Prometheus Finalists 1986

As all LFS members who read their mail know, the 1986 Prometheus Award and Hall of Fame finalists have been chosen.

The five Prometheus Award finalists span centuries, sometimes in one novel. Glen Cook's A Matter of Time is a tale of a detective who must prevent a dystopian future that will/does have his son as one of its saints. The Gallantin Divergence by L. Neil Smith continues the saga of Win Bear as he and his "twin" time-travel to post-revolutionary America to prevent a Hamiltonian sabotage of the Whiskey Rebellion. Elegy for a Soprano is Kay Nolte Smith's story of an operatic genius who tyrannizes her followers. Philip K. Dick's fascinating Radio Free Albemuth was published posthumously. Last, and probably most exciting, is Victor Milan's Cybernetic Samurai, the saga of a 21st Century computer that becomes sentient and, finally, an anarchist.

The seven Hall of Fame finalists include Ayn Rand's Anthem, The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, Alfred Bester's dynamic The Stars My Destination, C.M. Kornbluth's The Syndic, This Perfect Day by Ira Levin, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and the book one undoubtably finds on every libertarian "space cadet"s book shelf, Illuminatus! by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea.

The awards will be given on Sunday, August 31st, at the World Science Fiction Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. The ceremony will be held between 2 and 3 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel in the Imperial A Auditorium, and it will be part of a Special Awards ceremony which includes the Japanese Hugos.

J. Neil Schulman will be presenting the Prometheus Award, and Brad Linaweaver and Victoria Varga will be presenting the Hall of Fame awards.

We would be delighted to welcome any of our members or friends that are able to get to Atlanta. For information call Michael Grossberg at (614) 236-1908. (He is head of the Special Awards department for this year's Worldcon).

See you there.