''The Prometheus Man'' is a 1982 novel by American writer
Ray Nelson. In this novel, a monopolistic
insurance company
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...
takes control of planet
Earth
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from a huge
balloon
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drifting around the world; however, a cunning woman ruins the plans of this insurance company.
At the first
Philip K. Dick Award
The Philip K. Dick Award is an American science fiction award given annually at Norwescon and sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and (since 2005) the Philip K. Dick Trust. Named after science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, i ...
ceremony in 1983, ''The Prometheus Man'' was awarded a Special Citation.
References
External links
Ray Nelson website
1982 American novels
1982 science fiction novels
American science fiction novels
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