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  • The Queen's Gambit

    by Walter Tevis ...
    Netflix's most watched limited series to date! The thrilling novel of one young woman's journey through the worlds of chess and drug addiction.When eight-year-old Beth Harmon's parents are killed in an automobile accident, she's placed in an orphanage in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Plain and shy, Beth learns to play chess from the janitor in the basement and discovers she is a prodigy. Though ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Walter Tevis Sci-Fi Novels

    The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, The Steps of the Sun

    by Walter Tevis ...
    Three science fiction novels from the Nebula Award–nominated author of The Hustler and The Color of Money.The Man Who Fell to EarthAfter his home planet is devastated by war, an alien disguised as a human comes to Earth on a mission to save his people. He begins amassing wealth needed to build a spacecraft to bring his people to join him, but his plans get sidelined when he descends into ... Read more

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  • The Man Who Fell to Earth

    by Walter Tevis ...
    The "beautiful" novel that inspired the Showtime series, from a Nebula Award finalist ( The New York Times).The Man Who Fell to Earth tells the story of Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien disguised as a human who comes to Earth on a mission to save his people. Devastated by nuclear war, his home planet, Anthea, is no longer habitable. Newton lands in Kentucky and starts patenting Anthean technology ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mockingbird

    by Walter Tevis ...
    This sci-fi masterpiece is " a moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman, and Star Wars" ( Los Angeles Times Book Review).In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a post-apocalyptic, dying landscape. People wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss, through a barren landscape ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Far from Home

    by Walter Tevis ...
    "SF writing of a rare quality" lifts this collection of stories from the renowned author of The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth ( Time Out).The author of the competitive pool thriller The Hustler and the groundbreaking sci-fi novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, Walter Tevis was also a master of the short story. His work was published in Playboy, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and many other magazine... ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Color of Money

    by Walter Tevis ...
    A legendary pool hustler tries to make a comeback in the novel that inspired the Martin Scorsese film: "A great read, entertainment of a high order" ( Los Angeles Times).Fast Eddie Felson was the best in the country. Then he walked out on his talent. He ran a poolroom for the next twenty years, got married, and watched pool games on television.One evening he watches a pool player who reminds him ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Hustler

    A Novel

    by Walter Tevis ...
    "If Hemingway had the passion for pool that he had for bullfighting, his hero might have been Eddie Felson" ( Time).The novel that inspired the classic film starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason, The Hustler tells the story of Fast Eddie Felson, a young pool player who hustles suckers in small towns, looking for stake money so he can reach his goal: a marathon match in Chicago against Minnesota ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Steps of the Sun

    by Walter Tevis ...
    A billionaire heads to the stars in this "delightful" sci-fi novel from the author of The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Hustler ( Newsweek).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 mineral resources his country needs to reclaim its greatness. Ben Belson, the richest man in the world, lacks for nothing ... Read more

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  • The King Is Dead

    Stories

    by Walter Tevis ...
    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 ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    The Queen’s Gambit

    by Walter Tevis ...
    Narrated by Amy Landon ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 53 min

    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. Now the basis for a highly acclaimed, award-winning Netflix series.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 senses grow sharper, her ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Lost Sci-Fi Books 441 thru 460

    20 Extraordinary Tales of Alien Worlds, Impossible Mysteries, and the Boundaries of Tomorrow

    by Ben Bova, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, H. P. Lovecraft, Nelson S. Bond, Damon Knight, Edgar Allan Poe, Walter Tevis, Stanton A. Coblentz, Frank M. Robinson, Hal Clement, A. Bertram Chandler, Arthur Jean Cox, David Mason, Russ Winterbotham, Bryce Walton, Tom Godwin, Robert Moore Williams, William F. Nolan, Lucius Daniel ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi 20 Book Box Sets

    Unabridged

    10 hours 13 min

    Science fiction’s greatest adventures rarely follow a single path, and Lost Sci-Fi Books 441–460 proves it once again. This remarkable collection gathers twenty unforgettable stories from legendary authors who imagined distant planets, strange technologies, mysterious visitors, and the resilience of the human spirit long before modern science fiction found its footing.Journey to the towering ... Read more

    $9.61 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    1950s Science Fiction 11 - 27 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1950s

    Time Travel, Alien Worlds, and the Golden Age of Imagination

    by Arthur C. Clarke, C. S. Lewis, Fritz Leiber, Robert Silverberg, Walter Tevis, Jack Vance, Alfred Coppel, Michael Shaara, Randall Garrett, William F. Nolan, A. Bertram Chandler, Hal Clement, Tom Godwin, Algis Budrys, Gordon R. Dickson, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert Sheckley, Frank Belknap Long, Winston Marks, James Rosenquest, Sam Carson, James R. Adams, William Morrison, Arthur Jean Cox, J. T. McIntosh, Lucious Daniel, Robert Wicks ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Decades

    Unabridged

    12 hours 3 min

    1950s Science Fiction 11 - 27 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1950sEight Million Dollars From Mars! by Winston MarksLake of Fire by Frank Belknap LongForever by Robert SheckleyMan-Hunting Robot by James RosenquestReturn of a Legend by Raymond Z. GallunExile of the Eons by Arthur C. ClarkeA World To Die For by Sam CarsonTry and Change the Past by Fritz LeiberThe Stranger by Gordon R. Dickson ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus