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Title: Spending a Day at the Lottery Fair Title Record # 49084
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1983-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: In the future, overpopulation is addressed by giving people lotteries where the losing prize is death.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1984Translated by Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf
German Ein Tag auf dem Lotterie-Jahrmarkt
1984Translated by Michael Windgassen
German Ein Tag auf der großen Lotteriekirmes
1984Translated by Anne Colin du Terrail
French La grande loterie
1985Translated by 矢野徹(Yano Tetsu)
Japanese
籤びき博覧会?Roterii Fea
Kujibuki Hakurankai
ロテリイ・フェア
[as by ]
1985
  • Title means "A Day at the Luna Park".
  • Translated by Anna Miklińska.
Polish
Dzień w lunaparku?Dzien w lunaparku
1986 Italian Un giorno alla fiera
2017Translated by Annamária Zsengellér and/or István Ifj. Veress
Hungarian Egy nap a lottóvásáron

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
3 1984 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1983 1983-10-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.75?$: US dollar
164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Thomas Kidd Checkmark
The 1984 Annual World's Best SF 1984-06-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #581) 0-87997-934-8 / UE1934
$2.95?$: US dollar
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Vincent DiFate Checkmark
The 1984 Annual World's Best SF 1984-06-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-934-8 / UE1934
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Vincent DiFate Checkmark
Nacht in den Ruinen 1984-07-00 ed. Ronald M. Hahn Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4099) 3-453-31059-4
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
320
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Don Maitz Checkmark
World's Best SF 3 1984-07-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(
Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special?Bastei Luebbe Science Fiction Special
#24058)
3-404-24058-8
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
379
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Di Fate Checkmark
The 1984 Annual World's Best SF 1984-08-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 1783
$3.98?$: US dollar
ix+
242
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
257
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Pohlstars 1984-10-00 Frederik Pohl Del Rey / Ballantine 0-345-31545-6
C$3.75?C$: Canadian dollar
x+
257
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Rick Sternbach Checkmark
Fiction, #356 1984-11-00 ed. Editors of Fiction OPTA  
F32.00?F: French frank
196
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Jean-Claude Hadi Checkmark
S-Fマガジン 1985年02月号, #322?Esu-Efu Magajin 1985-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #322
Esu-Efu Magajin 1985-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #322
S-F Magajin 1985-nen 02-gatsu Gō, #322
S-F Magajin 1985-nen 02-gatsu Gou, #322
1985-02-00 ed.
早川浩?はやかわひろし
Hiroshi Hayakawa
早川書房?Hayakawa Shobō
Hayakawa Shobo
はやかわしょぼう
ハヤカワショボウ
    488
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
mag
Ichirō Tsuruta?つるたいちろう
Ichirō Tsuruta
 
Fantastyka 10(37) październik 1985?Fantastyka 10(37) pazdziernik 1985
1985-10-00 ed. Adam Hollanek
Krajowe Wydawnictwo Czasopism "Prasa-Książka-Ruch"?Krajowe Wydawnictwo Czasopism "Prasa-Ksiazka-Ruch"
 
zł 80?zł: Polish zloty
 
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag Andrzej Brzezicki  
Pohlstars 1986-01-00 Frederik Pohl Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) 0-575-03718-0
£8.95?£: UK pound
x+
203
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Urania #1019 1986-03-30 ed. Gianni Montanari Mondadori 1019
Lit 3,000?Lit: Italian lira
160
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Karel Thole  
Pohlstars 1990-11-00 Frederik Pohl VGSF 0-575-04855-7
£3.50?£: UK pound
203
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll The Image Bank Checkmark
Windy City Pulp Stories #4 2004-00-00 Tom Roberts Black Dog Books     64
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
non-fic Tom Roberts Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2005-12-00 Frederik Pohl Tor (A Sci Fi Essential Book) 0-312-87527-4
$27.95?$: US dollar
463
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Digital Art / Corbis Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2006-01-00 Frederik Pohl Tor / SFBC 1198278
$13.99?$: US dollar
463
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Digital Art / Corbis Checkmark
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2007-01-00 Frederik Pohl Orb 0-765-30145-8
$16.95?$: US dollar
463
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Digital Art / Corbis  
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories 2007-01-23 Frederik Pohl Tor 978-1-4668-2644-1
$7.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Téridő – ugróknak: A sci-fi klasszikusai?Terido - ugroknak: A sci-fi klasszikusai
2017-00-00 ed.
Ifj. Veress István?Ifj. Veress Istvan
Urbis Könyvkiadó 978-615-5289-21-7
Ft 2,500?Ft: Hungarian forint
333
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
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