Prometheus
Newsletter of the LFS
Ten novels were nominated for this year's Prometheus Award for Best Novel of 2001. The following novels were chosen as finalists:
Falling Stars, by , the triumphant conclusion of the future-history epic about humanity's conquest of near space, in which politics gets in the way of progress but humanity pulls together to avoid disaster. Flynn's previous books in this series—Firestar, Lode Star, Rogue Star—were also Prometheus Award finalists for Best Novel.
Psychohistorical Crisis by , a galactic-scale drama abut political conflict and intrigue that doubles as an anti-authoritarian critique and digital-era update of 's deterministic concept of psychohistory. 's classic Courtship Rite has been nominated several times over the years for the Hall of Fame, but this is his first nomination for Best Novel.
Enemy Glory by . a new dark fantasy saga, set amid warring kingdoms, about a young man training to be a religious magician who joins a revolutionary cadre and ends up in trouble with the law. This is the first Prometheus nomination for Michalson.
The American Zone, by , the long-awaited sequel to 's The Probability Broach, in which detective Win Bear combats terrorists. has won Prometheus Awards for Best Novel in 1982 (The Probability Broach), 1994 Pallas, and last year (The Forge of the Elders).
Hosts, by F. Paul Wilson, another novel in his Repairman Jack series, abut a libertarian individualist hero struggling to avoid government scrutiny while solving an X-files-style mystery abut a mutating virus. Wilson won the first Prometheus Award for Best Novel in 1979 for Wheels within Wheels and has won the Hall of Fame Award twice for Healer (1990) and An Enemy of the State (1991).
The other nominees: Dune: House Corinno, by (Bantam); Martian Knightlife, by (Been Books); The Tranquility Wars by (Bantam Spectra); Cosmonaut Keep by (Tor), and The Free Lunch, by (Tor).
More than 20 works were nominated for this year's Hall of Fame award, including novels, novellas, films, TV series and episodes and graphic novels. The following works were chosen as finalists:
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgesss envisions a dystopia future England dominated by coercive psychotherapy and Russian culture.
"Requiem," by Robert A. Heinlein, portrays the last days of private space entrepreneur Delos D. Harriman.
lt Can't Happen Here. by , is a satirical portrait of a fascist takeover of the United States in the 1930s.
"The Prisoner," by Patrick McGoohan, dramatizes the heroic resistance of one principled man to a community designed to brainwash its inhabitants into conformity.
The Lord of the Rings. by J. R. R. Tolkien, portrays a world of fantasy torn apart by the conflict between freedom and power.
Thanks to the LFS members who volunteered to serve this past year as judges on either the Hall of Fame finalist judging committee or the Best Novel finalist judging committee.
The LFS is looking for volunteers to serve on next year's judging committees, which will begin reading the nominees this fall.
All LFS members are eligible to serve on the Hall of Fame judging commitftee. And if you volunteer. you will be appointed. Those interested in serving on the Hall of Fame finalist judging committee should contact chair Lynn Maners before June 10 at lmaners@dakotocom.net or write Maners, 2242 E. Silver St., Tucson. AZ 85719.
LFS Sponsors. Benefactors. and Life members are eligible to serve on the Best Novel finalist judging committees which includes an additional $25/year judging dues. Because this judging committee must be limited to 10 people, the LFS Board will select the members of this committee if more than 10 volunteers apply. Those interested in serving as a Best Novel finalist judge should contact chair Michael Grossberg before June 10 at mikegrossb@aol.com or call 614-236-5040.
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