The Prometheus Award, 2025

 

Folks, 

I know I'm late with this. I know you know. We've been updating what was Dad's childhood home (something Dad and I intended to do in the summer of 2023 before everything went very, very sideways) and the computer was put away somewhere safe from all of the dust and debris, and I still don't know where the mouse is, so I'm using (aka struggling with) the trackpad on the laptop. 😫

In any case, we're pleased to announce that Dad's final work, In the Belly of the Whale, has won the Prometheus Award for Best Novel, 2025, which is presented by the Libertarian Futurist Society or LFS. The awards ceremony will, per LFS, be online via Zoom in late Aug or early Sept and I'll be sure to update you later than they will as soon as my brother and I figure this out. 😶 I'm sorry to say I don't know much about the other books that were nominated or their authors, but I'm sure they were thoughtful, provoking works. 

With this, Dad becomes one of five authors to have won this award three times and the first to win posthumously. Dad was previously bestowed this honor in in 1991 for In the Country of the Blind and in 1992 for Fallen Angels with Larry Niven and David Pournelle. The other four authors, by the way, were Cory Doctorow, Victor Koman, Ken MacLeod and L. Neil Smith. Michael Grossberg, of the LFS, talks about the Locus review of In the Belly of the Whale in a recent blog post here.

My father would have been touched and humbled by the honor of having his work recognized. He put so much work into researching and creating his worlds. The cabinets in his office were covered with maps and index cards with notes written on them. The file cabinets in his office and in another room were literally filled to bursting with articles and research on a myriad of topics that he used to incorporate into his stories. When he died, he had something like 89 tabs open on his browser. He wanted every detail just right, so he could create that immersive world for you, his readers.

For you to have recognized his effort, his artistry, his life's passion is a great honor not only to my dad, but to me, my brother, Dad's brothers, and our extended family.

Thank you.