Solar Lottery

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Philip K. Dick: Solar Lottery (2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers)

210 pages

English language

Published Nov. 15, 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers.

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978-0-547-76040-7
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The year is 2203, and the ruler of the universe is chosen according to the random laws of a strange game under the control of Quizmaster Verrick. But when Ted Bentley, a research technician recently dismissed from his job, signs on to work for Verrick, he has no idea that Leon Cartwright is about to become the new Quizmaster. Nor does he know that he's about to play an integral part in the plot to assassinate Cartwright so that Verrick can resume leadership of a universe that is not nearly as random as it appears.

Winner of both the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best novel, widely regarded as the premiere science fiction writer of his day, and the object of cult-like adoration from his legions of fans, Philip K. Dick has come to be seen in a literary light that defies classification in much the same way …

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  • Fiction, science fiction, general