title: Dead Man Wins Election: The Ultimate Collection of Outrageous, Weird, and Unbelievable Political Tales
author:  Phil Mason 
description: Phil Mason is the author of In the Know...SAS Tips &amp; Techniques From Around the Globe. He is an independent SAS consultant with extensive international experience, and has a broad background working with mainframe and PC environments as well as a detailed knowledge of numerous operating systems and local area networks. A sampling of Mason's many projects includes: application analysis and design, data warehouse design, data modeling, computer measurement, writing training materials, and conducting training classes. Benefit from Phil Mason's practical skills and experience in this updated edition of clever tips.
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  **Falling Stones**
  
  
  _**Peter F. Hamilton**_
  
  
  _**From the short story collection 'In Dreams' edited by Paul McAuley and
  Kim**_
  
  
  _**Newman (1992)**_
  
  
  
  
  
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  _There are plenty of political SF stories, but it's rare to find anything
  other than masturbatory_ _power fantasies; even rarer to find a genuinely_
  funny _political SF story. In 'Falling Stones' Peter F._
  
  
  _Hamilton does for what Saddam Hussein has called 'The Mother of All
  Parliaments' what_ _Screaming Lord Sutch and his Monster Raving Loony Party
  has done for by-elections, and hits_ _more targets with greater precision than
  a whole flock of cruise missiles. After you've read this,_ _neither_ Yesterday
  in Parliament _nor_ Top of the Pops _will never seem the same again