Steps of the Sun and Far From Home

Walter Tevis

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Gollancz
10 May 2016

Science fiction; Short Stories Sci-Fi; Science; Post Holocaust Sci-Fi; Space Exploration

The Walter Tevis Omnibus contains two works from the acclaimed author of The Man Who To Earth, The Huster and The Colour Money.

The Steps of the Sunu: In a time when America's power has been eroded by energy depletion, and world control has been virtually given over to the Chinese, only one man has the courage to seek new mineral resources among the stars. He is Ben Belson, one of the richest men in the world, a man haunted by the memory of a loveless childhood and driven by needs and desires he can barely understand or control. His dream is to find the means to help America break the stranglehold of the corrupt interests who are keeping it a second class power.

Far From home: A collection of Walter Tevis essential short fiction, containing:

Part One: Far From Home
The Other End of the Line
The Big Bounce
The Goldabrick
The Ifth of Oofth
The Scholar's Disciple
Far From Home

Part Two: Close To Home
Rent Control
A Visit From Mother
Daddy
The Apotheosis of Myra
Out of Luck
Echo
Sitting In Limbo

By: Walter Tevis
Imprint: Gollancz
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 160mm, Width: 200mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9781473213135
ISBN 10: 1473213134
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 10 May 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul Newman. Among his other works, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963) and MOCKINGBIRD (1980) are considered masterpieces of science fiction. Tevis died in 1984.

Reviews for Steps of the Sun and Far From Home

Engaging and effortlessly readable - Publishers Weekly Warmly involving . . .Tevis' delivery is agreeably fluid and deadpan; and narrator Ben Belson has enough craggy, amiably sardonic appeal to hold the reader's interest. - Kirkus Reviews SF writing of a rare quality. - Time Out The poetic imprints of a fine writer's trail. - The Times