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_aMelchior, Ib, _d1917-2015 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe winner and new... |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2026-02-28 | ||
| 508 | _aTom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Luminist Archive) | ||
| 520 | _aThe 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.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cNew York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1956 |
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| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aTelevision game shows -- Fiction | ||
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_aMoritz, Edward, _d1903-1975 |
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