"People come to libertarianism through fiction. Poole, Founder and Past-President, Reason Foundation Read? LFS dramatically reduces my search time-and that's very valuable to me." How else would I learn of the new SF books that I'd be most likely to want to "As a long-time libertarian and science fiction fan, I consider my Libertarian Futurist Society membership Libertarian History of Science Fiction," by Jordan Alexander Hill, Quillette (published "freedom from" - and voluntarism." - " The Liberation, accordingly, must come in the form of negative rights - that is, Totalitarianism, war, and wide-scale oppression is almost always carried outīy state force.
Much of SF expresses itself as dystopian fiction, a genre which, by its very nature, cannot but take New ideas and an instinctive rejection of stale convention and custom … Perhaps this is why so Restrictionism, the libertarian outlook values choice, freedom, … a general openness to radical … Unlike most ideologies that advocate forms of protectionism and Luddite
Year, the Prometheus and Prometheus Hall of Fame awards are given out by the Libertarian Futurist Libertarians even have their own SF literature awards. Outsized, lasting influence on the field. … Libertarian-leaning authors have had an "Libertarian SF is showing no signs of waning. "40 Years of the Prometheus Award," a TOR.comĪrticle by James Davis Nicoll (April 2019) Particular award can be rewarding for readers of all stripes" Thought … with equally diverse selections on the nominee lists.… following this Longevity … the LFS ranges far outside the borders of conventional American libertarian "The Prometheus Award is an interesting case … The results are as remarkable as the award's You’re coming up in the world of Sci-Fi, my friends!”Īuthor-songwriter Leslie Fish (“The Horseman’s Daughter”), frequent filk Literary award’ of considerable virtue, but not on a par with the Nebula or Hugo. I first heard it mentioned more than 30 years ago, described as a ‘freethinkers’ “(In sf fandom), the Prometheus is now considered third after the Hugo and
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