The Libertarian Futurist Society's Hall of Fame committee moved their schedule ahead this year in order to give the members of the LFS more time to read the nominees. The committee started reading and discussing classic works in August, and have agreed on the list of finalists below. All LFS members will be allowed to vote on this slate in July. The Best Novel winner will be chosen by Full members (also in July) from a slate which will be selected in the spring. The following is the list of finalists for the 2009 Prometheus Hall of Fame award:
Falling Free, a novel by Lois McMaster Bujold (1988);
Courtship Rite, a novel by Donald M. Kingsbury (1982);
"As Easy as A.B.C.," a short story by Rudyard Kipling (1912);
The Lord of the Rings, a three-volume novel by J. R. R. Tolkien (1955);
The Once and Future King, including
The Book of Merlyn, a novel by T. H. White (1977); and
The Golden Age, a novel by John C. Wright (2002).
Read more about the LFS
here.