Walter Tevis

When it was first published in 1959, The Hustler was the first—and the best—novel written about billiards in the 400-year history of the game. The book quickly won a respected readership and later an audience for the movie with the same name starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. The Hustler is about the victories and losses of one "Fast" Eddie Felson, a poolroom hustler who travels from town to town conning strangers into thinking they could beat him at the game when in fact, he is a skillful player who has never lost a game. Until he meets his match in Minnesota Fats, the true king of the poolroom, causing his life to change drastically. This is a classic tale of a man's struggle with his soul and his self-esteem.

When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there’s more at stake than merely winning and losing.

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.

Mockingbird is a powerful novel of a future world where humans are dying. Those who survive spend their days in a narcotic bliss or choose a quick suicide rather than slow extinction. Humanity's salvation rests with an android who has no desire to live, and a man and a woman who must discover love, hope, and dreams of a world reborn.

"Tevis in unequaled when it comes to creating and sustaining the tension of a high stakes game. Even readers who have never lifted a cue will be captivated." —Publishers Weekly Twenty years after he conquered the underground pool circuit as The Hustler, "Fast" Eddie Felson is playing exhibition matches with former rival Minnesota Fats in shopping malls for prizes like cable television. With one failed marriage and years of running a pool hall behind him, Eddie is now ready to regain the skills needed to compete in a world of pool that has changed dramatically since he left. The real challenge comes when Eddie realizes that in order to compete with a new wave of young players, he must hone his skills in the unfamiliar game of nine-ball as opposed to the straight pool that had once won him fame. With a new generation of competitors, a higher-profile series of matches, and a waning confidence in his own abilities, "Fast" Eddie faces new challenges with unpredictable outcomes. The Color of Money is the source of the 1986 film starring Paul Newman in the role he had originated in The Hustler.

On energy-poor Earth of the twenty-first century, all Ben Belsen has to do to realize his dream of finding cheap fuel in outer space is to acquire a spaceship and crew, escape from Earth, locate the fuel, and make it back.

"His plots are ingenious." —Time Out This long-overdue collection of Walter Tevis's best short stories proves him to be a master of the form. They range from the ingenuity of "The Other End of the Line", in which a man receives a phone call from himself in the future and follows the instructions he is given with unexpected and disastrous results, to the sophistication of "Rent Control", where a couple discovers that when they are in bed together they can literally make time stop, to the deeply-felt emotion of "A Visit from Mother", whose protagonist is revisited by his dead parents. Entertaining and perceptive, the stories in Far from Home show the same talent which has made Tevis's novels The Man Who Fell to Earth and Mockingbird modern SF classics. "The poetic imprints of a fine writer's trail." —The Times

Walter S. Tevis (1928–1984) was an American novelist and short story author. His books became the sources for several major films, including The Man Who Fell to Earth. This story was originally published in Galaxy magazine in 1958.

For the first time ever, a complete collection of short fiction the New York Times bestselling author of The Queen's GambitWalter Tevis is widely regarded as a master for both his gritty poolhall novels and his brilliant rendering of the world of competitive chess. This long overdue collection establishes Tevis's rightful place as a maestro of the short form, as well. Bringing together the 1981 short story collection Far From Home with a host of other previously unpublished stories from journals and magazines, this entertaining collection showcases Tevis's characteristic perceptiveness, empathy, and range.In one story, a man receives a phone call from his future self and follows their instructions to unpreditcable, calamitous results. In another, a famous actor and a young actress showcase their talent for acting both on and off the stage. Here also are five short stories set in poolhalls, including one that features Fast Eddie Felson and another that was the basis for the novel The Hustler . Here also is his first fictional foray into chess, with a ranked chess player finding fellowship in the prison yard with another player.In all of them, Tevis reminds again and again why his writing has long been revered for its roving curiosity and innate humanity.

