Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak & memory holes: George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, a 1984 Prometheus Hall of Fame winner for Best Classic Fiction.40th Anniversary Celebration: An Appreciation of No Award, the 1985 Prometheus Best Novel choice.Meet the author: Nobel-Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro, a Best Novel finalist for Klara and the Sun.Daniel Sawyer pays tribute to Heinlein in fiction, non-fiction – and praises the Prometheus awards, too Fresh crop of Best Novel finalists spans genres, with most authors recognized for first time in Prometheus history.A badge of honor: LFS logo/brand image added to Novel finalist book cover, raising visibility for the Prometheus Award. A ‘Mad Genius’ commentary: Best Novel finalist Dave Freer on Prometheus as trickster and role model of ingenuity.Eris, the dwarf planet and goddess, and Illuminatus!.Orwell’s 1984 vs Huxley’s Brave New World: Which fictional dystopia seems more timely today?.Lord of the Rings: Economist uses Prometheus Hall of Fame classic to expose false complaints about capitalism – and about Tolkien’s underappreciated Eagles.Review: Nancy Kress novel The Eleventh Gate imagines pros, cons & conflicts of future libertarian, authoritarian worlds.Appreciating sf author Nancy Kress, her Beggars trilogy and other Prometheus-nominated novels.Check out (and share!) the new LFS introductory flyer. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
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