A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman and Star Wars ? LA TIMESScience fiction's great neglected master, one of the definitive bridges between sf and literature -- Al Sarrantonio[Tevis's novels] are at once fables, parables, social satire - adventure stories of a kind. They are also simultaneously, as is much of our greatest literature, comic and tragic ... they're uniquely of their time and of all times -- James TallisA moving examination of people discovering the wonders of human thought and human love ? PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Whilst a student at the University of Kentucky, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about the game for an English class. He would later revisit his love for pool in the novels THE HUSTLER (1959) and THE COLOR OF MONEY (1984), both of which would be adapted into multiple award-winning films starring Paul Newman. Among his other works, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1963) and MOCKINGBIRD (1980) are considered masterpieces of science fiction. Tevis died in 1984.