The Libertarian Futurist Society has released winners of this year's Prometheus Awards in advance of the planned awards ceremony at Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, August 6-10, 2009, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Winners and finalists are as follows:
- NOVEL
- Little Brother, Cory Doctorow (Tor)
- Matter, Iain Banks (Orbit)
- Matter, Iain Banks (Orbit)
- The January Dancer, Michael Flynn (Tor)
- The January Dancer, Michael Flynn (Tor)
- Saturn's Children, Charles Stross (Tor)
- Saturn's Children, Charles Stross (Tor)
- Opening Atlantis, Harry Turtledove (Roc)
- Opening Atlantis, Harry Turtledove (Roc)
- Half a Crown, Jo Walton (Tor)
Twelve novels were nominated.- Half a Crown, Jo Walton (Tor)
HALL OF FAME
- The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
- Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold
- Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold
- Courtship Rite, Donald M. Kingsbury
- Courtship Rite, Donald M. Kingsbury
- "As Easy as A.B.C.", Rudyard Kipling
- The Once and Future King, T.H. White
- The Once and Future King, T.H. White
- The Golden Age, John C. Wright
- The Golden Age, John C. Wright
The Hall of Fame category includes works sometimes nominated year after year until they win; The Lord of the Rings has been nominated several times in the past.
The Prometheus Awards were established in 1979. Winners receive a plaque and a one-ounce gold coin.
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