L. NEIL SMITH WINS
PROMETHEUS AWARD
We're happy to announce that our old friend and ISIL member L. Neil Smith received the Prometheus Award for best libertarian novel of the year ("Forge of the
Elders") from the Libertarian Futurist Society. http://www.lfs.org
The award was presented at the World Science Fiction Convention over the Labor Day weekend (2001)in Philadelphia. Because he was unable to attend, the award was accepted on his behalf by Toni Weisskopf of Baen Books (http://www.baen.com), publisher of Forge of the Elders.
To quote Smith from his acceptance notes: "Forge of the Elders accomplished several things that were – and are – very important to me. First, it reconsiders 'Social Darwinism,' arriving at radically different conclusions about the ethical and political implications of evolution by natural selection than are traditionally associated with it.
"Second, it continues my interest in 'alternate history', taking the idea further back in time than has ever been done before; it contemplates the notion that, in other branches of reality, other species might have become sapient and dominant on Earth.
"Third, it addresses my concern that while the rest of humanity is rejecting Marxism, America will embrace it, dragging the whole world back into the black hole of socialism. That process, accelerated by the Clinton Administration (the Bush Administration doesn't have clean hands either – Ed) continues, threatening the property, liberty, and life of every individual on the planet."
Forge of the Elders was also named "Freedom Book of the Year" by Free-Market.Net the year it was published.
Congratulations from the folks at ISIL, Neil!
International Society for Individual Liberty
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Science Fiction Author L. Neil Smith Honored
