The novel “Solar Lottery” by Philip K. Dick was published for the first time in 1955.

When Ted Bentley is fired from the Oiseau-Lyre, he’s released from his oath of loyalty to the corporation. When he manages to get a job at the Directorate and pledges loyalty to Reese Verrick, he thinks he’s accomplished something because Verrick is the Quizmaster. However, a new draw has awarded the position of Quizmaster to Leon Cartwright, and this upends the government of humanity.

By law, the new Quizmaster must prepare defenses against the assassin, who will be chosen according to the established rules. The situation is even more complex because Leon Cartwright follows the ideas of John Preston, who wrote a book predicting the existence of a tenth planet, the mythical Flame Disc.