In a world in which humans themselves have become incorporated and most people no longer own a majority of themselves, one man - owned by no one and owning no one - dares to fight those who'd enslave him. Exiled and hunted, Justin Cord must now lead a revolution in order to birth a nation.
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The Unincorporated Man wins The Prometheus Award for Best Novel of the Year!
Holy Guacomolie! We are simply floored. I've posted the press release below:
Thanks for making freedom ring!
Dani & Eytan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 21, 2010
* The Libertarian Futurist Society will hold its annual awards ceremony for the Prometheus Award during Aussicon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, September 2-6, 2010, in Melbourne, Australia. The specific time and location will be available in the convention program.
* The winner of the Best Novel award is "The Unincorporated Man", by Dani and Eytan Kollin (TOR Books). The Hall of Fame award was won by "No Truce with Kings," a story by Poul Anderson, written in 1964. The Kollin Brothers will each receive a plaque and a one-ounce gold coin, while a smaller gold coin and a plaque will be presented to Anderson's estate.
"The Unincorporated Man" is the first novel publication by the Kollin brothers. It is the first novel in a planned trilogy to be published by Tor. "The Unincorporated Man" presents the idea that education and personal development could be funded by allowing investors to take a share of one's future income. The novel explores the ways this arrangement would affect those who do not own a majority of the stock in themselves. For instance, often ones investors would have control of a person's choices of where to live or work. The desire for power as an end unto itself and the negative consequences of the raw lust for power are shown in often great detail. The story takes a strong position that liberty is important and worth fighting for, and the characters spend their time pushing for different conceptions of what freedom is.
Poul Anderson's novels have been nominated many times, and have won the Prometheus Award (in 1995, for "The Stars are also Fire"), and the Hall of Fame Award (1995 for "The Star Fox" and 1985 for "Trader to the Stars"). He also received a Special award for lifetime achievement in 2001. This was the first nomination for "No Truce With Kings".
Poul Anderson's "No Truce with Kings" was first published in 1963. Like many science fiction stories of that era, it was set in a future that had endured a nuclear war. Anderson's focus is not on the immediate disaster and the struggle to survive, but the later rebuilding; its central conflict is over what sort of civilization should be created. The story's title comes from Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Old Issue," which describes the struggle to bind kings and states with law and the threat of their breaking free. Anderson's future California is basically a feudal society, founded on local loyalties, but it has a growing movement in favor of a centralized, impersonal state. As David Friedman remarked about this story, Anderson plays fair with his conflicting forces: both of them want the best for humanity, but one side is mistaken about what that is. This story is classic Anderson and, like many of his best stories, reveals his libertarian sympathies.
The other finalists for Best Novel were Hidden Empire, by Orson Scott Card (TOR Books); Makers, by Cory Doctorow (TOR Books); Liberating Atlantis, by Harry Turtledove (ROC/Penguin Books); and The United States of Atlantis, by Harry Turtledove (ROC/Penguin Books). Eleven novels published in 2009 were nominated for the 2010 award.
The other finalists for the Hall of Fame award were "As Easy as A.B.C.," a story by Rudyard Kipling (1912); Cryptonomicon, a novel by Neal Stephenson (1999); and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman," a story by Harlan Ellison (1965).
The LFS is announcing the winning works so that fans of the works and the writers can begin to make plans for attending the awards ceremonies. Anyone interested in more information about the awards ceremony or other LFS activities at Aussicon 4 can send email to programming@lfs.org.
The Prometheus awards for Best Novel, Best Classic Fiction (Hall of Fame) and (occasional) Special awards honor outstanding science fiction/fantasy that explores the possibilities of a free future, champions human rights (including personal and economic liberty), dramatizes the perennial conflict between individuals and coercive governments, or critiques the tragic consequences of abuse of power--especially by the State.
The Prometheus Award, sponsored by the Libertarian Futurist Society (lfs.org), was established in 1979, making it one of the most enduring awards after the Nebula and Hugo awards, and one of the oldest fan-based awards currently in sf. Presented annually since 1982 at the World Science Fiction Convention, the Prometheus Awards include a gold coin and plaque for each of the winners.
The Hall of Fame, established in 1983, focuses on older classic fiction, including novels, novellas, short stories, poems and plays. Past Hall of Fame award winners range from Robert Heinlein and Ayn Rand to Ray Bradbury and Ursula LeGuin.
Publishers who wish to submit novels published in 2009 for the 2010 Best Novel award should contact Michael Grossberg, Chair of the LFS Prometheus Awards Best Novel Finalist judging committee online at mikegrossb@aol.com or on paper at 3164 Plymouth Place, Columbus OH 43213.
