The Man Who Fell to Earth - Walter Tevis

The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis / ISBN 9781399607827 / 191-page paperback (first published in 1963) from Orion's SF Masterworks series *** ‘Beautiful science fiction’ – New York Times ‘This is one of the finest science fiction novels of its period’ – J.R. Dunn ‘Tevis writes . . . with power and poetry and tension’ – Washington Post 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 by some of the new products Newton’s company brings to the market, and already suspects Newton of being an