L. Neil Smith

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkbp:active_years 1970-present
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Libertarian_Party
gptkbp:award gptkb:Prometheus_Award
gptkbp:birth_date 1946-05-12
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Denver,_Colorado
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:collaborated_with Various authors
gptkbp:contribution Advocacy for individual liberty
Critique of government intervention
Libertarian literature
Promotion of free-market principles
Development of fictional worlds
Exploration of alternate histories
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Libertarian_Review
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Colorado
gptkbp:famous_quote " The only thing that can save us is the truth."
gptkbp:first_published The Probability Broach (1980)
gptkbp:genre gptkb:science_fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label L. Neil Smith
gptkbp:influence Cultural libertarianism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:political_theory
Political thought
Science Fiction community
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Robert_A._Heinlein
gptkb:Ayn_Rand
gptkbp:involvement Political activism
gptkbp:known_for Libertarian Science Fiction
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_character gptkb:N/_A
gptkbp:notable_contributor gptkb:Reason_Magazine
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Probability_Broach
The Forge of the Elders
The Venus Belt
The American Zone
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:Objectivism
gptkbp:published_by Multiple pseudonyms
gptkbp:published_in gptkb:Asimov's_Science_Fiction
gptkb:Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact
gptkb:Liberty_Magazine
gptkb:F&_SF
gptkb:The_Libertarian_Enterprise
gptkb:The_New_Libertarian
The Free Market
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Colorado
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Cynthia_Smith
gptkbp:universe gptkb:The_Probability_Broach_universe
gptkbp:website http://www.lneilsmith.org
gptkbp:writing_style Speculative Fiction
Libertarian Science Fiction
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Crystal_Empire
gptkb:The_Libertarian_Enterprise
gptkb:The_Probability_Broach
gptkb:The_Libertarian_Futurist_Society
gptkb:The_Probability_Broach:_A_Novel_of_Alternate_History
The Forge of the Elders
The Venus Belt
The American Zone
The Mitzvah
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_Prometheus_Awards
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4