Rollerball Murder

In the near future, there will only be corporations, comfort, conformity & Rollerball. In the very near future, they will produce a war every week during prime time & televise it to the rest of the world. They will call it Rollerball. Within the eye of Jonathan E., the world's most gifted athlete performer, you can see the murderous game which has replaced war. Eighty thousand people are watching from the stands, two billion more are following the game on multivision. It's violence for all, by proxy. The winners survive & receive all the best the world can offer. Lucky losers are only maimed. Unlucky losers die!
Preface • (1974) • essay
The Warrior • (1971) • story
The Hermit • (1968) • story
Down the Blue Hole • (1973) • story
Eating It • (1970) • story
The Pinball Machines • (1967) • story
Roller Ball Murder • (1973) • story
The Blurb King • (1971) • story
A Cook's Tale • (1966) • novelette
The Arsons of Desire • (1972) • story
The Good Ship Erasmus • (1971) • story
Under the House • (1972) • story
Nirvana, Götterdammerung & the Shot Put • (1972) • story
Weatherman: A Theological Narrative • (1973) • story