<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">If you are a libertarian (or other kind of anti-authoritarian), and enjoy science fiction and fantasy, you can learn about our tastes and get a list of fun reads from </span><a href="http://lfs.org/awards.shtml" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">http://lfs.org/awards.shtml</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">. If you like what you see, visit</span><a href="http://lfs.org/join.shtml" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">http://lfs.org/join.shtml</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> and join to support our work. chris</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">I don't know what flavor of libertarian I am. Liberal libertarian is an odd mix. As far as I can tell, the only benefit of membership is to able to vote. Is that correct? I am supporting the award and nothing else?</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">(When I was about your age I had an afro too. Wake up in the morning, scratch your head and that's all the grooming you need.)</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">bill w</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Chris Hibbert <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hibbert@mydruthers.com" target="_blank">hibbert@mydruthers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I was just catching up on all the extropy this week, and noticed this exchange between William and Dan:<br>
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From: Dan TheBookMan <<a href="mailto:danust2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">danust2012@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [ExI] prometheus magazine<br>
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On May 10, 2016, at 3:17 PM, William Flynn Wallace <<a href="mailto:foozler83@gmail.com" target="_blank">foozler83@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Maybe some of you libertarians take this magazine. $30 for membership ain't<br>
cheap, so I am angling for some feedback about the worth of the articles.<br>
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Do you mean this:<br>
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<a href="http://lfs.org/newsletter/index.shtml" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lfs.org/newsletter/index.shtml</a><br>
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If so, looks like their content is online for free.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Dan<br>
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I've been involved with the LFS for a couple of decades (past President and member of the award finalist committees, currently Treasurer, and on the Board). Many of you also know Fred Moulton who has been very involved over the years.<br>
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I would say that the reason to join isn't primarily for the newsletter (Hardly a magazine; it's 8 pages, and is waay behind schedule at this point), but for the chance to influence and support this reasonably prestigious award. (Winning novels often tout the award on the cover in subsequent editions.) And as Dan said, the newsletter content is online anyway.<br>
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The LFS is a fairly small organization (~50 voting members) and a committee of about 10 selects the slate of finalists each year. I think of it as a way to encourage and promote good libertarian and anti-authoritarian views in a popular segment of literature that is already well disposed to anti-authoritarian viewpoints.<br>
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If you are a libertarian (or other kind of anti-authoritarian), and enjoy science fiction and fantasy, you can learn about our tastes and get a list of fun reads from <a href="http://lfs.org/awards.shtml" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lfs.org/awards.shtml</a>. If you like what you see, visit <a href="http://lfs.org/join.shtml" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lfs.org/join.shtml</a> and join to support our work.<br>
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Or you can use your favorite website monitor to find out when I post press releases (another hat I wear) about the latest winners or nominees at <a href="http://lfs.org/releases.shtml" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lfs.org/releases.shtml</a>.<br>
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Chris<br>
--<br>
Rationality is about drawing correct inferences from limited,<br>
confusing, contradictory, or maliciously doctored facts.<br>
-- Scott Alexander<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Chris Hibbert<br>
<a href="mailto:hibbert@mydruthers.com" target="_blank">hibbert@mydruthers.com</a><br>
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