Talk:Prometheus Award

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A question. Are there any third-party sources referring to this award not originating from the establishing society's own press releases? Any at all? Because if this award was remotely notable, surely someone would have picked up on the supreme hilarity of them awarding Tolkien as a writer of libertarian fiction (not to mention nominating Iain M. Banks who is literally a socialist). Beyond blogs, no one seems to think the Prometheus Award worthy of even mockery, which suggests to me it's not worthy of a Wikipedia article either. 80.221.34.183 (talk) 20:23, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. This seems to be no more notable than any blogger's self-created "award." Someone should gank this. 138.23.72.67 (talk) 14:31, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree. I know that Locus (the main news magazine for Science Fiction) regularly covers the Prometheus Awards. There are other awards that are covered, too. Just because you don't know the awards doesn't mean that they are meaningless. I can't cite a specific mention because I subscribe to the print edition. As for the arguments for whether Tolkein is libertarian, it all depends on how broadly you define libertarian. While a purist would definitely have problems with celebration of the Return of the King, the Shire could be considered a libertarian society. (I'm not going to argue whether Iain M. Banks' works should have been nominated since he is on my list of authors I should read eventually. As such, I'd be arguing from a position of ignorance.) Fredrik Coulter (talk) 16:06, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I looked closer at this award and it's ridiculous. The founder, L. Neil Smith hasn't just one award himself, but he won FOUR awards, of the award he founded HIMSELF. Mixed among the more famous authors there seems to be personal friends as well(the american libertarian scifi authors are a pretty small circle). And it's highly arguable whether the more famous authors are libertarians. The fact that they consider Iain M. Banks a libertarian is laughable. And George Orwell? He was a democratic socialist! I'm curious how they placed Terry Pratchett, Hans Christian Andersen and Ursula K. Le Guin in that category as well. Seems like when they run out of libertarian authors(Heinlein got the award SIX times, and there are plenty of others that got it 2-3 times) they just randomly pick one. I'm putting a notability banner on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horsewrangler8 (talk • contribs) 21:26, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your opinion of the award is a moot point. As it has received substantial coverage in independent reliable sources, it is notable. I'm removing the tag and adding a tag for more sources. If you still believe the award is not notable, feel free to take it to AfD. Thanks. - SummerPhD (talk) 15:10, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The link to God's Girlfriend is incorrect. It links to a random episode of the television show "God, the Devil and Bob," but it should be the book by Dr. Insensitive Jerk (AKA Gordon Hanka). 73.92.46.54 (talk) 05:00, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Paperback

I'm puzzled by the statement that the Prometheus Award for Best Novel is given for paperback science fiction. I serve on the Best Novel screening committee, and we have never restricted our nominations to works published in paperback or, indeed, to works published in print—at least one novel published only online has been a finalist. May I request the deletion of the word "paperback" as inaccurate? Note that I am not citing a secondary source for my assertions, but, if you like, asking if you have a source for the claim that only paperbacks are eligible. William H. Stoddard, President, Libertarian Futurist Society — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.220.198.124 (talk) 16:02, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Checking the sources, I can't find anything specifying paperback. I've removed it. - SummerPhD (talk) 16:43, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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