The basis for the 1976 science fiction film staring David Bowie, WalterTevis’s The Man Who Fell to Earth is included in this bundle withtwo of the authors other science fiction novels, Mockingbird and The Steps of the Sun . Futuristic settings make the stark, grimrealities of his character’s lives all the more startling.The Man Who Fell to Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien disguised as a human who comes to Earth ona mission to save his people. Devastated by nuclear war, his home planet,Anthea, is no longer habitable. Newton lands in Kentucky and startspatenting Anthean technology, amassing the fortune he needs to build aspaceship that will bring the last 300 Anthean survivors to Earth. Butinstead of the help he seeks, he finds only self-destruction, sinking intoalcoholism, abandoning his spaceship, and can save neither his people norhimself.In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, ahandful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a post-apocalyptic,dying landscape. A world where humans wander, drugged and lulled byelectronic bliss. A dying world of no children and no art, where reading isforbidden. And a strange love Spofforth, who runs the world, themost perfect machine ever created, whose only wish is to die; and Paul andMary Lou, a man and a woman whose passion for each other is the only hopefor the future of human beings on earth.The Steps of the In a world where America’s power is rapidly being overshadowed by China’s,only one man has the wealth, resources, and courage to seek the mineralresources his country needs to reclaim its greatness. Ben Belson, therichest man in the world, lacks for nothing his wealth can buy—but he ishaunted by the memory of a barren and loveless childhood. When he travelsto the stars in search of the mineral wealth America needs, he finds morethan he bargains for—and gets more than he ever believed was possible.

The Queen's Gambit Series 3 Books Collection Set containsThe Queen's GambitWhen she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct.The HustlerFast Eddie Felson has a reputation as a pool hustler to be feared, but his ambitions go far beyond taking small-town punks for a few bucks here and there. He has the talent to make big money, but he soon learns that it takes more than natural ability to become a real winner. He heads to Chicago to test himself against the legendary Minnesota Fats in more than forty-hours of high-stakes pool. Can he find the will to overcome his failings and fulfil his potential as the best there is?The Color of MoneyIt has been twenty years since the epic match-up between Eddie Felson and Minnesota Fats. Having gone from bona fide stardom to playing in exhibition matches for cable television, Eddie decides that he'd like to give the game one more shot. With a failed marriage behind him and a new generation of competitors in his way, Eddie must face his demons and find the will to succeed once more.

Den otteårige og forældreløse Beth Harmon er en stille pige, der ikke gør et stort væsen af sig. Indtil den dag hun spiller sit første parti skak. Langsomt men sikkert ødelægges Beth, brik for brik, på vejen for at nå til tops i den hårde skakverden.

March 1962. British edition. Reprints the cover and most of the contents from the US November 1961 issue. Includes a science essay by Isaac Asimov, plus these "Naked to the Stars" (serial, part 2 of 2) by Gordon R. Dickson"Hybrid" by Keith Laumer"The Other End of the Line" by Walter Tevis"The Interplanetary Cat" by Rick Rubin"Faq'" by George P. Elliott"Green Sunrise by Doris Pitkin Buck"The Tunnel Ahead by Alice Glaser"Mustang by Randall Garrett

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Walter Stone Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. All three of these novels were adapted into major The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Queen's Gambit. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages. The Queen's Gambit When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. The Hustler Fast Eddie Felson has a reputation as a pool hustler to be feared, but his ambitions go far beyond taking small-town punks for a few bucks here and there. He has the talent to make big money, but he soon learns that it takes more than natural ability to become a real winner. He heads to Chicago to test himself against the legendary Minnesota Fats in more than forty-hours of high-stakes pool. Can he find the will to overcome his failings and fulfil his potential as the best there is? The Color of Money It has been twenty years since the epic match-up between Eddie Felson and Minnesota Fats. Having gone from bona fide stardom to playing in exhibition matches for cable television, Eddie decides that he'd like to give the game one more shot. With a failed marriage behind him and a new generation of competitors in his way, Eddie must face his demons and find the will to succeed once more.

"The Best in the Country" is a short story by Walter Tevis, originally published in Esquire in 1954. It tells the story of a young pool hustler named Johnny from Las Vegas who seeks to challenge and defeat Ned Bayles, the best player in the country. The story is a precursor to Tevis's more famous novel The Hustler, which also features a pool player aiming to become the best.