{"product_id":"solar-lottery-by-philip-k-dick","title":"Solar Lottery by Philip K Dick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut 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 killer? Which made for fascinating and exciting viewing, compelling enough to distract the public’s attention while the Big Five industrial complexes ran the world. Then, in 2203, with the choice of a member of a maverick cult as Quizmaster, the system developed a little hitch…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolar Lottery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was Philip K. Dick’s first published novel, brilliant and idiosyncratic, powerful and affecting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Wear to cover edges, creasing on spine. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Arrow Books, 1979 (first published 1955).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 009905700X\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49846386229490,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_24d2e2e1-07c3-46b4-b640-df9815dfacd8.jpg?v=1785078450","url":"https:\/\/www.laureltreebooks.co.uk\/products\/solar-lottery-by-philip-k-dick","provider":"Laurel Tree Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}