Solar Lottery
Author: Philip K. Dick
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 k….Read More
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