Solar lottery
The operating principle was random selection: positions of public power were decided by a sophisticated lottery and when the magnetic lottery bottle twitched, anyone could become the absolute ruler of the world, the Quizmaster. But with the power came the game "the assassination game" which everyone could watch on TV. Would the new man be good enough to evade his chosen killer? Which made for fascinating and exciting viewing, compelling enough to distract the public's attention while the Big Fi…
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- Full title :Solar lottery / Philip K. Dick ; with a new introduction by Thomas M. Disch.
Summary
The operating principle was random selection: positions of public power were decided by a sophisticated lottery and when the magnetic lottery bottle twitched, anyone could become the absolute ruler of the world, the Quizmaster. But with the power came the game "the assassination game" which everyone could watch on TV. Would the new man be good enough to evade his chosen killer? Which made for fascinating and exciting viewing, compelling enough to distract the public's attention while the Big Five industrial complexes ran the world. Then, in 2203, with the choice of a member of a maverick cult as Quizmaster, the system developed a little hitch.
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- Publication Date:1976, ©1955.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Gregg Press
- Place of Publication:Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1976, ©1955.
Notes
Reprint of the ed. published by Ace Books, New York, which was issued as D-103 of Ace double novel books.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 188 pages ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0839823304, 9780839823308
- oclc:ocm02137145
- LC Classification:PZ4.D547
- Dewey Decimal:813/.5/4
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