The Man Who Fell to Earth
From the author of The Queen's Gambit – now a major Netflix drama
$21.37
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2016
Summary
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 TIMES
Thomas 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 - i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473213111 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473213118 |
| Author: | Walter Tevis |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 184g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 134mm x 196mm |
| Series: | S.F. Masterworks |
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Critics Review
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. - The 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.Walter Tevis
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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