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The Man Who Fell to Earth
Walter Tevis
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Description for The Man Who Fell to Earth
Paperback. The remarkable novel upon which the stunning cult film was based. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
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 - 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 ... Read more
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 - 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473213111
SKU
9781473213111
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About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Man Who Fell to Earth
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 ... ... Read more