Book : The Man Who Fell To Earth - Tevis, Walter

-Titulo Original : The Man Who Fell To Earth

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Vintage

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From the bestselling author of The Queens Gambit, the landmark science fiction novel that inspired the classic 1976 film starring David Bowie and is the basis for the Showtime seriesA man wanders into town one day seemingly out of nowhere. He starts by peddling valuables just to get by. But he possesses uncanny scientific knowledge, which he uses to develop technologies of a marvelous nature. In time he builds a corporate empire that propels him to unimaginable wealth-but to what end? His rapid ascent to the highest levels of success is remarkable, but the vision of his enterprise begins to falter as he succumbs to afflictions that feel all-too-human, and the true purpose of his presence here on earth is in grave danger of being abandoned. Review “Beautiful science fiction. . . . The story of an extraterrestrial visitor from another planet is designed mainly to say something about life on this one.” -The New York Times“Those who know The Man Who Fell to Earth only from the film version are missing something. This is one of the finest science fiction novels of its period.” -J.R. Dunn, author of Full Tide of Night“An utterly realistic novel about an alien human on Earth. . . . Realistic enough to become a metaphor for something inside us all, some existential loneliness.” -Norman Spinrad“Tevis writes . . . with power and poetry and tension.” -The Washington Post Book World“Terrific. . . . The Man Who Fell to Earth can be seen as the story of a very hip, space-age Passion-about a savior who comes to Earth not to save us but his own people and who is, in effect, crucified dead and buried.” -Vincent Canby About the Author WALTER TEVIS is the author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, The Steps of the Sun, The Queen’s Gambit, The Color of Money, and the short story collection Far from Home. The Man Who Fell to Earth was the basis for a major motion picture starring David Bowie. The Hustler and The Color of Money were also adapted for film, The Queen’s Gambit was the basis of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series and The Man Who Fell to Earth is the basis of the Showtime series. Tevis died in 1984. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1985:Icarus descendingAFTER TWO MILES of walking he came to a town. At the towns edge was a sign that read Haneyville: Pop. 1400. That was good, a good size. It was still early in the morning--he had chosen morning for the two-mile walk, because it was cooler then--and there was no one yet in the streets. He walked for several blocks in the weak light, confused at the strangeness--tense and somewhat frightened. He tried not to think of what he was going to do. He had thought about it enough already.In the small business district he found what he wanted, a tiny store called The Jewel Box. On the street corner nearby was a green wooden bench, and he went to it and seated himself, his body aching from the labor of the long walk.It was a few minutes later that he saw a human being.It was a woman, a tired-looking woman in a shapeless blue dress, shuffling toward him up the street. He quickly averted his eyes, dumbfounded. She did not look right. He had expected them to be about his size, but this one was more than a head shorter than he. Her complexion was ruddier than he had expected, and darker. And the look, the feel, was strange--even though he had known that seeing them would not be the same as watching them on television.Eventually there were more people on the street, and they were all, roughly, like the first one. He heard a man remark, in passing, ... like I say, they dont make cars like that one no more, and, although the enunciation was odd, less crisp than he had expected, he could understand the man easily.Several people stared at him, a few of them suspiciously; but this did not worry him. He did not expect to be molested, and he was confident after observing the others that his clothes would bea