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From: Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com>
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Subject: Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA
Date: 28 May 2024 20:27:09 GMT
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On 2024-05-28, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <v34o3q$seb$1@panix2.panix.com>,
> Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>>D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>Well, I do like Rands Atlas Shrugged and We the living, but that is of 
>>>course not SF.
>>
>>I'd call Atlas Shrugged more fantasy than SF, but the deus ex machina of
>>the free power technology has some SF elements.  I have to admit that I
>>liked the book even though it was totally unrealistic.  However, it has a
>>bad reputation because of the number of people who believe it could come
>>true and that miraculous technologies just drop from the sky.
>>
>>Although, now that I think about it, I think that for most people, they
>>have the general perception that miraculous technologies DO drop from the
>>sky because they never see the enormous effort in developing them and only
>>see them when they arrive complete and functional on the market.
>>
>>>In terms of SF, Neal Stephenson I appreciate, the early stuff, and 
>>>Heinlein as well. The moon is a harsh mistress is good.
>>>
>>>Ohh... and then there was another one... Poul Andersons Nicholas van Rijn 
>>>books, those are quite nice as well. =)
>>>
>>>Anything else, based on that, you could recommend?
>>
>>Ever read the Gateway series by Pohl?
>
> Kritzer's Liberty's Child is about a teen who lives in a utopian 
> libertarian seastead. 
>
> Marcia Martin and Eric Vinicoff's The Weigher details first contact
> between humans and some obligately libertarian aliens. 

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Prometheus awards, honoring
libertarian science fiction.
   https://www.lfs.org/awards.shtml
They have 2 awards yearly since about 1980; one for the current year
and one for all-time Hall of Fame.

The current year award is somewhat uneven.  I've only read about
half of them, and there's only one strong Favorite bookcase among them
(_A Deepness in the Sky_) though several near-Favorites.

The Hall of Fame winners are much stronger. I've read a vast majority, with
at least 10 solid Favorites and many other good books.

Chris