Prometheus Award

The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given out annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society (which also publishes a quarterly journal, Prometheus). 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.

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 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, 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)
• 2003 - Robert A. Heinlein, Requiem
• 2004 - Vernor Vinge, The Ungoverned
• 2005 - A. E. van Vogt, The Weapon Shops of Isher