Prometheus Award
The Prometheus Award is a literary prize that honors libertarian works from the field of science fiction .
history
The Prometheus Award was established in 1979 by L. Neil Smith . The first prize winner was F. Paul Wilson with his novel Wheels Within Wheels . The prize was a gold medal valued at around $ 2,500. Because of the high costs and the lack of a financial and organizational backbone, the event was put on hold for two years after the first time.
In 1982 the Libertarian Futurist Society was founded, which revived the Prometheus Award. In addition to a category for the best novel , a hall of fame was also established a year later to honor classic libertarian works.
In both categories a gold medal is awarded, one side of which is supposed to represent free trade and the other side the free spirit. The medal for the best novel originally weighed half an ounce , and since 2001 a whole ounce . The medal for the Hall of Fame weighs an eighth of an ounce.
Best Novel (Prometheus Award for Best Novel)
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| year | author | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | ||
| 2019 | Travis JI Corcoran | Causes of Separation |
| 2018 | Travis JI Corcoran | The Powers of the Earth |
| 2017 | Johanna Sinisalo | The Core of the Sun |
| 2016 | Neal Stephenson | Seveneves |
| 2015 | Daniel Suarez | Influx |
| 2014 | Cory Doctorow or Ramez Naam | Homeland or Nexus |
| 2013 | Cory Doctorow | Pirate Cinema |
| 2012 | Ernest Cline | Ready Player One |
| 2012 | Delia Sherman | The Freedom Maze |
| 2011 | Sarah Hoyt | Darkship Thieves |
| 2010 | Eytan Kollin and Dani Kollin | The Unincorporated Man |
| 2000s | ||
| 2009 | Cory Doctorow | Little brother |
| 2008 | Jo Walton | Ha'Penny |
| Harry Turtledove | The gladiator | |
| 2007 | Charles Stross | Glasshouse |
| 2006 | Ken MacLeod | Learning the World |
| 2005 | Neal Stephenson | The System of the World |
| 2004 | F. Paul Wilson | Sims |
| 2003 | Terry Pratchett | Night watch |
| 2002 | Donald Kingsbury | Psychohistorical Crisis |
| 2001 | L. Neil Smith | The Forge of the Elders |
| 2000 | Vernor Vinge | A deepness in the sky |
| 1990s | ||
| 1999 | John Varley | The Golden Globe |
| 1998 | Ken MacLeod | The Stone Canal |
| 1997 | Victor Koman | Kings of the High Frontier |
| 1996 | Ken MacLeod | The Star Fraction |
| 1995 | Poul Anderson | The Stars are also Fire |
| 1994 | L. Neil Smith | Pallas |
| 1993 | James P. Hogan | The Multiplex Man |
| 1992 | Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle & Michael F. Flynn | Fallen Angels |
| 1991 | Michael F. Flynn | In the Country of the Blind |
| 1990 | Victor Koman | Solomon's Knife |
| 1980s | ||
| 1989 | Brad Linaweaver | Moon of Ice |
| 1988 | Victor Koman | The Jehovah Contract |
| 1987 | Vernor Vinge | Marooned in real time |
| 1986 | Victor Milán | Cybernetic Samurai |
| 1985 | - no winner - | |
| 1984 | J. Neil Schulman | The Rainbow Cadenza |
| 1983 | James P. Hogan | Voyage from Yesteryear |
| 1982 | L. Neil Smith | The Probability Broach |
| 1970s | ||
| 1979 | F. Paul Wilson | Wheels Within Wheels |
Hall of Fame (Prometheus Hall of Fame Award)
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Special Award
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| year | People) | title |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | ||
| 2017 | Mark Stanley | for Chapter 1 of Freefall, a webcomic |
| 2016 | Jonathan Luna & Sarah Vaughn | for Alex + Ada, a graphic novel Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 |
| 2016 | L. Neil Smith | for his life's work |
| 2015 | F. Paul Wilson | for his life's work |
| 2014 | Leslie Fish | for the story Tower of Horses and the filk song The Horsetamer's Daughter |
| 2014 | Vernor Vinge | for his life's work |
| 2000s | ||
| 2007 | James McTeigue (Director) & Wachowski Siblings (Screenplay) | V for Vendetta (film) |
| 2006 | Joss Whedon (writer and director) | Serenity - Escape into New Worlds (Film) |
| 2005 | L. Neil Smith (Author) & Scott Bieser (Illustrator) | The Probability Broach: The Graphic Novel |
| Mark Tier & Martin H. Greenberg [Eds] | Give me Liberty & Visions of Liberty (anthologies) | |
| 2001 | Poul Anderson | Life's work |
| 1990s | ||
| 1998 | Brad Linaweaver & Edward E. Kramer [Eds] | Free Space (anthology) |
Web links
- Prometheus Awards
- Prometheus Awards , entry in the Science Fiction Awards + Database
- Prometheus Awards , index in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Goodreads Inc.
- Final Frontiers: The Role of Science Fiction in the Development of Libertarian Ideology
Individual evidence
- ^ Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation: sfadb: Prometheus Award. July 20, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
- ^ Prometheus Awards, Awards: A Short History. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
- ^ Prometheus Awards, Prometheus Best Novel Award Winners. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
- ^ Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Winners. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
- ^ Prometheus, Special Award Winners. Retrieved October 18, 2017 .