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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; paperback / softback edition (14 Aug 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575074558
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575074552
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 138,740 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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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Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He went to college at Berkeley for a year, ran a record store and had his own classical-music show on a local radio station. He published his first short story, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' in 1952. Among his many fine novels are The Man in the High Castle, Time Out of Joint, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said.
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3.0 out of 5 stars good but not great, 20 Aug 2006
The story of this book is,like all of Dicks works an interesting set of concepts designed to make the reader question the truth of the things he/she thinks he/she knows.
In this respect the book works very well but sadly this book just didnt have the fluidity of some of his other works.I believe this was his first book and that may have something to do with this as writing styles do naturally progress with time.This is worth a look if you like Dicks books and is enjoyable to read but there are better places to start such as eye in the sky or do androids dream of electric sheep.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ahh, If only, 19 Nov 2007
By J. D. B. Martin (London) - See all my reviews
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The Solar Lottery - your chance to govern the world. We would all love to have the chance wouldn't we? Not if you lived in the world of Philip K. Dick! As always he turns reality on its head and drags you along with it. If I only give it 4 stars that't because I'm a harsh reader and not because this is not fantastic (quite literally).
Somehow Dick always lays down his plot quickly and concisely without the verbosity of his more pseudy rivals and soon enough you are dragged into a world of responsibility and pressure that gives you a window into the author's fears and dreams.
I have read all but a few of Dick's novels and this was definitely one the the most memorable as he can often repeat subjects either through his sheer paranoia or the demands of keeping his editors happy. This one was truly different from his other works and being so easy to get into, surely one for the fan and the uninitiated alike.
As always great.....
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