Founded in 1982, the Libertarian Futurist Society sponsors the annual Prometheus Award and Prometheus Hall of Fame; publishes reviews, news and columns in the quarterly "Prometheus"; arranges annual awards ceremonies at the WorldCon; debates libertarian futurist issues (such as private space exploration); and provides fun and fellowship for libertarian SF fans.
A list of past winners of LFS awards can be found on the LFS web site at www.lfs.org.
For more information, contact LFS President Chris Hibbert (hibbert@mydruthers.com).
Book Two - Whew!
Well, it's finally official - Book two fo the The Unincorporated Trilogy officially releases today and I'm going to celebrate by sitting with a pool of jurors wondering if I'm to judge a peer. Here's to hoping I get a good judgement by the fans!
Dani
The Unincorporated Man has been named as a finalist for the Prometheus Award
Well call me naive but I had no idea that getting nominated for the Prometheus meant getting nominated twice! Turns out our first nomination meant we'd made it into a larger pool of candidates. That list has been winnowed down to five and we're in it!
Here's the list:
The Finalists:
* Hidden Empire, by Orson Scott Card (TOR Books)
* Makers, by Cory Doctorow (TOR Books)
*The Unincorporated Man, by Dani and Eytan Kollin (TOR Books)
* Liberating Atlantis, by Harry Turtledove (ROC/ Penguin Books)
* The United States of Atlantis, by Harry Turtledove (Roc /Penguin Books)
Getting Ready for the Release of The Unincorporated War
Well, it's official. Book two of the The Unincorporated Series called, The Unincorporated War, will be released in May of 2010 and Eytan and I have begun the always entertaining task of going on tour to promote it. We'll be at the Condor SF convention this weekend, and then Xanadulasvegas shortly thereafter (Did I mention being at Boskone just a few weeks ago?). What's particularly nice is meeting up with people familiar with the The Unincorporated Man anxious to discuss what happens next. How cool is that? Lovin' this author thing, baby!
If you want to see the full image of the book jacket cover (Done by well-know cover artist Dave Seeley) as well as the new image for the re-issue of The Unincorporated Man click on these links!
What it means to be nominated for the Prometheus Award
The Prometheus award was created in order to honor science fiction writers whose books examine the meaning of freedom. As you can well imagine we're pretty damned excited to be nominated for an award that many of our literary heroes already have lining their walls. Including Larry Niven, Vernor Vinge, Terry Pratchett, Harry Turtledove, Charlie Stross and Cory Doctorow.
Don't know who else has been nominated yet but the winner will be announced at next year's World Science Fiction convention in Melbourne, Australia. Until then we'll keep writing what we love and loving that we're getting recognized for it.
Dani
The 6,000 mile road trip is over and wow, was it ever worth it! Besides rolling in to our friends' home in Denver, Chicago and Montreal at obscene hours (and their all having forgiven us) we also got to meet a fresh round of new faces excited about the book. I also had the pleasure of hanging out with Lou Anders, multiple Hugo award nominee and senior editor of Pyr Books. I'd say the highlight of the con was a Sunday panel Eytan and I were on about SF and Econ. It included Hugo nominee, Karl Shroeder as moderator, Hugo award winner, Charlie Stross and Aurora award winner, Hayden Trenholm. In room built for 200 we packed in 250+. Who knew econ could be so interesting? We got back late Thursday afternoon and were rewarded Sunday morning by seeing our book highlighted in the Sunday Comics version of Unshelved! Click on the image below to see it in full view.
Saved by the author, David Boop of myspace.com/shemurderedmewithsciene fame
As part of our three day mission to get to Montreal as inexpensively as possible we find ourselves crashing at the pad of the incomparable author and editor, David Boop. We leave at 5am as we head to Chicago but will wind our way back after Worldcon. I must say this about David's pad. It offers an impressive collection of SF and Fantasy books, dvds and even beta max's from which to draw inspiration. Today's drive was over 15 hours. Must go to sleep now.
Comic-Con was a bast! Not only did we have a full house to speak to (Thank you Greg Bear for bringing in the hoards!) but we had lots of great get ups to look at too! Next stop - Montreal!
Tomorrow will be our first ever Comicon (as panelists). I'm getting ready for my "Wow, New York City. Just like I pictured it - skyscrapers and everything" moment. Wish me luck.
Dani
How hot was it?
Forget the books...even the booksellers didn't have jackets!
It's not every day you stop by a bookstore in the middle of the desert (no air conditioning on, 113 degrees outside, at least 110 inside) and get treated to such naked exuberance. And that's pretty much the only way to describe Paul, our friendly bookseller. Lifetime nudist combines his passion for no fashion with his love for reading. Better yet, when he heard we were authors he bought a book from us on the spot and had us inscribe it. I couldn't resist; I wrote: Paul, thanks for the most revealing bookstore experience I've ever had."
Dani
