The Prometheus Man
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The Prometheus Man is a 1982 novel
written by Ray Faraday Nelson
. In this novel
, a monopolistic insurance company takes control of planet Earth
from a huge balloon
drifting around the world
; however, a cunning woman ruins the plans of this insurance company.
The Prometheus Man was awarded a Special Citation (runner-up) in the Philip K. Dick Award ceremony in 1982.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
written by Ray Faraday Nelson
Ray Nelson
Radell Faraday "Ray" Nelson is an American science fiction author and cartoonist most famous for his 1963 short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning", which was later used by John Carpenter as the basis for his 1988 film They Live....
. In this novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, a monopolistic insurance company takes control of planet Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
from a huge balloon
Balloon
A balloon is an inflatable flexible bag filled with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air. Modern balloons can be made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene, or a nylon fabric, while some early balloons were made of dried animal bladders, such as the pig...
drifting around the world
World
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
; however, a cunning woman ruins the plans of this insurance company.
The Prometheus Man was awarded a Special Citation (runner-up) in the Philip K. Dick Award ceremony in 1982.