02272cam a22003493u 4500 78073 UtSlPG 20260610134817.0 m cr n 260607r20261956utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Melchior, Ib, 1917-2015 The winner and new... Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2026-02-28 Tom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Luminist Archive) The winner and new... by Ib Melchior is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. It satirizes mass media, consumerism, and politics through a high-stakes television quiz show where knowledge becomes spectacle and the ultimate prize is national power. A flamboyant emcee hosts a colossal live quiz in a stadium and before a vast TV audience, complete with glamorous ads and a computer that selects questions. The long-reigning champion, a timid philatelist named Monroe, faces a confident challenger, James Burton, who chooses Mars as his category. Sealed in force-fields to prevent any outside help, they trade increasingly difficult questions—ranging from Martian geography and biology to obscure stamp lore—while the tension mounts. After hours, Monroe finally misses a deceptively simple stamp question, his force-field implodes, and he vanishes; the emcee then proclaims Burton “the Winner and New President of the United States,” revealing the show’s chilling premise and the story’s sharp critique of entertainment-driven governance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1956 Science fiction Short stories Television game shows -- Fiction Moritz, Edward, 1903-1975 https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/FU/FU_1956_07.pdf https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78073 118793 118793