Solar Lottery (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Philip K. Dick
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Near future and distant future fiction
- Subjects: Future, Loyalty, Corruption, Idealism, Corporations, Feudalism, Obedience
Solar Lottery, Dick's first published science-fiction novel, was his best-selling book prior to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? That fact says much about the audience for science fiction, for of all Dick's novels Solar Lottery most resembles the stereotypical and ephemeral products of the genre. Even in this early work, however, some of Dick's recurring preoccupations and distinctive gifts are apparent.
Most of Dick's novels are set in the near future (indeed, in certain instances, Dick's future has already become the reader's past). Solar...
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