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Solar Lottery

novel by Philip K. Dick
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Solar Lottery
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15 properties
Instance of
literary work
Author
Philip K. Dick[2]
Genre
science fiction[4]
Language of work or name
American English[5]
Publication date
1955[7]
Copyright status
copyrighted[14]
Country of origin
United States[6]
First line
There had been harbingers.[11]
Form of creative work
novel[15]
Has characteristic
debut novel[10]
Has edition or translation
Sluneční loterie[8]
Last line
“It isn’t a brute instinct that keeps us restless and dissatisfied. I’ll tell you what it is: it’s the highest goal of man—the need to grow and advance … to find new things … to expand. To spread out, reach areas, experiences, comprehend and live in an evolving fashion. To push aside routine and repetition, to break out of mindless monotony and thrust forward. To keep moving on …”[13]
Number of parts of this work
+17[12]
Publisher
Ace Books[3]
Title
Solar Lottery[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Solar Lottery cs Sluneční loterie de Griff nach der Sonne de Hauptgewinn: Die Erde es Loteria solar es Lotería solar fr Loterie solaire fr Solar Lottery hi सोलार लोटरी hu Űrlottó it Il disco di fiamma it Lotteria dello spazio nl De Aarde als hoofdprijs pl Słoneczna loteria ro Loterie solară ro Solar Lottery ru Солнечная лотерея tr Uzay Piyangosu uk Сонячна лотерея
🔖 Identifiers · 14
BookBrainz work ID
e4bb31aa-38b6-41f5-88f5-908a23971cfb
Databazeknih.cz work ID
8796
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Solar-Lottery
FantLab work ID
5373
Freebase ID
/m/07h_l2
Goodreads work ID
2080035
ISFDB title ID
4662
LibraryThing work ID
128173
NooSFere book ID
7282
OCLC work ID (obsolete)
752845
Open Library ID
OL2172509W
Personality Database work ID
903
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Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
1027273
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Book", "SolarLottery"]

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Author 1
Philip K. Dick
Country of origin 1
United States
Form of creative work 1
novel
Genre 1
science fiction
Has characteristic 1
debut novel
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
American English
Publisher 1
Ace Books
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Solar Lottery is a literary work[1].

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literary work Philip K. Dick United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ne', 'nl', 'pl', 'ro', 'ru', 'uk', 'ur']
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  2. 26w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of parts of this work → {'unit': 'Q1980247', 'amount': '+17'}
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    Country of origin → United States
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