Author

Walter Tevis

22 standalones · 22 works in the catalog

1928–1984 · San Francisco, California, USA

Walter Stone Tevis Jr. 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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science fiction
literary & general
dystopia
psychological thriller

Works

Type

Genre

22 of 22 works

Operation Gold Brick1957short story
The Ifth of Oofth1957short storyscience fiction
Far from Home (1958 short story)1958short story
The Big Bounce1958short storyscience fiction
The Hustler1959novelliterary & general
The Other End of the Line1961short story
The Man Who Fell to Earth1963novelscience fiction
The Scholar's Disciple1969short story
Rent Control1979short storyscience fiction
Echo1980short story
Mockingbird1980noveldystopia
Out of Luck1980short story
The Apotheosis of Myra1980novelettescience fiction
A Visit from Mother1981short story
Daddy1981short story
Far from Home (1981 collection)1981collectionscience fiction
Sitting in Limbo1981short story
The Queen's Gambit1983novelliterary & general
The Steps of the Sun1983novelscience fiction
The Color of Money1984novelliterary & general
The Steps of the Sun & Far from Home2016omnibusscience fiction
The King Is Dead2023collectionliterary & general