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 to cart. $350.00, good condition, Sold by King Crab Books LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Paul, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Gregg Press.
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Ex-library. 188 p. 1st US hardcover edition (and 1st HC w/this title) from The Gregg Press, 1976. An ex-library copy with the usual faults. Thomas M Disch intro, Richard Powers frontis. No DJ, as issued.
Add this copy of Solar Lottery(Gregg Press Science Fiction Series) to cart. $600.00, very good condition, Sold by Brenner's Collectable Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manasquan, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Gregg Press.
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Near Fine. No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo., 255pp. Beautiful Later Printing, of this First Edition Thus of Dick's first novel, with a new introduction by Thomas M. Disch. Off-set from the original Ace Paperback Edition. Bound in green cloth with titles in gilt upon a red spine label. Frontis illustration by Richard Powers. Square and tight with just a touch of wear to spine ends and tips but quite minor. Some faint scattered spots to end-papers and fore-edge. No dust-jacket as issued. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.
