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Walter Stone Tevis Jr. (February 28, 1928 [4] – August 9, 1984 [5]) 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.
Dec 23, 2020 · 51. Walter Tevis in 1982. His novel “The Queen’s Gambit” is the source material for the popular Netflix series of the same name. E. Martin Jessee/Lexington Herald-Leader. By Nancy Wartik....
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1963 science fiction novel by American author Walter Tevis, about an extraterrestrial who lands on Earth seeking a way to ferry his people to Earth from his home planet, which is suffering from a severe drought.
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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.
Dec 8, 2020 · 8th Dec 2020 Meet the Author. Everything you need to know about the dark and troubled author who penned The Queen's Gambit. Netflix’ recent sleeper hit series The Queen’s Gambit has proven to be one of the onscreen talking points of the year, making the complex workings of the game of chess fashionable.
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“What Walter Tevis did for pool in The Hustler, he does for chess in The Queen's Gambit.” —Playboy “A psychological thriller.” —The New York Times “Don't pick this up if you want a night's sleep.” —The Scotsman “More exciting than any thriller I've seen lately; more than that, beautifully written.” —Martin Cruz Smith
