The operating principle was random selection: positions of public power were decided by a sophisticated lottery. Everyone had a chance, everyone could live in hope that they would be chosen to be the boss, 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 avoid his chosen killer? Which made for fascinating and exciting viewing, compelling enough to distract the public's attention while the Big Five industrial complexes run the ...
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The operating principle was random selection: positions of public power were decided by a sophisticated lottery. Everyone had a chance, everyone could live in hope that they would be chosen to be the boss, 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 avoid his chosen killer? Which made for fascinating and exciting viewing, compelling enough to distract the public's attention while the Big Five industrial complexes run the world, the solar system and the people, unnoticed and completely unopposed. 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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Add this copy of Solar Lottery (a Collier Nucleus Science Fiction to cart. $6.21, like new condition, Sold by Basement Seller 101 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Collier Books.
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Very good. Mass Market Paperback. A very good copy in pictorial wraps. 1st Arrow paperback edition (1972). Covers have some general wear, rubbing, creasing to the upper edge of the front cover and some light reading creases to the front cover. Overall, a solid copy with tight binging and no names or inscriptions. Cover may not match stock copy photo. 12mo; 192 pages.
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New. No dust jacket as issued. (ps3-8) Trade Paperback is brand new in Near Mint condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade; General/trade.
