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Solar Lottery is a 1955 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was his first published novel and contains many of the themes present in his later work. It was also published in altered form in the UK as World of Chance. The main story is about a man named Ted Benteley who lives in a strange world, dominated by percentages and the lottery. Lotteries are used to choose the next leader as well as a new assassin, whose job is to try to kill the leader or "Quizmaster". Everybody in society has the opportunity to be selected as a leader or an assassin. Benteley unexpectedly gets chosen to be a member of the committee trying to assassinate the new Quizmaster and he must decide what he is going to do.

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  • Sluneční loterie (cs)
  • Lotería solar (es)
  • Loterie solaire (fr)
  • Il disco di fiamma (it)
  • Słoneczna loteria (pl)
  • De Aarde als hoofdprijs (nl)
  • Solar Lottery (en)
  • Солнечная лотерея (ru)
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  • Sluneční loterie (1955, Solar Lottery) je první vydaný sci-fi román amerického spisovatele Philipa K. Dicka. Román též vyšel pod názvem World of Chance. (cs)
  • Lotería solar (Solar Lottery) es la primera novela de Philip K. Dick, escrita en 1955. (es)
  • Loterie solaire (titre original : Solar Lottery) est un roman de Philip K. Dick paru en 1955. Il est traduit en français et publié en 1968 aux Éditions OPTA. C'est le premier roman publié de Dick ; il traite de thèmes que l'on retrouve dans ses œuvres suivantes. (fr)
  • Solar Lottery is a 1955 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was his first published novel and contains many of the themes present in his later work. It was also published in altered form in the UK as World of Chance. The main story is about a man named Ted Benteley who lives in a strange world, dominated by percentages and the lottery. Lotteries are used to choose the next leader as well as a new assassin, whose job is to try to kill the leader or "Quizmaster". Everybody in society has the opportunity to be selected as a leader or an assassin. Benteley unexpectedly gets chosen to be a member of the committee trying to assassinate the new Quizmaster and he must decide what he is going to do. (en)
  • Il disco di fiamma (Solar Lottery), ripubblicato anche come Lotteria dello spazio, è il primo romanzo di fantascienza pubblicato da Philip K. Dick nel 1955. (it)
  • De Aarde als hoofdprijs (Engelse titel: Solar Lottery) is een sciencefictionroman uit 1969 van de Amerikaanse schrijver Philip K. Dick. Solar Lottery was de eerste gepubliceerde roman van de schrijver in 1955. (nl)
  • Słoneczna loteria (ang. Solar Lottery) – powieść science fiction z gatunku antyutopii napisana przez Philipa K. Dicka, wydana po raz pierwszy w 1955. W Polsce pierwsze wydanie ukazało się nakładem wydawnictwa Czytelnik w 1981 w ramach serii „Z kosmonautą”. Akcja utworu ma miejsce w przyszłości. Treść powieści to relacja z legalnej próby zamordowania nowo wybranego przywódcy światowego Rządu. (pl)
  • «Со́лнечная лотере́я» (англ. Solar Lottery) — научно-фантастический роман американского писателя-фантаста Филипа К. Дика, написанный в 1954 году и опубликованный в мае 1955 года издательством Ace Books. Это первый опубликованный роман Дика, содержащий темы использованные в его последующих поздних работах. В Великобритании книга была отредактирована и издавалась под названием «Мир шанса» (англ. World of Chance). (ru)
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  • Solar Lottery (en)
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  • Ace Books
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