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The Man Who Fell to Earth (novel)
1963 science fiction novel by Walter Tevis
The Man Who Fell to Earth (novel)
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1963 science-fiction novel by American writer Walter Tevis. Published by Gold Medal Books as a paperback original, it was Tevis's second novel, following The Hustler. The novel follows Thomas Jerome Newton, an extraterrestrial from the drought-stricken planet Anthea, who comes to Earth hoping to build a spacecraft that can save the surviving members of his species. The novel has been discussed as one of Tevis's most personal works. Tevis later described it as a disguised autobiography, connecting Newton's alienness to his own experiences of childhood illness, displacement, and estrangement. Critical discussion has also emphasized the novel's treatment of loneliness, alcoholism, failed assimilation, corporate power, and the destructive force of human institutions. Contemporary reviewers gave the novel a mixed-to-positive response, praising Tevis's handling of Newton while sometimes treating the alien-visitor premise as familiar. Later criticism has been more...
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