom". It was inaugurated by L Neil Smith in 1979 and relaunched by the newly formed Libertarian Futurist Society in 1982, since when the presentations have been annual. The trophy takes the form of a gold coin "representing free trade and free minds". Prometheus Hall of Fame awards are also given for classic libertarian fiction: the first such presentations were in 1983, to Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (December 1965-April 1966 If; 1966) and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (1957); the 2011 winner was George Orwell's Animal Farm (1945 chap). [See the Prometheus Award website link below for further Hall of Fame details.] Special awards have occasionally been presented from 1998, covering such non-novel categories as Anthology, Cinema, Graphic Novel and lifetime achievement. [DRL]
see also: Economics.
Novel
- 1979: F Paul Wilson, Wheels Within Wheels (September 1971 Analog; exp 1978)
- 1982: L Neil Smith, The Probability Broach (1980)
- 1983: James P Hogan, Voyage from Yesteryear (1982)
- 1984: J Neil Schulman, The Rainbow Cadenza (1983)
- 1985: no award
- 1986: Victor Milán, The Cybernetic Samurai (1985)
- 1987: Vernor Vinge, Marooned in Realtime (1986)
- 1988: Victor Koman, The Jehovah Contract (1987)
- 1989: Brad Linaweaver, Moon of Ice (March 1982 Amazing; exp 1988)
- 1990: Victor Koman, Solomon's Knife (1989)
- 1991: Michael Flynn, In the Country of the Blind (1990)
- 1992: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn, Fallen Angels (1991)
- 1993: James P Hogan, The Multiplex Man (1992)
- 1994: L Neil Smith, Pallas (1993)
- 1995: Poul Anderson, The Stars Are Also Fire (1994)
- 1996: Ken MacLeod, The Star Fraction (1995)
- 1997: Victor Koman, Kings of the High Frontier (1996)
- 1998: Ken MacLeod, The Stone Canal (1996)
- 1999: John Varley, The Golden Globe (1998)
- 2000: Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky (1999)
- 2001: L Neil Smith, The Forge of the Elders (omni 2000)
- 2002: Donald Kingsbury, Psychohistorical Crisis (2001)
- 2003: Terry Pratchett, Night Watch (2002)
- 2004: F Paul Wilson, Sims (2003)
- 2005: Neal Stephenson, The System of the World (2004)
- 2006: Ken MacLeod, Learning the World (2005)
- 2007: Charles Stross, Glasshouse (2006)
- 2008: (tie) Harry Turtledove, The Gladiator (2007); Jo Walton, Ha'penny (2007)
- 2009: Cory Doctorow, Little Brother (2008)
- 2010: Dani and Eytan Kollin, The Unincorporated Man (2009)
- 2011: Sarah A Hoyt, DarkShip Thieves (2010)
- 2012: (tie) Delia Sherman, The Freedom Maze (2011); Ernest Cline, Ready Player One (2011)
- 2013: Cory Doctorow, Pirate Cinema (2012)
- 2014: (tie) Cory Doctorow, Homeland (2013); Ramez Naam, Nexus (2013)
- 2015: Daniel Suarez, Influx (2014)
- 2016: Neal Stephenson, Seveneves (2015)
- 2017: Johanna Sinisalo, Auringon ydin (2013; trans as The Core of the Sun 2016)
- 2018: Travis J I Corcoran, The Powers of the Earth (2017)
- 2019: Travis J I Corcoran, Causes of Separation (2018)
- 2020: C J Cherryh and Jane S Fancher, Alliance Rising (2019)
- 2021: Barry B Longyear, The Hook (2020)
- 2022: Wil McCarthy, Rich Man's Sky (2021)
- 2023: Dave Freer, Cloud-Castles (2022)
- 2024: Daniel Suarez, Critical Mass: A Novel (2023)
Special
- 1998: Anthology – Free Space (anth 1997) edited by Brad Linaweaver and Edward E Kramer
- 2001: Life achievement – Poul Anderson
- 2005: Anthology – Give Me Liberty! (anth 2003) and Visions of Liberty (anth 2004), both edited by Martin H Greenberg and Mark Tier; Graphic Novel – The Probability Broach: The Graphic Novel (2004) by L Neil Smith and Scott Bieser (illustrator)
- 2006: Film – Serenity (2005)
- 2007: Film – V for Vendetta (2006)
- 2014: Life achievement – Vernor Vinge. Leslie Fish for her novella "Tower of Horses" (in Music of Darkover, anth 2013, ed Elisabeth Waters) and Filk song telling the same story, "The Horsetamer's Daughter".
- 2015: Life achievement – F Paul Wilson
- 2016: Life achievement – L Neil Smith. Graphic novel – Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn, Alex + Ada (graph 2015)
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