Synopsis
A family spends the day at the government run Lottery Fair, where you take your chances for life.
History
First publication: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1983
Review
This is a good short story kind of reminiscent of Jackson’s “The Lottery.” Not the best story by Pohl but enjoyable.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories, hardcover, Tor, 2005-12-00
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1983, edited by Edward L. Ferman, magazine, Mercury Press, 1983-10-00
The 1984 Annual World’s Best SF, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, hardcover, DAW Books / SFBC, 1984-08-00
