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Walter Tevis Sci-Fi Novels: The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, The Steps of the Sun
Three science fiction novels from the Nebula Award-nominated author of The Hustler and The Color of Money.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
After his home planet is devastated by war, an alien disguised as a human comes to Earth on a mission to save his people. He begins amassing wealth needed to build a spacecraft to bring his people to join him, but his plans get sidelined when he descends into alcoholism.
Mockingbird
On a post-apocalyptic Earth where humanity has suffered devastating losses, people are drugged from childhood on, there is no art, and reading is illegal. A suicidal machine runs the world, while the passion between two humans provides the only hope for humankind.
The Steps of the Sun
When the world's richest man travels to the stars in search of the mineral wealth America needs to get it out of an energy crisis, he finds more than he bargains for--and gets more than he ever believed was possible . . .
"Among the finest science fiction novels . . . . Just beneath the surface it might be read as a parable of the Fifties and of the Cold War. Beneath that as an evocation of existential loneliness, a Christian fable, a parable of the artist. Above all, perhaps, as the wisest, truest representation of alcoholism ever written." --James Sallis, Fantasy & Science Fiction on The Man Who Fell to Earth
"A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman, and Star Wars" --Los Angeles Times Book Review on Mockingbir
"Engaging and effortlessly readable." --Publishers Weekly on The Steps of the Sun
The Man Who Fell to Earth
After his home planet is devastated by war, an alien disguised as a human comes to Earth on a mission to save his people. He begins amassing wealth needed to build a spacecraft to bring his people to join him, but his plans get sidelined when he descends into alcoholism.
Mockingbird
On a post-apocalyptic Earth where humanity has suffered devastating losses, people are drugged from childhood on, there is no art, and reading is illegal. A suicidal machine runs the world, while the passion between two humans provides the only hope for humankind.
The Steps of the Sun
When the world's richest man travels to the stars in search of the mineral wealth America needs to get it out of an energy crisis, he finds more than he bargains for--and gets more than he ever believed was possible . . .
"Among the finest science fiction novels . . . . Just beneath the surface it might be read as a parable of the Fifties and of the Cold War. Beneath that as an evocation of existential loneliness, a Christian fable, a parable of the artist. Above all, perhaps, as the wisest, truest representation of alcoholism ever written." --James Sallis, Fantasy & Science Fiction on The Man Who Fell to Earth
"A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman, and Star Wars" --Los Angeles Times Book Review on Mockingbir
"Engaging and effortlessly readable." --Publishers Weekly on The Steps of the Sun
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786 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 16, 2020
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About the author
Walter Tevis
63 books1,331 followersWalter 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.
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January 19, 2021
Two wonderful hits and a staggering miss (#3). See the reviews of the separate novels.
April 8, 2021
Interesting sci-fi, interesting premise, rather disappointed in the ending but, what dystopia ends in happiness? This book was only The Man Who Fell to Earth, borrowed from the library
July 22, 2022
Una favola triste e datata
September 12, 2024
Tevis's 3 SF novels:
***** The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
***** Mockingbird (1980)
*** The Steps of the Sun (1983)
***** The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963)
***** Mockingbird (1980)
*** The Steps of the Sun (1983)
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