Walter Tevis
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 Hustler , The Man Who Fell to Earth , and The Color of Money were all adapted for film. The Queen's Gambit was the basis for the Emmy-nominated Netflix series and The Man Who Fell to Earth is the basis of the Showtime series. Tevis died in 1984.
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 Hustler , The Man Who Fell to Earth , and The Color of Money were all adapted for film. The Queen's Gambit was the basis for the Emmy-nominated Netflix series and The Man Who Fell to Earth is the basis of the Showtime series. Tevis died in 1984. See less
Walter Tevis's Featured Books
Walter Tevis book reviews
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Mockingbird
Great science fiction
by Linda, Oct 10, 2019
Last humans facing mindless robots in control.
Technology in control of all the earth. The robots
have outlawed reading. And yet humans cannot
just all submit. Read More
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The Queen's Gambit
Fascinating
by xenodad, Mar 14, 2013
This book, about a young orphan who becomes a chess prodigy, is absolutely fascinating. For any chess lover it is really compelling, but even for someone only familiar with the game there is real ... Read More
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The Queen's Gambit
lonely child learns chess- becomes obsessed and br
by rbeck, Feb 4, 2010
Kind of a rough beginning with a rape, but this is a wonderful read- a real page turner- and I don't even play chess. Good characters and story line. Read More
