Prometheus Award

The Prometheus Award for libertarian science fiction novels is given out annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society. The award was founded in 1979 by L. Neil Smith, but was not awarded regularly until the newly-founded Libertarian Futurist Society revived it in 1982. A Hall of Fame Award (for classic works of libertarian science fiction, not necessarily novels) was created in 1983, and the Society also presents occasional one-off awards.

Prometheus Award recipients

• 1979 - F. Paul Wilson[?], Wheels Within Wheels
• 1980 - award not given
• 1981 - award not given
• 1982 - L. Neil Smith, The Probability Broach
• 1983 - James P. Hogan, Voyage from Yesteryear
• 1984 - J. Neil Schulman, The Rainbow Cadenza
• 1985 - No Winner ("None of the Above")
• 1986 - Victor Milan[?], Cybernetic Samurai
• 1987 - Vernor Vinge, Marooned in Realtime
• 1988 - Victor Koman[?], The Jehovah Contract
• 1989 - Brad Linaweaver[?], Moon of Ice
• 1990 - Victor Koman[?], Solomon's Knife
• 1991 - Michael Flynn[?], In the Country of the Blind
• 1992 - Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn[?], Fallen Angels
• 1993 - James P. Hogan, The Multiplex Man
• 1994 - L. Neil Smith, Pallas
• 1995 - Poul Anderson, The Stars are also Fire
• 1996 - Ken MacLeod, The Star Fraction
• 1997 - Victor Koman[?], Kings of the High Frontier
• 1998 - Ken MacLeod, The Stone Canal
• 1999 - John Varley, The Golden Globe
• 2000 - Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky
• 2001 - L. Neil Smith, The Forge of the Elders
• 2002 - Donald Kingsbury[?], Psychohistorical Crisis

Hall of Fame Award recipients

• 1983 - Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress; Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
• 1984 - George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four; Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
• 1985 - Poul Anderson, Trader to the Stars; Eric Frank Russell, The Great Explosion
• 1986 - Cyril Kornbluth, The Syndic; Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, Illuminatus! trilogy
• 1987 - Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land; Ayn Rand, Anthem
• 1988 - Alfred Bester, The Stars my Destination[?]
• 1989 - J. Neil Schulman, Alongside Night
• 1990 - F. Paul Wilson[?], The Healer
• 1991 - F. Paul Wilson[?], An Enemy of the State
• 1992 - Ira Levin, This Perfect Day
• 1993 - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
• 1994 - Yevnegi Zamiatin[?], We
• 1995 - Poul Anderson, The Star Fox
• 1996 - Robert A. Heinlein, Red Planet
• 1997 - Robert A. Heinlein, Methuselah's Children
• 1998 - Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
• 1999 - H. Beam Piper[?] and John McGuire[?], A Planet for Texans aka Lone Star Planet
• 2000 - Hans Christian Andersen, "The Emperor's New Clothes"
• 2001 - Jerry Pournelle and John F. Carr[?]: editors, The Survival of Freedom
• 2002 - Patrick McGoohan[?], The Prisoner (TV series)

Special Award recipients

• 1998 - Brad Linaweaver[?] and Edward E Kramer[?]: editors, Free Space (anthology)
• 2001 - Poul Anderson, Special Prometheus Award for Lifetime Achievement