T.J. Newton is an extraterrestrial who goes to Earth on a desperate mission of mercy. But instead of aid, Newton discovers loneliness and despair that ultimately ends in tragedy.
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"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
"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
"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
"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
--The New York Times
"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
"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
"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
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T.J. Newton, an extraterrestrial on a mission to save his home planet, crash lands on earth, where he is condemned to a life of loneliness as he tries to build another spaceship.
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i, like some other people who have written reviews for this novel, had seen the movie many times before ever picking up a copy of the book. it is one of my favourite movies, partly due to the fact that my idol, david bowie, is the star of the film.
now, that i have read the book, however, i see the movie in a different light. first of all, i now find the movie somewhat more dissapointing. it doesn't stay true to tevis's wonderful novel. hopefully, whoever wrote the screenplay has either improved his skills or has found another line of work.
now, to the book...if ever you have felt lonely or out of place in your surroundings, which everyone in the world has, then you must read this book. it is a story of thomas jerome newton, an alien from the planet anthea, and his mission to build a space ferry so that he can transport the few remaining 'people' of his race to earth, for their planet is suffering from something like post-apocalyptic decay. In addition, newton plans to implement his race's knowledge of government workings into the governments of earth in order to save earthlings and their wonderful, water-abundant planet from certain destruction.
however, the government (cia, fbi) interfere with newtons plans, for they suspect that he is not of this planet, and arrest him, poke and prod him, experiment on him, then finally set him free but with nothing to return to...he is trapped on planet earth alone, with no real companions.
if you've seen the movie already, you know that it is rather difficult to explain. it indeed has many holes in the script, but the book indeed fills in these gaps.
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The copyright page discloses that this book was first published in 1963, and yet on page 180 there is a reference to the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. The copyright page makes no references to any revisions having been made to the original version, but obviously there have been some. I'd like to know if these revisions were made by Tevis himself, and when were they done, and why? And has anything else been added to the text since its original publication? Why does Del Rey not disclose that this is a revised edition, and not the original?
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Okay, this isn't the ONLY book I'd take, but definitely in the top 10. I read it long ago, initially because I was intrigued by the title. Upon completing it, I was speechless. There's so much substance in this book, and the message it presents couldn't be any more clear. The title is so appropriate, almost a joke on the author's part.
It should truly be considered a science fiction classic, so it's hard for me to understand just why it's been out of print for so long... and even when it's back in print, why an overpriced trade edition? It's a shame when the shelves are cluttered with layer upon layer of alternate-history/nanotech/ cyberpunk/shoot-em-up crud, but books like this are dismissed. It's no wonder that the field is so often dismissed with a scoff. Read this book and see that science fiction can have a worthwhile message.
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