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Mockingbird (PB) by Tevis, Walter
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Series: S.F. Masterworks
The future is a grim place in which the declining human population wanders, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. It's a world without art, reading and children, a world where people would rather burn themselves alive than endure. Even Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever created, cannot bear it a ...Show more
Steps of the Sun and Far from Home by Walter Tevis
$28.95 AUD
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Walter Tevis Omnibus contains two works from the acclaimed author of THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, THE HUSTLER and THE COLOUR OF MONEY. THE STEPS OF THE SUN 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 ...Show more
The Hustler by Walter Tevis
$19.99 AUD
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Series: W&N Essentials Ser.
Meet Eddie Felsen: a young pool hustler who's keen on winning big and beating the best. So far, he's been earning decent stakes beating small town players, but there's no pride in beating fools. In order to test himself against the best, Eddie seeks out the legendary Minnesota Fats in a smoky poolroom i ...Show more
The Hustler by Walter Tevis
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
To Fast Eddie Felsen, a young pool hustler, there was only one thing that mattered: to make the big time and the big money in the world of pool by beating the best in the country. Hustling suckers in small towns for good stake money was practice for his goal and when he felt ready he went to Bennington' ...Show more
The King Is Dead by Walter Tevis
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Walter 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. Including previously unpublished stories from journals a ...Show more
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
$24.95 AUD
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by a series of nuclear wars, and whose inhabitants are twice as intelligent as human beings. When he lands on Earth - in Kentucky, disguised as a human - it's with the intention of saving his own people from ex ...Show more
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Series: S. F. Masterworks Ser.
The remarkable novel upon which the stunning cult film was based.'Beautiful ... The story of an extraterrestrial visitor from another planet is designed mainly to say something about life on this one' NEW YORK TIMESThomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devast ...Show more
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Masterworks Series) by Walter Tevis
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Series: S.F. Masterworks
Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by a series of nuclear wars, and whose inhabitants are twice as intelligent as human beings. When he lands on Earth - in Kentucky, disguised as a human - it's with the intention of saving his own people from ex ...Show more
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
$24.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her ...Show more
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