The SF Masterworks: Man Who Fell to Earth

The SF Masterworks: Man Who Fell to Earth
Walter Tevis
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h198 x 129mm - 208pg
8 Dec 2022 UK
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9781399607834
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The remarkable novel upon which the stunning cult film was based. ' Beautiful . . . The story of an extraterrestrial visitor from another planet is designed mainly to say something about life on this one' NEW YORK TIMESThomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by a series of nuclear wars, and whose inhabitants are twice as intelligent as human beings. When he lands on Earth - in Kentucky, disguised as a human - it' s with the intention of saving his own people from extinction. Newton patents some very advanced Anthean technology, which he uses to amass a fortune. He begins to build a spaceship to help the last 300 Antheans migrate to Earth. Meanwhile, Nathan Bryce, a chemistry professor in Iowa, is intrigued by some of the new products Newton' s company brings to the market, and already suspects Newton of being an alien. As Bryce and the FBI close in, Newton finds his own clarity and sense of purpose diminishing.
Beautiful science fiction. . . (Newton) acquires a moving, tragic force as the stranger, caught and destroyed in a strange land. . . The story of an extraterrestrial visitor from another planet is designed mainly to say something about life on this one * NEW YORK TIMES * An utterly realistic novel about an alien human on Earth . . . realistic enough to become a metaphor for something inside us all, some existential aloneness -- Norman Spinrad Tevis writes . . . with power and poetry and tension * WASHINGTON POST * One of the finest science fiction novels of its period -- J R Dunn, author of Full Tide of Night
Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul Newman. Among his other works, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963) and MOCKINGBIRD (1980) are considered masterpieces of science fiction. Tevis died in 1984.
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ISBN-13: 9781399607834
Published: 8 Dec 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Laurence King Publishing
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 208

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