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Spending a Day at the Lottery Fair

Frederik Pohl

First published October 1983
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

In the future, overpopulation is addressed by giving people lotteries where the losing prize is death.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1984 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (14)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1983 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1983 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 67
June 1984 The 1984 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 74
June 1984 The 1984 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 74
August 1984 The 1984 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 64
October 1984 Pohlstars Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 91
October 1984 Pohlstars Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 91
January 1986 Pohlstars Gollancz Collection 91
November 1990 Pohlstars VGSF Collection 91
2004 Windy City Pulp Stories #4 Black Dog Books Nonfiction 48
December 2005 Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories Tor Collection 216
January 2006 Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories Tor / SFBC Collection 216
January 2007 Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories Orb Collection 216
January 2007 Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories Tor Collection |216
December 2024 Frederik Pohl Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |54