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Walter Tevis


Born
in San Francisco, The United States
February 28, 1928

Died
August 08, 1984

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories, Literature & Fiction


Walter Stone Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money, and The Man Who Fell to Earth. The Queen's Gambit has also been adapted in 2020 into a 7-episode mini-series. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages. ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 183,052 ratings · 21,534 reviews · 65 distinct works • Similar authors
The Queen's Gambit
4.18 avg rating — 142,576 ratings — published 1983 — 158 editions
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
4.04 avg rating — 17,879 ratings — published 1963 — 101 editions
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Mockingbird
4.16 avg rating — 13,443 ratings — published 1980 — 96 editions
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The Hustler (Eddie Felson, #1)
4.08 avg rating — 5,182 ratings — published 1959 — 72 editions
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The Color of Money (Eddie F...
3.90 avg rating — 1,932 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions
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The Steps of the Sun
3.42 avg rating — 785 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions
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Far from Home
3.80 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 1981 — 14 editions
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The King Is Dead: Stories
3.93 avg rating — 147 ratings — 6 editions
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The Big Bounce
3.53 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1958 — 7 editions
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Walter Tevis Sci-Fi Novels:...
3.91 avg rating — 54 ratings — 2 editions
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Series by Walter Tevis

The Hustler The Color of Money
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“I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way.”
― Walter Tevis
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“I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way. Whatever may happen to me, thank God that I can read, that I have truly touched the minds of other men.”
― Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
tags: literacy, reading
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“It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it. And it's predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit
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