Back to the present, almost

Pay no attention to the date on the cover, to modify a phrase. Production on the newsletter has suffered some serious delays the past year or so, but hopefully it is starting to get back on track. Several factors are at play. Content first and foremost drives the newsletter. Much like the oft-mocked annual pledge drives for national public radio and television, Prometheus editors hold out the hat. But instead of funds, we're seeking contributions of a literary kind. In other words, we need book reviews, movie reviews, essays, interviews.

In the internet age with blogs and a proliferation of review sites that can push content instantly across the world, the Prometheus production schedule requires time. Time to write, edit, proofread, add to a newsletter template, and proofread again. Then the printer takes a few days to a week to fit our request into a schedule. Stamps are bought, labels printed, mailing lists updated and verified. Newsletters are folded, labels attached, stamps attached, and staples pressed into the folded issue.

Despite these many steps, without content the whole process takes longer, as then it has to be written to fit, or the internet scoured to locate something of interest that might not have seen wide publication.

You can help, dear reader. This issue illustrates that book reviews can be brief or long. In the past we have reviewed, in addition to the standard fare of books, a varied list of movies, comic books, TV shows, and more. Perhaps you have played a video game, watched a play, or seen a web site of interest. Here is your chance to plug your favorite ‘fill-in-the-blank’ in a libertarian science fiction newsletter. If you don't want to write a review, send an email to editor@lfs.org with the title, and maybe we can find someone to review what you wish to plug, or what you think has some bearing on libertarian sf.