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Jan 1, 1928 — Jan 1, 1984· 56 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · SCIENCE FICTION · FICTION

Walter S. Tevis

Also known as: Walter Tevis, Walter Stone Tevis

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Walter Stone Tevis Jr. (; February 28, 1928 – August 9, 1984) was an American novelist and screenwriter. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. A fourth, The Queen’s Gambit, was adapted into a miniseries with the same title and shown on Netflix in 2020. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages.

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WHERE IT FACED THE HIGHWAY, THE SUNburst was just another motel, but behind the main building sat a cluster of a half-dozen concrete cottages with tiny rock gardens.

— from Colour of Money

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The Steps of the Sun and Far From Home

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Far from Home

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A collection of three m/m sci-fi novellas: Following the Sun - The nearly fatal crash of their spacecraft leaves Jack and Samuel stranded on a verdant planet far from civilization. Discovered and sheltered by a native tribe, the two resign themselves to new lives - lives that include a new culture, a new language, and even new love. But their new home isn't at all what it seems, and when war and illness strike, they find out just how far from home they are. Close Encounter - Space privateer Tris is just doing his job - delivering canisters to a military science vessel - when he discovers that he is transporting people infected with an engineered virus designed to exterminate the human race. In the midst of an alien attack, can the rogue pilot save patient Retter - the key to the cure? Or will he lose both humanity's salvation and his heart? Enhanced - In Earth's not-too-far future, a talented scientist stumbles over a plot to use the genetically enhanced military to declare martial law and take over the government. Dr. Ryne Siler enlists his friend, Dr. Cary Matthews, a brilliant engineer, to figure out how to stop it. When the investigation goes awry, they're on the run, and the only thing between them and capture is a hidden cache of sleeping soldiers with enhancements of their own. Ryne and Cary are desperate, but will waking these soldiers help - or just make things worse?

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Where Do We Go From Here? Book 2

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Introduction - essay by Isaac Asimov Country Doctor - novelette by William Morrison The Holes Around Mars - short story by Jerome Bixby The Deep Range - short story by Arthur C. Clarke The Cave of Night - short story by James E. Gunn Dust Rag - short story by Hal Clement Pâté de Foie Gras - short story by Isaac Asimov Omnilingual - novelette by H. Beam Piper The Big Bounce - short story by Walter Tevis [as by Walter S. Tevis] Neutron Star - novelette by Larry Niven Appendix - essay by Isaac Asimov

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