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

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,

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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. -

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